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Chicken n Waffles with a Spicy Sweet Sriracha Maple Sauce

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Servings: 2
Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

Chicken
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. Combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Make a well in the center.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and keep in fridge until ready to serve
To serve
  1. 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.
  2. 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.