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Chicken and Pumpkin Soup

A soup made with chicken, pumpkin, onions, tomatoes and coconut cream, simmered with water and seasonings.

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Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Chicken and Pumpkin Soup

Timeat least 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash pumpkin tips, prepare and chop.

  2. Fry onion in the cooking oil until tender.

  3. Cut the chicken into small pieces.

  4. Add cut-up chicken to onion and cook for 10 minutes uncovered.

Make the soup

  1. Add water, lemon juice and salt to taste.

  2. Bring to boil, lower heat and cook for at least 15 minutes, covered.

  3. Add tomatoes, pumpkin, green pepper and pumpkin tips. Cook for 5 more minutes.

  4. Add coconut cream. As soon as the mixture comes to the boil again, remove from the heat.

Serve

  1. Serve hot with cooked root crops or breadfruit.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

676Calories
38 gProtein
45 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Fruitnot in our table0
Waternot 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.

Explore the science

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 + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  3. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the protein and savoury meat flavour that the soup is built around.
Pumpkin
Adds body, sweetness and a smooth texture as it softens in the broth.
Coconut cream
Adds richness and fat, giving the soup a creamy, rounded mouthfeel.
Onions
Builds a sweet, aromatic base when fried in oil until tender.
Tomatoes
Contribute acidity and moisture that brighten the broth.

The step that matters

Adding the coconut cream. Once coconut cream is added, the mixture should only just return to the boil and then come off the heat. Prolonged boiling can cause the cream to separate and turn grainy, dulling the smooth, rich texture.

Swap the lemon

The recipe marks lemon as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pumpkin, onion, pepper, coconut, cream, chicken, tomato):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pumpkin, onion, pepper, coconut, cream, chicken, tomato. 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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