Chicken in a Waffle

Ingredients

  • 24 frozen chicken nuggets
  • cooking spray
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cornmeal
  • 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs, beaten

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spread chicken nuggets out on a baking sheet.
  • Bake nuggets in the preheated oven until hot and crispy, 11 to 13 minutes.
  • Preheat a waffle iron according to manufacturer’s instructions and lightly coat with cooking spray.
  • Whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Whisk buttermilk, oil, and eggs together in another bowl. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter is just-combined.
  • Place 1 chicken nugget in the center of each waffle section on the waffle iron. Cover each nugget with about 1 tablespoon of batter, close the waffle iron, and cook until golden and crisp, about 4 minutes. Repeat with remaining nuggets and batter.