Ingredients
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup Crystal hot sauce, or your favorite
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt plus 1 teaspoon
1 tablespoon sweet paprika
3 cloves chopped garlic
One 3 1/2 pound whole chicken cut into 8 pieces
2 cups flour
3 to 4 cups peanut oil or other vegetable oil as needed, for frying
Buttermilk Waffles, recipe follows
Black Pepper Maple Syrup, recipe follows
Vanilla Butter, recipe follows
Buttermilk Waffles
1 3/4 cups cake flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups well-shaken buttermilk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, melted
Whipped Vanilla Butter
One 1-inch piece of vanilla bean
12 tablesppoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/8 teaspoon salt
Black Pepper Maple Syrup
1 1/2 cups grade-A dark amber maple syrup
