🧇 Chicken and waffles

Name: Chicken and waffles
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: United States · South
Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs or drumsticks; 250 ml milk mixed with 1 tbsp lemon juice; 200 g plain flour, seasoned with salt, pepper and paprika; Oil for frying; Waffles: 250 g plain flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 eggs, 350 ml milk, 60 g melted butter; 20 g butter, to serve; 60 ml maple syrup

Origin: United States · South

1015kcal

per serving · 350 g

290kcal

per 100 g

42 gProtein12 g / 100 g

49 gFat14 g / 100 g

98 gCarbs28 g / 100 g

Chicken and waffles pairs crisp, deep-fried chicken with a warm golden waffle, finished with a pat of butter and a generous pour of maple syrup. The combination plays salty and crunchy against soft, sweet and buttery, which is the whole point of the dish. It is served for brunch or late-night meals, often with hot sauce on the side.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

Not vegetarianbecause of: fried chicken

Not veganbecause of: fried chicken, waffle, butter

Contains glutenbecause of: fried chicken, waffle

Contains dairybecause of: butter

Not keto28 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Eggs ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

fried chickenwafflemaple syrupbutter

Recipe

4 servings60 min

Ingredients

8 chicken thighs or drumsticks
250 ml milk mixed with 1 tbsp lemon juice
200 g plain flour, seasoned with salt, pepper and paprika
Oil for frying
Waffles: 250 g plain flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 eggs, 350 ml milk, 60 g melted butter
20 g butter, to serve
60 ml maple syrup

Method

Soak the chicken in the milk and lemon mixture for at least 1 hour.
Dredge in seasoned flour and fry at 165 °C for 12–15 minutes until golden and cooked through.
Whisk the waffle ingredients into a smooth batter.
Cook in a hot waffle iron until crisp and golden.
Serve the chicken on the waffles with a little butter and maple syrup.

How to make it lighter

Bake or air-fry the coated chicken instead of deep-frying.
Measure the syrup: 1 tbsp maple syrup ≈ 50 kcal, and a light drizzle is enough.
Share one waffle between two and add fruit on the side.

History

Waffles with chicken appeared in the American South and in Pennsylvania Dutch cooking in the nineteenth century, but the fried-chicken version is most closely associated with Harlem, where it became a late-night supper club favourite in the 1930s. It later spread through soul food restaurants and brunch menus across the United States.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →