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Crock Pot Potato Soup

A creamy potato soup made in a slow cooker with potatoes, onions, celery, broth, butter, and evaporated milk.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 10 ingredients
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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 ↓

Crock Pot Potato Soup

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup

  1. Combine potatoes, onions, water, parsley, celery, salt, pepper, chicken broth, and butter in a slow cooker.

  2. Cook until done on low heat for 9 to 11 hours, or on high heat for 3 to 4 hours.

Finish and serve

  1. When done, add evaporated milk and reheat.

  2. Blend the mixture for a smoother soup.

  3. Reheat if necessary.

  4. Serve plain.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

634Calories
45 gProtein
24 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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.

  1. Parsley + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  3. Potato + oniontop 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

Potatoes
Break down during long cooking to thicken the soup and give it body.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, rounding out the flavor and mouthfeel of the soup.
Evaporated milk
Adds creaminess and body to the soup without extra water.
Onions
Release sweetness and savory depth as they cook slowly.

The step that matters

Add the evaporated milk at the end. Evaporated milk is a concentrated dairy product that can curdle or separate if boiled for a long time. Adding it when the soup is done and only reheating it keeps the texture smooth and creamy.

Swap the celery

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Celerythe original
  4. Dillfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, parsley, pepper, chicken, butter, evaporated 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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