The best chicken & waffles recipe with the elements that everyone will love—crispy fried chicken, thick and fluffy waffles and a delicious sweet and spicy sauce.

Serves 6

Ingredients

Chicken

• 6 boneless chicken thighs

• 3 cups buttermilk

• ½ cup 3Twenty Spice Signature Pepper Sauce

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 6 tbsp granulate garlic

• 6 tbsp smoked paprika

• ¼ cup salt

• 1 tbsp black pepper

Waffles

• 1½ cups almond milk (regular or other milk substitute will work as well)

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 egg

• 2 tbsp melted butter

• 1 tbsp baking powder

• 2 tbsp sugar

• ¼ tsp salt

• 1 drop of almond extract (optional)

• 1 drop of vanilla extract

Preparation

1. Marinade: in a mixing bowl add buttermilk, pepper sauce, garlic and smoked paprika and mix well. Marinate chicken overnight for best results.

2. Seasoned flour crust: mix flour, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper thoroughly. Bread the marinated chicken thighs with flour and allow the chicken to rest for about 5 minutes before frying (this allows the breading to stick to the chicken and helps makes the chicken crispier).

3. Waffles: using a stand (or handheld) mixer, add flour and baking powder, sugar and salt blend together, then incorporate milk, egg, almond and vanilla extracts. Blend until smooth, think consistency (like pancake batter). Add more milk if need. Pour the batter into your ready preheated waffle iron and cook according to the waffle iron's directions.

4. Serve the chicken on top of the waffles, then drizzle generously with signature pepper sauce and maple syrup.

Quick Notes

• Marinate chicken for at least 2 hours for same day.

• Buying frozen waffles? Good brands are Julian’s, Van’s, Kodiak Cake’s.

• Using pancake/waffle batter? Hungry Jack is a good choice as well.

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