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Constance's Chicken Soup

A hearty chicken soup made with marrow bone, chicken carcasses, giblets, vegetables, and noodles.

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Why it works: Parsnip and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,097 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Constance's Chicken Soup

8 soup plates
Timeabout 2 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the broth

  1. Put the marrow bone, chicken carcasses, and giblets in a large pot with 2 litres of water.

  2. Bring to the boil, skim and reduce to a slow simmer.

  3. Meanwhile, chop the vegetables.

  4. After the soup has been simmering for half an hour, add the vegetables and parsley stems and continue cooking for about 2 hours.

  5. Strain the broth, reserving the carrots and giblets.

Finish the soup

  1. Add salt to taste.

  2. Slice the carrots and giblets and return them to the soup.

Serve

  1. In a separate pot of boiling water, cook the noodles and then drain them.

  2. Divide the noodles between 8 soup plates and ladle the soup over them.

  3. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

546Calories
60 gProtein
19 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Swedenot in our table0

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. Parsnip + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

  5. Parsnip + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together484 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

What each ingredient does

Beef marrow bone
Adds rich flavour and body to the broth as it simmers.
Chicken carcasses
Provide collagen and savoury flavour that give the broth body.
Carrots
Add sweetness and colour to the soup.
Very fine noodles
Provide soft starch that soaks up broth and adds bulk to each bowl.

The step that matters

Skim the broth after it comes to the boil. Skimming removes foam and coagulated proteins that would otherwise cloud the broth and add a muddy, scummy taste. Reducing to a slow simmer keeps the fat and solids from churning back in, giving a clearer, cleaner soup.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, chicken, parsnip, carrot, celery, parsley):

  1. Leekfits better
  2. Turnipfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, chicken, parsnip, carrot, celery, parsley. 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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