Sweet & Sticky Chicken Waffle Sliders

Sweet & Sticky Chicken Waffle Sliders combine glazed chicken with crispy waffles, taking the traditional chicken-and-waffle to the next level!

Looking for other crispy chicken recipes? You’ll love my Crispy Fried Chicken Cheddar Biscuit with Honey Butter Sauce, Crispy BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich, or my Colossal Crispy Chicken Sandwich!

The combination of anything sweet and sticky will get the attention of anyone with a sweet tooth. Teaming it together with chicken and waffles to create my Sweet and Sticky Chicken Waffle Sliders is fun food at its best.

The chicken is amazingly crispy with the perfect crunch, and the honey sauce tops it all off. There’s a little heat mixed in there as well, serving as an element of surprise. Turn your meal into an adventure with this sweet and sticky dinnertime (or game day) treat. Chicken and waffles aren’t just for breakfast or brunch anymore.

Note: Using pancake mix (paid link) for fried chicken provides an all-in-one shortcut. It combines flour, leavening agents, and powdered milk or buttermilk, creating a puffy, flavorful, and golden-brown crust with fewer individual ingredients. The sugar content in the mix creates a sweet-and-savory flavor profile that is perfect when making chicken and waffles.

How to Make Chicken Waffle Sliders:

Prepare the chicken. Cut each chicken breast into 3 even pieces. Season the chicken with paprika. To one Ziploc bag, add 1 cup flour. Add 1/2 cup flour, pancake mix (paid link), paprika, salt, and black pepper in the second bag. In a bowl, combine buttermilk and eggs. Whisk (paid link) together.

Fry the chicken. Heat a cast iron skillet (paid link) over medium heat and coat the bottom with olive oil. Place the chicken in a flour-only bag and coat it well. Coat the chicken with the egg mixture, then the pancake mixture. Fry the chicken for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, then set aside.

Make the honey sauce. Heat a pan over medium-low heat and add butter. Once the butter melts, add minced garlic. Cook for 1 minute, then add soy sauce, brown sugar, and honey. Add cornstarch, balsamic vinegar, and red pepper flakes. Stir until it binds, then remove from the heat.

Pour honey sauce over chicken. Add the cooked chicken to a large bowl and pour the honey sauce over it. Set to the side.

Make the waffles. In a bowl, add the whole milk, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Whisk (paid link) together until blended. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and sea salt. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well. Do not overmix. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the pancake mixture. Prepare the waffles as instructed by your Belgian waffle maker (paid link).

Assemble. Once the waffles are done, place the fried chicken between two waffle triangles.

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Sweet & Sticky Chicken Waffle Sliders

Recipe by Eric

Sweet & Sticky Chicken Waffle Sliders combine glazed chicken with waffles to take the traditional chicken and waffle to the next level!

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• Total Time30 minutes
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Ingredients

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For the Chicken:

• 1 lb boneless chicken breast
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1/2 cup pancake mix (paid link)
• 1 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs

For the Honey Sauce:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

For the Waffles:

• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 large organic eggs, separated
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp lemon zest
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp sea salt

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Instructions

For the Chicken:

1. Cut each chicken breast into 3 pieces.
2. In one large Ziploc bag, add 1 cup flour. Add 1/2 cup flour, pancake mix (paid link), paprika, salt, and black pepper to a second bag.
3. In a bowl, combine the buttermilk and eggs. Whisk (paid link) together.
4. Heat a skillet over medium heat and coat the bottom with olive oil.
5. Place the chicken in a flour-only bag and coat it well. Place the chicken into the egg mixture, then the pancake mixture. Fry the chicken for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, then set aside.

For the Honey Sauce:

1. Heat a pan over medium-low heat and add butter. Once the butter melts, add the minced garlic. Cook for 1 minute, then add the soy sauce, brown sugar, and honey. Add cornstarch, balsamic vinegar, and red pepper flakes. Stir until it binds and remove from the heat.
2. Add the cooked chicken to a large bowl and pour the honey sauce over it. Set to the side.

For the Waffles:

1. In a bowl, add the whole milk, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Whisk (paid link) together until blended. 
2. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and sea salt. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well. Do not overmix.
3. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the pancake mixture.
4. Prepare the waffles as instructed by your Belgian waffle maker (paid link). Once cooked, place the chicken between two waffle triangles.

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• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Category: Breakfast
• Method: Fried
• Cuisine: Southern

Nutrition

• Calories: 609
• Fat: 15.9g

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