Name: Double DIpped Fried Chicken and Buttermilk Begian Waffles
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 eggs, separated, at room temperature; 1 3/4 cups buttermilk; 1 stick unsalted butter, melted; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cups flour (I use King Arthur unbleached, all-purpose); 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/3 cup sugar; 3 1/2 pound frying chicken, cut into 8 serving pieces; 2 cups buttermilk; 1/4 cup water; 2 teaspoons red pepper sauce; 3 cups flour; 1 tablespoon kosher salt (I would use more, to taste); Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 1 tablespoon granulated garlic; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon cayenne (I would use more, to taste); 4 cups peanut oil, for frying; Warm maple syrup, for serving

Why it works: Buttermilk and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,721 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

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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.

Buttermilk + flourtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Buttermilk + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,973 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Vanilla + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,241 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, buttermilk, butter, flour, sugar, chicken, pepper):

Lemonfits better
Raisinfits about as well
Coconutfits about as well
Vanillathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, buttermilk, butter, flour, sugar, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Peanut Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

Double DIpped Fried Chicken and Buttermilk Begian Waffles