Giving a southern tradition a northern twist, chef Adrian Forte cooks up the latest Canadian obsession: northern fried chicken and waffles.


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ingredients

wings

  • 1LB. split wings
  • salt
  • pepper
  • sauce - sriracha maple
  • 1/2 cup sriracha
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup

waffles

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

method
 

  1. In a saucepan set on low to medium heat add ½ cup of pure maple syrup.
  2. Add ½ cup of sriracha and whisk continuously until combined, leave on low heat.
  3. In a large steel bowl, combine split wings with salt and pepper, mix until wings are coated and seasoned evenly.
  4. Beat eggs in a large mixing bowl with buttermilk and vanilla; add flour, baking powder, brown sugar, then the
  5. melted butter, mix thoroughly until batter is smooth and lump free.
  6. Fry wings in deep fryer set to 350° for 10 minutes. remove from oil and let oil drain.
  7. Pour waffle batter into pre-heated waffle iron until the batter covers all areas on the bottom plate, but not over flowing.
  8. Cooked wings should be reach a minimum internal temp of 74°C (165°F).
  9. Add cooked wings to mixing bowl, top with 2oz of sriracha maple sauce, toss until coated evenly.
  10. Remove waffle from iron, drizzle 1oz of pure maple syrup over the cooked waffle.
  11. Add sriracha maple sauces wings on top of waffle, stacked in the middle.
  12. Drizzle remaining sriracha maple from mixing bowl over top of wings and waffles.
  13. Finish by topping wings with a few pinches fine diced chives.

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