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Corn Chowder I

A creamy corn chowder with potatoes, onions, celery, butter, and milk.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Celery and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,193 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Corn Chowder I

Serves 6
Total1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the base

  1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan, add onion and celery, and cook until tender.

  2. Add potatoes, corn, salt, pepper, water, bouillon cubes, and thyme.

Simmer and finish

  1. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, or until potatoes and corn are tender.

  2. Add milk and cream, then heat through.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

765Calories
48 gProtein
30 gFat
80 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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 + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,193 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  3. Potato + thymetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,586 recipes

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

  4. Potato + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together938 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Celery + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 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

Potatoes
Provide body and starch that thickens the chowder as it simmers.
Corn
Adds sweetness and texture to the soup.
Milk
Adds creaminess and a mild dairy flavor to the broth.
Light cream
Adds fat and richness, giving a smoother, silkier mouthfeel.
Butter
Adds fat and flavor for cooking the onion and celery.
Onion
Builds aroma and sweetness as it softens in the butter.

The step that matters

Add the milk and cream, then heat gently. Dairy proteins can curdle or separate when boiled hard, so once the milk and cream go in, keep the chowder just hot rather than at a rolling boil.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, potato, corn, chicken, thyme, milk):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Marjoramfits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, potato, corn, chicken, thyme, 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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