{"id":26206,"date":"2022-08-08T11:15:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=26206"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:16:13","slug":"fried-chicken-and-waffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=26206","title":{"rendered":"Fried Chicken And Waffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"63d509947b33dea96ed9a09b2482b63d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1554417\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Fried Chicken And Waffle<\/p>\n<h2>INGREDIENTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs<\/li>\n<li>Vegetable Oil, for deep frying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BUTTERMILK BRINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups (480 mL) buttermilk OR soured whole milk* (see notes)<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tbsp garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tbsp onion powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp hot sauce or chili powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp smoked paprika<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SEASONED FLOUR CRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups (384 g) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 cup (43 g) cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp onion powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SPICY HONEY BUTTER SAUCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bc cup (85 g) honey (you can sub maple syrup)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp chili powder (or more if you like a lot of spice)<\/li>\n<li>4 tbsp (57 g) unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp kosher salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>DIRECTIONS<\/h2>\n<p>Whisk the buttermilk or soured milk, kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder, hot sauce, and smoked paprika together in a large mixing bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Add the boneless, skinless chicken thigh to the bowl, making sure every thigh is covered in the brine. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the chicken marinate in the buttermilk brine from 1 hour to overnight in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>In a dutch oven pot, heat up about half the pot\u2019s worth of vegetable oil. Allow the oil to reach 350 degrees F (180 degrees C\/ 160 degrees C if using a fan-forced oven).<\/p>\n<p>While the oil is heating up, in a mixing bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and seasonings. Take each chicken thigh from the brine and dredge into the seasoned flour. Thoroughly coat the chicken all over, then let rest on a plate for five minutes before frying.<\/p>\n<p>Fry the chicken in the hot oil (no more than about 4 thighs per batch) until golden brown, crispy, and cooked through completely, about 8-9 minutes.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fried Chicken And Waffle INGREDIENTS 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs Vegetable Oil, for deep frying BUTTERMILK BRINE 2 cups (480 mL) buttermilk OR soured whole milk* (see notes) 1 tbsp kosher salt \u00bd tbsp garlic powder \u00bd tbsp onion powder 1 tbsp hot sauce or chili powder 1 tsp smoked paprika SEASONED FLOUR CRUST 3 &#8230; <a title=\"Fried Chicken And Waffle\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=26206\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fried Chicken And Waffle\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":26207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26210,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26206\/revisions\/26210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}