Chicken and Waffles Southern Style

Name: Chicken and Waffles Southern Style
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 chicken thighs, bone in; 300ml buttermilk; 200g plain flour; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp cayenne; 1 tsp paprika; 4 large waffles, freshly made; maple syrup to serve; hot sauce to serve; oil for frying about 1L

Crispy Southern fried chicken on a golden waffle with maple syrup and hot sauce — a true Southern classic.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

4chicken thighs, bone in

300mlbuttermilk

200gplain flour

1 tspgarlic powder

1 tspcayenne

1 tsppaprika

4large waffles, freshly made

maple syrupto serve

hot sauceto serve

oil for fryingabout 1L

Instructions

Soak chicken in buttermilk overnight.

Mix flour with garlic powder, cayenne and paprika.

Coat chicken in seasoned flour pressing well.

Fry at 175C for 15 minutes until deeply golden and cooked through.

Drain on a rack.

Make waffles and keep warm in a low oven.

Place waffle on each plate and top with fried chicken.

Drizzle maple syrup over everything and serve with hot sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

251

Protein

14.1g

Fat

2.1g

Carbs

42.9g

Fiber

1.8g

Sodium

96mg

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