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Chicken n Waffles with a Spicy Sweet Sriracha Maple Sauce

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Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Chicken (Adapted from Recipe Rebel)

  • 2 chicken breasts cut into strips
  • 3 Tbs butter
  • 1/4 c flour
  • 1/4 c panko
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 Tbs seasoning salt I used this recipe to make my own. You can also use something like Lawry's seasoning salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika

Waffles (Adapted from The Candid Appetite)

  • 1 c flour
  • 2 Tbs light brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 3 eggs at room temperature
  • 2.5 Tbs butter melted and cooled
  • 1 c buttermilk at room temperature
  • 1/2 c cheddar cheese shredded (or cut into tiny chunks)

Sauce

  • 1/2 c plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 Tbs Sriracha
  • 1 Tbs + 1 tsp real maple syrup
  • 1 jalapeño diced and seeded
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Garnish

  • Chives

Instructions
 

Chicken

  • Heat oven to 400F. Melt butter on a rimmed baking sheet in the oven. Keep watch on it and remove from the oven once it has melted.
  • Combine flour, panko, salt, seasoning salt, pepper, and paprika in a large ziplock bag. Add sliced chicken and shake to coat the chicken. Place on buttered baking sheet and bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven, flip chicken, and bake another 10-12 min. (My chicken slices were fairly thin, so I only baked them 5 additional minutes.) Remove from the oven and let rest once finished. Lower the oven temperature to 200 degrees.

Waffles

  • Combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Make a well in the center.
  • Crack the eggs in a separate bowl, whisk together, and pour into the flour mixture. Add butter and buttermilk and stir together to combine. Fold in the cheddar cheese.
  • Depending on the size of your waffle maker, cooking time will vary. Lightly grease your waffle maker before pouring batter in. I used a 1/3 c measurement to scoop the batter in and that made the perfect size waffles. Remove waffles when golden.

Sauce

  • Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and keep in fridge until ready to serve

To serve

  • Once the oven temperature has lowered to 200F, you can keep the chicken and waffles in the oven to keep them warm for a few minutes till you're ready to serve them.
  • Top each waffle with chicken, spicy sweet sauce, and chives. Serve as an open-face sandwich or top with another waffle for a full sandwich.

Notes

Update - After making this recipe a few more times, we've found that we like our waffles to have a bit more crunch to them. We pop them in the toaster right before serving to ensure they're warm and create a slightly crunchy exterior.