Name: Pryor Estate Chicken Corn Soup
Ingredients: 2 pounds chicken cut up; 5 cups water; 1 medium onion chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 1/2 cup chopped celery; 2 cups corn; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 cup flour; 1 egg beaten; 1/4 cup milk; simmer chicken in boiling water then remove bones and skin. strain stock then return to pot and add onions, celery and corn. simmer until vegetables are tender. mix flour with egg and milk. rub mixture with fork until it crumbles. drop crumbs in soup and cook 10 minutes covered.; Category:Cathy's Recipes

Why it works: Parsley and celery 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 ↓

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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.

Parsley + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,810 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Chicken + oniontop 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

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

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Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, parsley, celery, corn, pepper, flour, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0

Pryor Estate Chicken Corn Soup