Hey dudes!
I am Hilah, and today on Hilah Cooking we are making chicken and waffles.
This is something that is really pretty new to me.
I did not grow up eating chicken and waffles.
I am not exactly sure who did, but anyway, it's a waffle with fried chicken on top, and
it's great for lunch or brunch or breakfast or dinner or any one of those times of day,
and I am going to show you how to make it right now at this time of day.
For the chicken I am going to use some boneless thighs, boneless, skinless thighs.
I know traditionally chicken and waffles is made with bone in chicken, but A, I already
showed you how to do that so if you want to do it with bone in chicken, you can go watch
that video, but also B, it's just way easier to eat if there's not bones, if you're putting
it on top of a waffle in my humble opinion, but maybe that's just because I did not grow
up eating chicken and waffles, and maybe I am just kind of idiot and I don't know how
to feed myself.
Anyway, we're going to use some boneless thighs, and I have had them marinating in some maple
syrup, Tobasco, salt and pepper, and a little bit of thyme for a couple of hours now, just,
and then we're just going to fry it like you do regular old fried chicken or like I do
anyway, so I've got my egg and yogurt buttermilk kind of mixture here, get in there, and then
I've got flour, cornstarch and some salt over here in this bowl.
So yeah, like, I didn't really start seeing chicken and waffles in Austin anyway until
like, just the last couple of years.
I am not sure where they originated.
I always assumed it was like a Southern thing, but then I was reading something that said
it actually may have come out of Harlem, so I don't know, but it's tasty.
Okay, now for real, so I am just gonna place this on a plate over here, and keep dredging
the rest of my thighs until they are all dredged.
Okay, so that was a mess.
Anyway, I am just gonna set these aside now to let that batter adhere.
I am just gonna leave them on the counter for maybe 10 minutes while I get my waffle
batter mixed up together, and I already did a video on that.
If you want to watch that video, I'll link that at the end too for that recipe.
Okay, catch you in a sec.
One you've got your homemade waffle batter mixed up, you can just set it aside.
I've got about a half-inch of peanut oil here, whatever you like to deep fry with is fine.
You've got to heat it up to about 350.
I am just gonna lay my chicken thighs in here, and these are gonna cook for about three minutes,
three to four minutes on each side until they are nice and dark, golden brown and really
crispy and the inside is cooked.
Okay, I have adjusted the heat, turned it down a little bit just to make sure that it
stays in that 350 range while they are cooking, and it's been about three minutes, so I am
gonna flip these guys.
Yay!
Okay, these are looking perfect, perfect, perfect.
I am just gonna keep it maintained at 350 for another three minutes or so.
Another three minutes, the chicken is done, and I am gonna drain off oil, and one of the
cool things about fried chicken is that it will put your eye out, that it actually stays
really hot for a nice, long time just sitting here.
So I am gonna let these sit and cool to an edible temperature while we just make some
waffles really quick.
You want to pre-heat your waffle iron and I am gonna drop in my batter and close it,
and then pretty much when it stops steaming it will be ready to go.
When your house is filled with the aroma of butter from your homemade waffle mix or the
little green light goes on like that, that means that your waffle is done.
So there, we're going to put that down, oh, and this thing is hot, and put a little chicken
on there, and then maple syrup, I like maple syrup.
Some people will serve it with a white cream gravy, but I like maple syrup and then also,
I have this peanut slaw recipe, peanut cole slaw that I put on my website that I make
a lot, and it actually is super, super badass on chicken waffles for whatever reason, because
I am a genius I guess.
So do a little like that.
Now you can eat this with a knife and fork, but it's also really fun, don't judge me,
this is delicious.
If you do like that, and then you fold in half, and you pick it up, and you just eat
it like a chicken and waffle sandwich, so this is how you eat a chicken waffle sandwich.
That is incredibly delicious.
Oh, my God, the chicken is so juicy and crunchy, and the sweetness and then the spicy slaw
that I put on there, a little Hilah twist from me to you.
Okay, there you go.
There's how to make chicken and waffles, or a chicken and waffle sandwich if you prefer.
I hope you try this.
If you have any chicken and waffle stories about growing up and eating them or whatever,
please share them.
I would love to read all about your experiences in the comments below, so thanks for watching
and see you guys next time!