A'Dan's Chicken and Waffles

Ingredients:

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast

• Vegetable Oil, for deep frying

Buttermilk Brine

• 2 cups buttermilk

• 1 pinch of kosher salt

• 1/2 tbsp garlic powder

• 1/2 tbsp onion powder

• 1 tbsp hot sauce or chili powder

• 1 tsp smoked paprika

• 1 4 oz can of green chiles

Seasoned Flour Crust

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/3 cup potato starch

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1 pinch kosher salt

• 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper

Sriracha Honey Sauce

• 1/4 cup honey (you can sub maple syrup)

• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (or more if you like a lot of spice) 1 cup of Sriracha

• 1 pinch kosher salt

Waffle

• 2 cups flour

• 4 tsp. baking powder

• 1⁄2 tsp. salt

• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil

• 2 cups milk

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• A handful of chocolate chips

• 2 strips of crispy bacon chopped

Instructions:

Chicken

1. Whisk the buttermilk , kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder, hot sauce, and smoked paprika together in a large mixing bowl.

2. Add the chicken breast to the bowl, making sure every breast is covered in the brine. Let sit for 10 minutes

3. In a dutch oven pot, heat up about half the pot's worth of vegetable oil. Allow the oil to reach 350 degrees

4. While the oil is heating up, in a mixing bowl whisk together flour, potato starch, baking powder, and seasonings. Take each chicken breast from the brine and dredge into the seasoned flour.

5. Thoroughly coat the chicken all over, then let rest on a plate for one minute before frying.

6. Fry the chicken in the hot oil until golden brown, crispy, and cooked through completely, about 10-12 minutes.

7. Remove chicken from oil and place on baking sheet fitted with a wire rack and let cool slightly before serving. Repeat until all the chicken breast are fried.

8. Make the Belgian Waffles and serve the chicken on top of the Waffles, then drizzle generously with sriracha sauce or maple syrup.

Waffle

1. In a large mixing bowl add flour and Baking soda

2. In a small mixing bowl add sugar, eggs, oil, milk, and vanilla

3. Combine dry and wet ingredients, whisking to combine

4. Add chocolate chips and bacon to batter

5. Cook waffles in iron until golden brown.