Chicken & Waffles
Every now and then, we throw healthy out the door! 😀 We decided to do just that recently and I thought I would encourage you to do so as well! **little monkey on your shoulder says you should try it!** We figured, why not live it up every now and then! So, here is a great recipe for you to try out to shut that little monkey up! 😀
If you’ve never eaten chicken and waffles, this probably sounds crazy, but stack the chicken on a waffle then cover with your favorite syrup! Maple syrup is great on top! You can use whatever you like though!
To ensure little to no nutritional value was present, we had onion rings and potato wedges with it! MMMmmmm!!!!!
Chicken and Waffles
For Chicken:
- 2 tbsp lemon pepper, divided
- 1 cup buttermilk
- (can use eggs if you don’t have it, but it’s better with buttermilk!)
- 4 chicken thighs (I take off the skin!)
- oil for frying
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 c corn starch
- Pepper, to taste
1. Combine 1 tbsp lemon pepper with buttermilk. Whisk and set aside.
2. Heat oil to 375 degrees and oven to 350 degrees
3. In separate bowel, combine flour, 1 tbsp lemon pepper, pepper and cornstarch.
4. Dip chicken in flour, then buttermilk, then flour again
5. I recommend sitting it on a wire rack to help the mixture set into the chicken for a few minutes.
6. Fry on each side for 8 minutes
7. Roast in the oven for 5-7 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
**As I’m sure you can see, I used boneless chicken this time,
doesn’t need as much time if you do it this way!**
For Waffles:
- 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp curry powder
- pepper to taste
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 eggs, separated
- 3 tbsp butter, or nonstick spray
1. Mix dry ingredients in one bowel and wet in another.
2. Pour wet into dry while stirring.
3. Use waffle iron as directed!
****Chief Zoo Keeper doesn’t like these waffles,
the rest of the Zoo does. You can use this and
try it or just use your favorite waffle recipe!
I’m sure pancakes would work fine too if
you don’t have a waffle iron! Enjoy!!!****
Hope you’ll give in to the loud little monkey on your shoulder and give it a try!
Let me know what you think and if you have any tips,
by all means share!!! I’ll make some of them part of the
Chick it Out comment section!
I love this recipe, I’m going to try making it tonight. Thanks so much for sharing it.
I would like to try this, thanks.
I need to try this! I’m a new follower and would love to have you stop by my new blog and follow too, if you get a minute. My first link party/give-away is running now through Saturday. I hope you can stop by and link up 🙂
Thanks so much for linking to my Super Bowl Eats and Treats Party! This is the ultimate comfort food!!YUM!
This sounds deliciously, sinfully, fantastic! I’d love if you would drop by and link up to my Super Bowl Eats and Treats Party!
http://www.thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2012/01/super-bowl-eats-treats-blog-party.html
Thanks! Hope to see you there!
Very interesting! I want to try it! I host a new weekly meme called Thematic Thursday. Each week has a theme and accept any type of link-up that relates to the theme. This week’s theme is Super Bowl – Football. I’d love to see you link this up!
I grew up on chicken and waffles–but my waffles had gravy! Your version sounds super yummy as well.
Sounds delicious!! Thank you for sharing at Crafty Moms Share this week!! Hope to see you again next week.
Great post. I love the idea of Chicken and waffles… i serve mine shredded with a Mole sauce, but want to try your fried chicken now!