Fried Chicken and Waffles with Hot Sauce Maple Syrup
This is the ultimate sweet & savory meal. It may sound like an odd combination, but the sweet waffles taste amazing when they are drenched in the spicy maple syrup and eaten with the crispy fried chicken.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword buttermilk, cinnamon, fried chicken, hot sauce, maple syrup, waffle
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Calories 1148kcal
Ingredients
For the fried chicken:
1teaspoonkosher salt
½teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper
1teaspoonpaprika
½teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoononion powder
1/8teaspooncayenne pepper
2poundsboneless,skinless chicken thighs
Vegetable oil,for frying, as needed
1cupbuttermilk
1egg
1½cupsall-purpose flour
1tablespooncornstarch
For the cinnamon buttermilk waffles:
2cupsall-purpose flour
2tablespoonsgranulated sugar
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonssalt
1teaspoonground cinnamon
2cupsbuttermilk
½cupunsalted butter,melted
2large eggs
For the hot sauce maple syrup:
½cupmaple syrup,warmed
2teaspoonshot sauce,(I use Franks’s Mild Hot Sauce or Tabasco®)
In a small bowl, combine the salt, pepper, paprika, garlic, onion powder and cayenne. Season the chicken breasts with the mixture and place in a medium bowl. Let the chicken marinate in the spices for at least an hour.
Fill a large cast iron pan, Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pan halfway with vegetable oil. Heat the oil to 350ºF (180ºC).
Whisk the buttermilk and egg together in a medium bowl. In a shallow bowl stir flour and cornstarch together. Once piece at a time, dip chicken in the buttermilk then dredge in the flour mixture.
Fry in the oil until the chicken is golden brown on all sides. Remove the chicken from the oil and place on paper towels or a wire rack to drain the excess oil.
For the cinnamon buttermilk waffles:
While the chicken cooks, begin to make the waffles. In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
In large mixing bowl whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter and eggs until thoroughly combined.
Slowly stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, until just combined.
Spray waffle iron with vegetable oil cooking spray then spoon the mix into waffle maker until the surface is completely covered and cook until golden brown according to waffle maker instructions. Repeat with remaining waffle batter.
For the hot sauce maple syrup:
While the waffles cook, whisk the maple syrup and hot sauce together in a small bowl and set aside.
For serving:
Place one or two pieces of chicken on top of a waffle and pour spicy maple syrup over the top of both.