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Creamed Potato Soup

A creamy soup made from potatoes, onions, green onions, garlic, chicken broth, milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

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Why it works: Clove and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,686 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Creamed Potato Soup

Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup base

  1. Combine potatoes, onion, green onions, garlic, and broth in a heavy 3 quart saucepan.

  2. Cover and simmer 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

  3. Process potato mixture in batches in container of an electric blender or food processor until smooth.

Finish and serve

  1. Combine pureed mixture with milk and remaining ingredients, stirring until well blended.

  2. Reheat soup to serving temperature or cover and refrigerate until chilled.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

541Calories
45 gProtein
13 gFat
63 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Break down when simmered and puréed to give the soup its thick, creamy body.
Chicken broth
Provides the cooking liquid that softens the potatoes and carries the flavor of the soup.
Skim milk
Adds moisture and mild dairy richness to the puréed base, thinning it to a smooth consistency.

The step that matters

Puréeing the potato mixture until smooth. Starch from cooked potatoes turns gluey if overworked, and cooked potatoes must be fully softened first so the purée blends smooth rather than lumpy. Process in batches so the blender is not overfilled.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, onion, clove, garlic, chicken, milk, nutmeg):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, clove, garlic, chicken, milk, nutmeg. 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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