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Name: Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Waffles
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 825 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 lb bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks; 2 cups buttermilk; 2 tbsp hot sauce; 2 tbsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt, use 1 tbsp Morton kosher salt if substituting by volume; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cornstarch; 2 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp paprika; 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper; 6 cups avocado oil, for frying; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tbsp granulated sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp kosher salt; 2 large eggs, separated; 1 3/4 cups buttermilk; 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking

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American

Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Waffles

Chicken and waffles with buttermilk fried chicken, crisp waffles, maple syrup, hot sauce, and honey butter.

6 servings · 60 minutes prep · 45 minutes cook

Ingredients

Chicken

3 lb bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks
2 cups buttermilk
2 tbsp hot sauce
2 tbsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt, use 1 tbsp Morton kosher salt if substituting by volume
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
6 cups avocado oil, for frying

Waffles

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp kosher salt
2 large eggs, separated
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Method

Marinate chicken in buttermilk, hot sauce, and kosher salt for 12 hours; use half as much salt by volume if using Morton kosher salt.
Whisk flour, cornstarch, black pepper, paprika, and cayenne pepper in breading dishes. Dredge drained chicken, rest the coating for 10 minutes, then dredge again for a craggy crust.
Heat avocado oil to 325F and fry the chicken until deep golden and 175F at the bone, 14-16 minutes. Drain on a wire rack.
Whisk flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and kosher salt. Separate eggs, then whisk the yolks with buttermilk, unsalted butter, and vanilla extract before combining with the dry ingredients.
Beat the egg whites to soft peaks and fold them gently into the waffle batter so the waffles cook light instead of dense.
Cook waffles in a hot waffle iron until crisp and browned. Serve immediately with fried chicken, keeping syrup, hot sauce, and honey butter on the side.