Israeli Chicken Soup

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

1. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together8,053 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together14,037 recipes

   Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

3. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together669 recipes

   Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

4. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together10,173 recipes

   Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

5. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together976 recipes

   Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Soup chicken

Gives the broth its main meat flavor and body as it simmers.

Chicken bouillon

Adds concentrated savory flavor that deepens the broth.

Onions

Release sweetness and aroma into the broth as they cook.

Carrots

Add natural sweetness and color to the soup.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, dill, carrot, celery, parsley, lemon, pepper):

1. Parsnipfits better
2. Capsicumfits better
3. Spinachfits better
4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, dill, carrot, celery, parsley, lemon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.