Fried Chicken and Waffles Stack with Iceberg Salad and Garlicky Ranch Aioli

Name: Fried Chicken and Waffles Stack with Iceberg Salad and Garlicky Ranch Aioli
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 3 Tbsps melted butter; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 473 milliliters buttermilk; 4 servings Canola oil, for frying; 4 chicken thighs; 118 milliliters cornstarch; 1 teaspoons curry powder; 1 egg yolk; 2 eggs, separated; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters grapeseed oil; 1 heads Iceberg lettuce; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps lemon-pepper seasoning, divided; 4 servings Maple syrup; 59 milliliters prepared ranch dressing; 3 cloves prepared roasted garlic; 1 teaspoons sugar

Fried Chicken and Waffles Stack with Iceberg Salad and Garlicky Ranch Aioli might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1174 calories, 40g of protein, and 55g of fat each. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only Head to the store and pick up egg yolk, curry powder, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the egg yolk you could follow this main course with the Apricot Crumbles as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: waffle maker

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Waffle Iron

In a large bowl, combine 1 tablespoon lemon-pepper seasoning with 1 cup buttermilk

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Lemon Pepper

Buttermilk

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Bowl

Soak the chicken in the seasoned buttermilk for 30 minutes

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Buttermilk

Whole Chicken

Pour the canola oil into a deep, heavy skillet until the oil fills the pan about an inch up the sides.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Heat the oil over medium-high heat until it reaches 375 degrees F.

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Cooking Oil

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

In another large bowl, whisk together the cornstarch, flour, remaining lemon-pepper seasoning, and a good pinch of salt, and pepper.

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Lemon Pepper

Corn Starch

Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Remove the chicken thighs from the buttermilk, dip in the seasoned flour, then dip back into the buttermilk, and then into the flour again. Make sure to coat the chicken on all sides with each dip.

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Chicken Thighs

All Purpose Flour

Buttermilk

Whole Chicken

Dip

Fry the chicken until golden brown on each side, about 8 minutes per side.

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Whole Chicken

Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and roast in the oven for 5 to 7 more minutes, or until cooked through.

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Whole Chicken

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, and curry powder for the waffles in one bowl and whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, and melted butter in another bowl.

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Baking Powder

Curry Powder

Buttermilk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine the 2 mixtures by pouring the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stirring until just evenly combined.

Preheat a waffle maker and make waffles according to manufacturer's instructions. Cook the waffles until lightly golden. Make the waffles until you've used up all of the batter. Keep the waffles and chicken warm.

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Whole Chicken

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Waffle Iron

Put the one egg yolk into a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and start whisking while slowly drizzling in the grapeseed oil.

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Salt And Pepper

Grape Seed Oil

Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk until thickened.

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Whisk

Mince the garlic cloves and stir into the aioli. Stir in the ranch dressing.

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Ranch Dressing

Whole Garlic Cloves

Aioli

Ground Meat

To serve, slice the waffles open in half through the centers and lay the bottom halves on a platter. Top each waffle slice with a lettuce leaf and top with a piece of chicken.

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Lettuce Leaf

Whole Chicken

Drizzle the aioli over top of it all and top with the remaining waffles halves.

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Aioli

Serve with maple syrup on the side.

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Maple Syrup

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Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schlossgut Diel Nahe Riesling Kabinett. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.