Fried Chicken and Waffles

Perfect meal for an early Sunday dinner!  Our friend makes the best buttermilk fried chicken and we wanted to try the whole chicken and waffles thing.  These pictures are from my phone but still turned out pretty well!

First, the chicken was battered and breaded:

I waffled while the chicken was frying.  I used a buttermilk recipe I found online.  I think it was an Emeril recipe. I also prepared a maple butter to top the waffles and give a little sweet bite to the meal.

Next time, I will try another waffle recipe though as this one did not really stand out.  Despite the waffle being a little bland, the chicken was SO good and the maple butter added a fun spin to fried chicken. 

February 12, 2012

Bacon, eggs, and cheese.  Three breakfast favorites all whipped together in one waffle creation.  I used wheat flour for the waffle mixture. I scrambled some eggs and cooked the bacon until it was crispy.  I added cheese to the mix.   A lot of cheese:

Next, I folded in the scrambled eggs: 

Then  the bacon:

Looks good right?  I loaded up the waffle iron. And voila, the waffle would not release!  I think the batter was a little too cheesy and the cheesy crust that formed just would not come off the iron without a little help.  The photo below is a little dark but you can still see how the waffles came apart each time they were done cooking.

I ended up cooking them all this way.  They were pretty delicious for breakfast.  I heated them up in the toaster to keep the crispy, cheesy crust.  Heating them up in the microwave worked well too for a softer crust that was easier on the mouth!

Bacon, egg & cheese waffles

February 11, 2012

It has been couple of weeks since I was able to sit down and write about the waffle creations coming out of my kitchen.  I seriously do not know how people find time to do the things they enjoy and then sit down and write about them!  In my last post, I mentioned the musical, Silence (http://www.silencethemusicalnyc.com/).  The weekend in NY was a great time and the show was definitely a highlight.  Funny and a little inappropriate, it left us laughing and wondering what this group will think of next. 

OK, on to blueberry waffles!  I learned a couple things with this one.  It is possible to add too many blueberries to the waffle mix.  Should have known but, I just think this waffle maker can make anything work because it is awesome.  Check out the batter with tons of blueberries.  Looks delicious, doesn't it?

While I let the batter sit  for a few minutes, I started the blueberry syrup.  I have used this recipe before when I made blueberry pancakes.  First, I heated some maple syrup and added a few of the blueberries that I didn't add to the waffle batter.  

Blueberry Syrup

I let the blueberries stew in the syrup while I started making the blueberry waffles.  The blueberries added a lot of moisture to a batter.  So much, in this case, that they did not really firm up.  Oops.

First attempt at blueberry waffle

I added more flour to the mix and checked on the blueberry syrup.  It has had time to stew a little.

Second try

Finished Blueberry syrup

Second try at the blueberry waffle went a little better:

Golden blueberry waffle

  

I topped with the berry delicious syrup and enjoyed!

I bagged up the leftovers and enjoyed for the rest of the week!

Freeze and enjoy