Recipe #24: Chicken and Waffles

Have you ever driven past a Maxine's Chicken and Waffles sign and/or restaurant and find yourself really contemplating whether or not you should go? I find myself in this predicament every time! And in the 4 years of being with Ian, I have done my absolute best to convince him that a trip needs to be made.

Well unfortunately (and fortunately), our travels have just never taken us to the East side of Indianapolis (yet) for longer than a drive by. Even when we lived on the West side of Indianapolis we ate at just about every "ethnic" restaurant available but there was not a chicken and waffles place that we saw.

Well now we live on the North side of Indianapolis and let's just say the culture is much different from the East and West sides of Indy. But to be fair, the culture in Carmel is different from most cities in the state of Indiana. But like I said, I have been dying to try chicken and waffles and since no one has expressed the same curiosity I decided to take matters into my own hands.

Instead of having the typical fried chicken wings laying on top of the waffles I decided to hide them inside of the waffles. I think I surprised Ian quite sufficiently. He got a kick out of the leftover chicken from the Panko Breaded Chicken with Udon Recipe being completely hidden inside of the Belgian Waffles. I may not be a Southern Bell but I am a Southern Korean and I'd say this recipe is not a bad way to wake up on a Sunday.

Ingredients:

* 2 pieces of Fried Boneless Chicken Breasts (store bought or homemade)
* 1 and 1/4 cup of Belgian Waffle mix
* 1 Egg
* 3 Tbsp of Vegetable Oil
* 1 cup of Water
* Maple Syrup








Cooking Directions:

First, preheat your waffle iron.

Dice the chicken breasts into small pieces on a cutting board.

Mix together the Belgian Waffle mix, the egg, the Vegetable Oil, and the cup of Water until well blended.

Add the fried chicken pieces into the mix and stir until all the pieces are fully coated into the batter.

Take just less than 2/3 cup of the batter and pour into the waffle iron.

Close the top of the waffle iron and let cook for roughly 3 minutes, until the waffle is golden brown.

Remove from the waffle maker and repeat these steps to use all of the chicken batter.

Serve right away with a healthy portion of maple syrup.