Skip to main content
Main

Cannery Row Soup

A hearty fish soup with assorted fish, vegetables, tomatoes, and herbs simmered in olive oil and clam juice.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 13 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Cannery Row Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup base

  1. Heat oil in large saucepan. Sauté garlic, carrots, celery, onion, and green pepper in oil for 3 minutes.

  2. Add remaining ingredients, except parsley and fish. Cover and simmer for 10–15 minutes or until vegetables are fork tender.

Add fish and finish

  1. Add fish and parsley. Simmer covered for 5–10 minutes more or until fish flakes easily and is opaque. Serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

706Calories
74 gProtein
30 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Clam100g cooked148
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Clove + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 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

Fish fillets
Provide the main protein, which turns opaque and flakes as it cooks through.
Carrots
Add sweetness and firm texture that holds up through simmering.
Celery
Adds crisp-tender body and a mild savory aroma to the broth.
Whole tomatoes
Supply acidity, liquid and body that form the soup's base.
Clam juice
Adds savory, briny depth to the broth.
Onion
Builds savory aroma and sweetness when sautéed in oil.

The step that matters

Add the fish last and simmer gently. Fish cooks quickly and becomes dry and tough if overcooked. Simmering only until it flakes easily and turns opaque keeps it moist and tender.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, haddock, olive, garlic, carrot, celery, onion):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, haddock, olive, garlic, carrot, celery, onion. 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.

You might also like

Tomato SoupTomato Soup526 recipesCarrot SoupCarrot Soup134 recipesFried FishFried Fish120 recipesCream of Celery SoupCream of Celery Soup113 recipes