Chicken and Waffles, Y'all!

This week I wanted to go with a BforD (Breakfast for Dinner) meal!  At first I thought, pancakes? Ehh...maybe.  Then I decided I would go with a less boring, more southern dish.  Chicken and Waffles, of course! (with a little pizazz)

Though I am from the South, I am not afraid to admit that I have never used a deep fryer! Honestly, it scares me.  I'm pretty sure it'd turn out like a scene from Arrested Development with George Bluth and the Cornballer (shout out to my uncle Kevin, a faithful reader of our blog! That reference was for you!). For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, basically I'd probably burn myself with hot oil.

Sooo I went with a safer and healthier option of oven-baked chicken.  I tried to make it a spicy baked chicken but unfortunately it did not turn out as spicy as I was expecting.  I doused the chicken in hot sauce before breading it but I guess that was not enough to give it the kick I was going for.  Next time I'd probably do some chili powder or red pepper in the breading.  Or maybe marinate the chicken in hot sauce.  Any suggestions are welcomed!

As for the waffles, no way could we leave those plain!  I decided to go with a sweet potato waffle.  I got a little impatient with the mashing of the sweet potato so there were small chunks throughout the waffles but they were still good.

Then on top, since Kristen claims that even the smell of maple syrup makes her nauseous, we put a little bit of honey.  It was a great balance of sweet and savory.  I definitely learned some improvements I would like to make for the next go round but overall I would say this dinner was a success!

Oh! And I have no idea where the waffle iron that we have came from but I think we could use a new one...it may have been from prehistoric times and there was some smoke coming out of it when I first plugged it in...a little scary.  Still looks pretty good though, right?