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Belgian waffle, fried chicken, and maple syrup white butter
Preparation
30 min
Cooking time
1 h
Servings
4 servings
Ingredients
Fried chicken (Marinade):
- 8 chicken thighs
- 500 ml (2 cups) buttermilk*
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 4 rosemary sprigs
- Salt and pepper
*You can replace the buttermilk with 500 ml (2 cups) milk and 30 ml (2 tbsp.) lemon juice.
Fried chicken (Breaded):
- 250 ml (1 cup) flour
- 5 ml (1 tsp.) cayenne
- 5 ml (1 tsp.) smoked paprika
- 500 ml (2 cups) Panko breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper
- Oil (enough for frying)
Waffles:
- 500 ml (2 cups) unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 15 ml (1 tbsp.) baking powder
- 2 ml (1/2 tsp.) salt
- 3 eggs, whites and yolks separated
- 500 ml (2 cups) plain yogurt
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) milk
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) butter, melted, at room temperature
Maple syrup white butter:
- 250 ml (1 cup) white wine
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) maple syrup
- 1 shallot, chopped finely
- 30 ml (2 tbsp.) Dijon mustard
- 375 ml (1 1/2 cup) chicken stock
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) cold butter, diced
- Salt and pepper
Butter-sautéed mushrooms and green peas (optional):
- 45 ml (3 tbsp.) butter
- 1 shallot, minced
- 250 g mushrooms (variety of your choice)
- 250 ml (1 cup) green peas
- Salt and pepper
Toppings (optional):
- Your choice of green pea sprouts or arugula
Preparation
Fried chicken:
- Let the chicken thighs marinate with the rest of the ingredients for 12 hours.
- In a bowl, mix the flour and spices.
- Pour the breadcrumbs into another bowl.
- Drain the chicken and coat with the flour seasoning.
- Dip in the buttermilk and in the breadcrumbs again.
- Fry in the hot oil until the thighs are golden.
- Put in the oven at 180 ºC (350 ºF).
Waffles:
- In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
- In another bowl, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form.
- In a third bowl, mix the yogurt, milk, melted butter, and egg yolks together.
- Incorporate the wet mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Next, gently incorporate the whipped egg whites.
- Preheat a waffle press and pour about 125 ml (1/2 cup) of the mixture into the press.
- Cook 5 minutes or until golden.
- Repeat.
- Set aside, keeping warm.
White butter:
- Reduce the white wine, maple syrup, and shallots by 3/4.
- Add the mustard, chicken stock, and reduce by half.
- Add the butter, whisking to emulsify.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Mushrooms and green peas:
- Heat the butter and sauté the shallot and mushrooms.
- Cook until the mushrooms are golden.
- Add the green peas and season.
- Continue cooking a few minutes.
Serve the waffles with the fried chicken, sautéed mushrooms and green peas, and the maple syrup white butter.
Top with greens (optional).
