Chicken & Cornmeal Waffle Sandwiches

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Friday nights at our house usually means we are eating fast food, well kinda sorta, we don´t go out for it, we make it at home. All three of our kiddos are big foodies, they love to cook, they love to try new things, and are quite happy to make suggestions for what to make for dinner during the week. For some reason, Friday has got to be some kind of junk food, someting you would find on a diner menu. So when Sara asked if we could have chicken and waffle sandwiches, I had to oblige and say yes! I used frozen chicken tenders, to save some time, but the waffles I made from scratch. These cornmeal waffles are seriously delicious, and are also perfect for Sunday brunch on there own. The sauce for this waffle sandwich, Maple Sriracha Mayo, the perfect sweet and spicy topping. Add some peppery arugula, and a fried egg and that my friends is a winning combination.  Savoury and sweet with every single bite. An easy way to have fast food at home, I hope you give it a try!






1¾ cups all purpose flour
1¼ cups yellow cornmeal
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. brown sugar
½ tsp. kosher salt
2 cups  milk (can be almond milk, whole milk, etc.)
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
1½ tsp. vanilla extract


Preheat the waffle maker.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients (flour, cornmeal, baking powder, brown sugar, and kosher salt) and mix well.
In another medium mixing bowl, whisk the milk, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla (AKA the "wet ingredients").
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
There is no need to grease the waffle maker since there is already vegetable oil in the batter.
Pour ¾ cup - 1 cup (depending on the size of your waffle maker) into the center of the grid.
Cook the waffle according to your waffle maker directions. Bake until golden brown, approximately 3-4 minutes.

For the Maple Sriracha Mayo

1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 tablespoon sriracha chili sauce

In a medium bowl mix together the mayonnaise, maple syrup, and sriracha sauce until smooth. Set aside.

To assemble:
I break my round belgian waffles into 4 pieces.
Sandwich 1 or 2  chicken tenders between 2 waffle pieces. Drizzle with maple sriracha mayo and greens of your choice and serve.


***Cook up as many waffles and chicken fingers as needed
***I can get about 6-7 waffles using my Belgian waffle iron
source for waffles

source for mayo

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