Name: Fast and Furious Corn Chowder Recipe
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 can of cream corn; 1 cup of Milk (for a lower fat version use non fat milk); 1 cup of chicken broth; 1 cup of frozen vegetables; 1 cup of leftover meat (chicken is preferred); 1 clove of garlic; salt and pepper to taste; 1 tbs Olive Oil

Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Fast and Furious Corn Chowder Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

1 can of cream corn
1 cup of Milk (for a lower fat version use non fat milk)
1 cup of chicken broth
1 cup of frozen vegetables
1 cup of leftover meat (chicken is preferred)
1 clove of garlic
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbs Olive Oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

698Calories

43 gProtein

46 gFat

33 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Meat	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.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Corn + milktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,955 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, corn, milk, chicken, meat, garlic, pepper):

Thymefits better
Celeryfits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, corn, milk, chicken, meat, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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