Name: Souper Create a Gravy
Ingredients: 2 envelopes Lipton cream of chicken or cream of mushroom Cup-a-Soup; 1 cup boiling water

Why it works: Chicken and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,172 recipes. Both carry 1-butyl acetate, which smells fruity, banana. The science ↓

Souper Create a Gravy

Ingredients

2 envelopes Lipton cream of chicken or cream of mushroom Cup-a-Soup
1 cup boiling water

Directions

In bowl, blend 2 envelopes Lipton cream of chicken or cream of mushroom Cup-a-Soup with 1 cup boiling water.
Serve over hot cooked noodles, rice, beef, fish, or poultry.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

231Calories

34 gProtein

9 gFat

3 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Water	not in our table	0

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.

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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.

Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,172 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).
Mushroom + creamtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,500 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Chicken + creamtop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together6,241 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Cream of chicken or cream of mushroom cup-a-soup: Provides the dry soup base that thickens and flavors the gravy.
Boiling water: Hydrates the soup mix so its starches thicken into a smooth gravy.

“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.