Delightful and Delicious Oven-Fried Chicken with Waffles and White Gravy and Hey, Take a Gander Into a Messy Pantry...No Judging Though

1/2/2016

Hi Y'all!!!!!!!!!

How's everybody been????!!!

Little Boy Blue (4 year old grandson) in the first snow before Thanksgiving.

Miss Me???!!!

Marvin Miller's sheep in the back forty early December.

I've missed sharing with y'all!!!

Angie went white tissue paper and ultra shiny with doo dad curly doodle thingamajigs for the Christmas wrapping this year.

And guess what!!!

I made an AMAZING
Oven-Fried Chicken with Waffles
and
White Gravy
recipe today!!!

YES!! TODAY!!! I KNOW!!!
I was soooo excited, I just knew no matter what,
I had to share this with you!!

And it all started with the wrong bag of
potato chips in my pantry.
I accidentally bought these "Salt & Pepper" Kettle Chips yesterday for snacking during the Rose Bowl.

Typically I always buy these...

"Sea Salt"
Kettle Chips.

But the bag I accidently threw into my cart at the grocery was
"Salt & Pepper" Kettle Chips.

Shockingly, the Chicken and Waffle Recipe I reeeeeally wanted to make after googling this morning, featured...

that's right...

Salt & Pepper Kettle Chips!!!!!

Did someone just hear an angel play a horn?

Let me tell you, as soon as I discovered this Chicken and Waffle recipe and saw I had everything in the kitchen to make this.....I screamed to get my camera and started taking the most craptastic pictures ever!

These are the fixins for
Oven-Fried Chicken with Waffles
and White Gravy!!

Quick Note: This recipe is for two servings only.
If you want to feed more than two people, double or triple the recipe like I did!

Oven-Fried Chicken with Waffles and White Gravy
Featured on bakerbynature.com
Recipe author: dinnerfortwoblog.com
Yield: 2 servings
Serving Size: 1 serving
Fluffy buttermilk waffles topped with crispy fried chicken and creamy white pepper gravy.

Ingredients

For the chicken:
1 large boneless, skinless, chicken breast, sliced in half lengthwise
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 cup salt and pepper kettle-cooked potato chips, finely crushed
For the waffles:
1 large egg white
2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
For the white pepper gravy:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons scallions, chopped, optional

For the chicken:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees (F). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat; set aside.
Place the chicken breast on a clean work surface. Rub the chicken breast halves with mayonnaise then generously coat all sides of the chicken with the crushed kettle chips. Don't worry if they don't all stick! Transfer the chicken to the prepared baking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the outer crust is slightly browned. Transfer chicken to a plate and store in the microwave or a warmer drawer until needed.
For the waffles:
While the chicken is baking, preheat your waffle iron.
In a small bowl, using a hand mixer, beat egg white and one tablespoon of sugar on medium-speed until light and fluffy and soft peaks begin to form, about 1 minute; set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center of the batter and pour in the melted butter and buttermilk. Whisk until mixture is smooth and no lumps remain. Using a spatula, gently fold in the egg whites, stirring just until incorporated.
Using a 3/4 cup measuring cup, scoop batter, and pour onto heated waffle iron. Cook until waffle is browned and crispy on the outside, about 5 minutes. Repeat for the second waffle. Once the waffles are done, place them on a plate and store inside the microwave or a warming drawer.
For the white pepper gravy:
In a small pan over medium-heat, melt the butter and whisk together with the flour for about 2 minutes. Add in the milk, salt, and pepper. Let simmer until thickened; about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Assembly:
Place a waffle on a serving plate. Top with chicken, then generously pour gravy on top of chicken and waffle. Repeat for the second waffle dish. Top with chopped scallions, if desired.
Serve warm.

Now I found this recipe from the bakerbynature.com website.
Check her website out, especially under Dinner recipes, her dishes look great!!
The recipe is from a newly published cookbook called
Dinner For Two
by Julie Wampler.
This is Julie's website: Dinnerfortwoblog.com
I bookmarked Julie's blog, it looks awesome!!

We start with the chicken....

There's only 3 ingredients to the chicken:

Boneless/skinless chicken breasts

Crushed Kettle Chips

Mayo

And now, for a very special love note to my sister-in-law:

Dear Kim,

USE MAYO!!!!

Love always,
Angie

We begin by crushing those potato chips!!

A large 13 oz. bag of potato chips crushed to a bit less than 4 cups.

Enough for 4 chicken breasts.

Slice the chicken breasts lengthwise.

Again, note...I fourpled the recipe.

I mean, I used 4 whole chicken breasts instead of 1.

Fourple is a word.
In the Pretend Word Dictionary.

Rub the chicken halves with mayo...

And then coat the chicken halves into that crushed
Salt & Pepper crushed Kettle chips.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes...
and the yummy chicken should come out looking like this...

Ahhh man,

can't you just taste that salty, peppery potato chip coating?

Okay, chicken is warming in the oven...let's get these buttermilk waffle ingredients pulled together.

Whip the egg whites and sugar until soft peaks form.

Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda & powder and salt.

Do you think my picture here would win me an award for
Most Boring Picture Ever?

I think so.

Shut up.

Anyhoo, make a "well" (FANCY COOKING WORD ALERT..."WELL") and throw the eggs and buttermilk in the...fancy "WELL"!

Whisk it all up and fold in the whipped egg whites...
this will make the mixture all fluffy...

Throw the mixture in the waffle maker.
(By the way, if you don't have a waffle maker, my advice is to get a waffle maker or borrow one and forget to return it, you won't regret it.)

Now make up that peppered white gravy with butter,
flour, milk, salt and pepper....

Whisk and cook until the gravy thickens...
yummy!!

FINALLY....NOW let's build a Waffle with Oven-Fried Chicken and White Gravy!

Light Buttermilk Waffle

Plus Salty Crispy Coated Chicken

Topped with creamy
White Peppered Gravy

Equals
Complete Deliciousness!!!

I'm telling you, this recipe is foolproof!!!
The salty chip coating on that juicy chicken breast, layered on a fluffy sweet waffle, topped with savory, tasty, finger lickin' good pepper gravy!!!

Foolproof!!!!!

I'm a complete fool and even *I* couldn't mess this up!!!!!!

If you want to print the recipe, highlight, copy and print the recipe up above or click on bakerbynature.com and print the recipe from there.

I hope you make this recipe sometime!!!
If you do, let me know how it came out!
Kids will LOVE this chicken with the potato chip crust!!

Okay, so anyway...
remember when I was talking about this bag of
potato chips
in my pantry earlier??

Well, I thought I would share pictures of my very,
very messy pantry with you.
I am clearly of the "Not Proud" folk of the world.
More like the "Dis be me, no excuses, I yam what I yam" folk.

Do NOT proceed any further if you are a judgey person :)

SHUT UP!!!!!!!
I told you it was messy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyhoo, let's start with the Pepsi with real sugar that I keep in the pantry.
These are "teeny" Pepsis as
Tim says.
Small cans.
It helps Tim to not drink so much pop.

On the lower shelf are the extra dishes used for this here food blog, neatly organized.
:)

The lower shelf also brings us a menagerie of freezer baggies, internet recipes, and kitchen appliances.

The middle shelf here is stuffed with onions, potatoes, and canned goods.

Hey!
I bought a boatload of shallots for Christmas and then decided not to make the recipe....

Anyone need any shallots???

As you all know, I am not a baker.
I hate it.
Makes me itchy scratchy like poison ivy.
For some reason, baking ingredients takes up an inordinate amount of my pantry.

WAIT WAIT!!!!
See the box of Whoppers up there??? I made a Chocolate cake with Whoppers at Christmastime! Here, let me find a picture.

SEE!!!!
I did it!!! And I didn't even swear or threaten to throw the mixer out the back door!!!!

I lied. Of COURSE I swore and threatened to throw the mixer out the back door.
Duh.
Do you even KNOW me?

Let's move along to the other side of the middle shelf.

Vinegars,
oils, honey, raisins and a paper bag make up this space.

Look up on the right hand side on the wall there....

On the wall is this tea towel with measurements
and a vintage
Leave a Note box
with a broken
clock hand.

Let's see if someone left a note.....

Oh look. Someone did.
It says:

Dear Angie,

You are more beautiful than any of the Charlie's Angels and Ginger from Gilligan's Island.

Love,
Tim

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.................

Anyhoo,
I kind of have a thing for olive oils.

I try to buy the best I can afford.

On sale of course.

The other side of that shelf is the cereal and crackers.

It actually looks reasonably organized.

Huh.
What'dya know.
Weird.

Oh. Retract what I said about reasonably organized. In back of the cereals and crackers are a heap o' pasta and rice and such.

I will say one of my resolutions is to actually cook up items like these more, instead of having the expiration date tick tock by and then all of sudden I'm like WHAT THE WHAT, HOW DID THIS EXPIRE FOUR YEARS AGO AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!!!!!!

I do love me the Zaza's Pasta and I keep stocked at all times!

Made right here in Iowa City,
it is!

On the top shelf of the pantry is the paper products,

craptastically organized as you can see.

And on the floor is a menagerie of crockpots and paper towels....

And the other side of the floor is bakeware and ice cube trays.

Ice cube trays.

Ice cube trays.

I have a fridge that makes ice cubes yet I feel the need to keep ice cube trays.

Ice cube trays.

Ice cube trays.

It's times like this I really have to wonder about myself.
Ice cube trays.
Four of them.
In packaging still.
Good golly.

Lastly, this is my sliding pantry door.
Straight outta the carriage stall of our 1870s barn.
Washed it down before they installed it with a garden hose and Dawn dishwashing soap and called it guuuuud enough.

We kept the original hardware and track. It sounds like a freight train when opened :)

In fact, everything is original.....

From the handle and the notch on the side...

To more notches and grease stains...

And all the imperfections...

This door is absolutely perfect to us.

Okay kids, that's all I have for today!!!
Heck, it was enough,
wasn't it???!!!
Next time, I'll thrill all y'all with my laundry room!!!

Dude, I'm kidding about the laundry room.

Seriously, seriously kidding.

Happy New Year!!
Have a great weekend!
Hopefully it won't be another three months before I post again!
Stay warm and we'll talk at ya soon!!

Theresa

1/2/2016 01:38:21 pm

Angie this is right down my alley!!!! Cooking for 2- thanks for your very funny blog and the great link!! PS you don't look 51:-):-)

Angie @ Turnkey

1/3/2016 12:09:23 pm

Ha, Ma! Yeah, I think that blog for two link would be a good one for smaller meals, plus you aren't eating leftovers for days.

Laurie

1/3/2016 10:43:08 am

Love the sheep capture!!!!!! Your pantry is marvelous!! Little Boy Blue looks like he is having the best of times! The Christmas wrap is SO cute!! Now I need to go read the recipe and see if I can be sold on chicken and waffles...8 years in the south and I've not managed to wrap my head around what is a staple here. But I trust your reviews! Now come back to us already!!!

Angie @ Turnkey

1/3/2016 12:34:49 pm

Laurie!!!! That is a travesty you've never had chicken and waffles! Neither had I but I'm a northerner :) and yup, holidays are over so will be jumping back on FB and checking out stuff this week, including checking out any styled and creative holiday pictures you may have posted over the holidays! Hope you're doing well!!! TTYS!

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