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Bacon Corn Chowder

A creamy soup made with bacon, celery, onion, potato, corn, milk, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Bacon Corn Chowder

Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a saucepan cook bacon, celery and onion over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until bacon is cooked.

  2. Add potato and water. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until potato is tender.

  3. Stir in remaining ingredients and heat through.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

490Calories
20 gProtein
13 gFat
80 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  3. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  5. Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Bacon
Renders fat that cooks the vegetables and adds savory, smoky flavor to the chowder.
Potato
Softens as it simmers, thickening the broth and giving the chowder body.
Cream-style corn
Adds sweetness and body, and its starch helps thicken the chowder.
Milk
Adds creaminess and richness to the broth.

The step that matters

Simmer until the potato is tender. Potato needs enough time in liquid to soften fully; cooking it too briefly leaves firm, chalky pieces, while the starch released during simmering is what gives the broth its body.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, potato, cream, corn, milk, garlic, pepper):

  1. Cuminfits about as well
  2. Celerythe original
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, potato, cream, corn, milk, garlic, pepper. 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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