Southern Style Chicken Waffle Sandwich

Name: Southern Style Chicken Waffle Sandwich
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 Tomatoes, chopped or sliced; 480ml Buttermilk, or use kefir; 30g Rocket; 1.25 tsp Baking Powder; 4 strips Pancetta, cooked and finely chopped; 320g Plain Flour; 3 Eggs; 30g Light Brown Soft Sugar; 1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda; 50g Unsalted Butter, melted and slightly cooled; 4 Breaded Southern Fried Chicken Fillets; 4 tbsp Garlic Sauce, shop-bought, or find our recipe below

Poultry

35m prep time

70m total time

Medium level

12 ingredients

Southern Style Chicken Waffle Sandwich recipe by Cherrypick

Recreate the festival vibe at home with this waffle sandwich from street-food specialist Killa Waffles. With a breaded Southern-style chicken filling, what could be better?

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

For the waffle, combine the the flour, baking powder, bicarb and brown sugar. Add a pinch of each salt and black pepper. Beat the eggs, then gently stir them into the dry mix. Add the buttermilk or kefir and mix until smooth, then stir in the melted butter. Mix in the pancetta, if using.

Step 2

Cook the southern fried breaded chicken according to the packet instructions.

Step 3

Cook the waffles in a waffle machine or iron for 5-6 mins until cooked and golden. Cut each waffle in half. Top the bottom halves with the garlic sauce, rocket, tomatoes and chicken tenders, then sandwich with the other half of the waffle. Serve straightaway.

Ingredients
Based on 4 servings

2 Tomatoes, chopped or sliced 2 x Sainsbury's Tomatoes Loose
480ml Buttermilk, or use kefir 2 x Sainsbury's Buttermilk 300ml
30g Rocket 1 x Sainsbury's Wild Rocket 60g
1.25 tsp Baking Powder 1 x Sainsbury's Baking Powder 160g
4 strips Pancetta, cooked and finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Smoked Air-Dried Dry Cured Thinly Sliced Pancetta, Taste the Difference 180g
320g Plain Flour 1 x Sainsbury's Plain Flour 1.5kg
3 Eggs 1 x Sainsbury's British Free Range Eggs Medium x6
30g Light Brown Soft Sugar 1 x Sainsbury's Fairtrade Light Soft Brown Sugar 500g
1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda 1 x Sainsbury's Bicarbonate Of Soda 180g
50g Unsalted Butter, melted and slightly cooled 1 x Sainsbury's British Butter, Salted 250g
4 Breaded Southern Fried Chicken Fillets 1 x Sainsbury's Southern Fried Breaded Fresh British Chicken Steaks x4 500g
4 tbsp Garlic Sauce, shop-bought, or find our recipe below 1 x Al'Fez Lebanese Style Garlic Sauce 250g