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Corn Chowder

A creamy soup made with corn, potatoes, and vegetables, thickened with flour and milk.

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Why it works: Celery and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,810 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Corn Chowder

Timeabout 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the vegetables

  1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan.

  2. Add celery, onion, and green pepper. Sauté for 2 minutes.

  3. Add corn, potatoes, water, salt, pepper, and paprika. Bring to a boil.

  4. Reduce heat to medium. Cook covered for about 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Thicken and serve

  1. Place 1/2 cup of milk in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Add flour and shake vigorously.

  2. Gradually add the milk-flour mixture to the cooked vegetables. Then add the remaining milk.

  3. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens.

  4. Serve garnished with chopped, fresh parsley.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1049Calories
31 gProtein
25 gFat
180 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Flour
Thickens the milk into a smooth, creamy broth as it heats.
Potatoes
Soften during cooking and add body and starch to the chowder.
Milk
Provides the creamy liquid that the flour thickens into the chowder base.
Corn
Adds sweetness and bulk to the chowder.

The step that matters

Adding the milk-flour mixture. Flour clumps if it hits hot liquid directly. Shaking it into cold milk first disperses the starch, and adding it gradually while stirring keeps the chowder smooth as it thickens.

Swap the onion

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against celery, pepper, corn, potato, parsley, flour, milk. 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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