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Southern Fried Chicken and Waffles Recipe

Homemade Chicken and Waffles is a true soul food brunch dish that everyone loves. My recipe includes juicy Southern fried chicken and fluffy waffles with an amazing sweet and spicy sauce made with maple syrup or honey.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 506 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: African-American Fusion

Ingredients

  • 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • vegetable oil for deep frying
Buttermilk Brine
  • 2 cups 480 mL buttermilk OR soured whole milk* (see notes)
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tbsp onion powder
  • 1 tbsp hot sauce or chili powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
Seasoned Flour Crust
  • 3 cups 384 g all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup 43 g cornstarch
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp onion powder
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
Spicy Honey Butter Sauce
  • 1/4 cup 85 g honey (you can sub maple syrup)
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder or more if you like a lot of spice
  • 4 tbsp 57 g unsalted butter
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • Best Belgian Waffles Recipe click the link for the full waffle recipe

Instructions

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  1. Whisk the buttermilk or soured milk, kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder, hot sauce, and smoked paprika together in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add the boneless, skinless chicken thigh to the bowl, making sure every thigh is covered in the brine. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the chicken marinate in the buttermilk brine from 1 hour to overnight in the fridge. 
  3. In a dutch oven pot, heat up about half the pot's worth of vegetable oil. Allow the oil to reach 350 degrees F (180 degrees C/ 160 degrees C if using a fan-forced oven).
  4. While the oil is heating up, in a mixing bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and seasonings. Take each chicken thigh from the brine and dredge into the seasoned flour. Thoroughly coat the chicken all over, then let rest on a plate for five minutes before frying.
  5. Fry the chicken in the hot oil (no more than about 4 thighs per batch) until golden brown, crispy, and cooked through completely, about 8-9 minutes.
  6. Carefully take the chicken out of the oil and place them on a baking sheet fitted with a wire rack and let cool slightly before serving. Repeat until all the chicken thighs are fried.
  7. Make the Belgian Waffles and serve the chicken on top of the waffles, then drizzle generously with spicy honey butter sauce or maple syrup.
  8. Spicy Honey Butter Sauce
  9. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat with honey, chili powder, and kosher salt. Whisk well until the mixture is incorporated and homogenized.
  10. Lower the temperature to 'warm/low' heat and keep for serving.

Notes

  • Whenever I can't find or don't have buttermilk, souring the milk I have with lemon juice (about 1/2 a lemon per cup of milk) and letting it sit for 3-5 minutes always does the trick.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 506kcal (25%) Carbohydrates 46g (15%) Protein 35g (70%) Fat 20g (31%) Saturated Fat 8g (40%) Polyunsaturated Fat 12g Cholesterol 168mg (56%) Sodium 2138mg (89%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 2g (4%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 506

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 506kcal 25%
Carbohydrates 46g 15%
Protein 35g 70%
Fat 20g 31%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Polyunsaturated Fat 12g 71%
Cholesterol 168mg 56%
Sodium 2138mg 89%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 2g 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.