Name: Southern Fried Chicken with Corn on the Cob
Ingredients: 1 chicken, about 4 lb., cut into 10 serving pieces; Kosher salt, to taste, plus 2 tsp.; Freshly ground pepper, to taste, plus 1 tsp.; 2 cups buttermilk; 1 to 2 Tbs. Tabasco sauce; 6 cups canola oil; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp. paprika; 4 ears of corn, shucked and boiled until tender

Why it works: Buttermilk and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 129 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Southern Fried Chicken with Corn on the Cob

Ingredients

1 chicken, about 4 lb., cut into 10 serving pieces
Kosher salt, to taste, plus 2 tsp.
Freshly ground pepper, to taste, plus 1 tsp.
2 cups buttermilk
1 to 2 Tbs. Tabasco sauce
6 cups canola oil
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. paprika
4 ears of corn, shucked and boiled until tender

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

971Calories

55 gProtein

28 gFat

126 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	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 williamssonoma. 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.

Buttermilk + saucetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together129 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Pepper + corntop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,324 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Chicken + corntop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,666 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Flour + corntop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,165 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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