Best Chicken and Waffle Recipe

Marinate the Chicken

1. Pull out and measure all of your ingredients.
2. Gather together buttermilk, hot sauce and salt in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add chicken and whisk.
4. Until blended.
5. Cover and refrigerate the chicken mixture, allowing it to soak overnight or for at least two hours.

Maple Butter

1. Make the maple butter to spread over the completed dish. In a small mixing bowl, combine maple syrup and butter.
2. Stir.
3. Until creamy and smooth.
4. Syrup and butter can be also combined over low heat to reach desired consistency if you wish.

Making the Waffles

1. Preheat mini waffle maker and coat with cooking spray. Bring out your all purpose baking mix, water and oil.
2. Combine all-purpose baking mix with 4 tablespoons of oil and water.
3. Mix until smooth.
4. Pour ¼ cup of waffle batter into each cavity of the waffle maker.
5. Cook according to the machine’s recommendation or until golden brown.
6. Set mini waffles aside to cool.

Frying the Chicken

1. Over medium heat, begin to heat the remaining oil.
2. Using a resealable bag, combine the flour and season with salt and pepper.
3. Remove chicken mixture from the refrigerator and place 8-10 pieces of chicken in the flour mixture one at a time.
4. Zip the bag shut.
5. Shake until chicken is coated evenly with flour.
6. Remove chicken pieces from the bag and repeat for all remaining chicken pieces.
7. Once oil is hot, carefully lower the pieces of chicken into the oil and cook on each side for 5 minutes.
8. Remove chicken pieces and set on paper towel to drain excess oil. After all the pieces of chicken have been fried, start assembling your sliders.

Assemble your Sliders

1. At your workstation, place maple butter, sliders and chicken.
2. Coat each waffle with Maple Butter. Wedge 1-2 pieces of chicken between two sliders.
3. Drizzle with maple syrup.
4. Enjoy every bite!