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Sopa De Papas

A savory soup made with potatoes, onions, sweet red pepper, parsley, and beef stock.

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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Sopa De Papas

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion, and sauté until lightly golden.

  2. Add the sweet red pepper and potatoes, stir to mix, and cook for 2–3 minutes.

  3. Add the parsley, pour in the stock, and simmer for 30 minutes; season to taste with salt and pepper.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories
35 gProtein
17 gFat
67 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Corn Oil1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Corn + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Starch that softens during simmering, thickening the soup and giving it body.
Onions
Sweetness and savory depth as they soften and turn golden in the hot oil.
Beef stock
Liquid base that carries the flavor of the whole soup.
Sweet red pepper
Mild sweetness and aroma that softens as it cooks in the oil.

The step that matters

Sautéing the onion until lightly golden. Browning the onion in oil builds sweet, savory flavor through caramelization. Pale, underdone onion leaves the soup tasting flat and raw.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, pepper, potato, parsley, beef):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, pepper, potato, parsley, beef. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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