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A recipe that is sure to please kids and adults alike – Chicken Ranch Waffle Sliders! Buttermilk chicken nuggets are baked toperfectionand topped with bacon, Swiss cheese, and ranch and served between two mini waffles for the ultimate chicken slider!
Waffles and chicken. Chicken and waffles. Two things that definitely go together in my world! Today I’m putting a spin on that classic combination that makes my chicken and waffles a little more kid-friendly and so delicious! I love using waffles in savory recipes and this is the perfect recipe for you to try out. I marinated my chicken in buttermilk to really play into that waffle flavor and then breaded them in panko bread crumbs for that ultimate crunchy nugget.
The chicken nuggets are baked – not fried – which is definitely the preferred method in our home. Oh my goodness were they good! (These mini waffles are definitely seeing a lot of action in our home and I can’t wait to show you a few more fun treats that we’ve whipped up with them.)
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The waffles are perfectly crunchy and all those little pockets fill up so nicely with ranch – yum! Of course, bacon makes everything taste better so these sliders are topped with baked bacon and Swiss cheese and finished off with tomato and lettuce.
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Buttermilk Chicken Ranch Waffle Sliders
A recipe that is sure to please kids and adults alike –Chicken Ranch Waffle Sliders! Buttermilk chicken nuggets are baked toperfectionand topped with bacon, Swiss cheese, and ranch and served between two mini waffles for the ultimate chicken slider!
Course Entree
Cuisine American
Keyword buttermilk chicken ranch waffle sliders
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes minutes
Marinate Chicken 3 hours hours
Total Time 3 hours hours 32 minutes minutes
Servings 10
Calories 321kcal
Author Trish - Mom On Timeout
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- salt and pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- salt and pepper
- 20 Eggo® Homestyle Minis waffles
- 5 slices bacon baked
- 3 slices Swiss cheese quartered
- lettuce
- Roma tomato sliced
- Hidden Valley Ranch dip
Instructions
Cut up the chicken breasts into nugget-sized pieces. Marinate in buttermilk and hot sauce for 3+ hours. Remove chicken from marinade.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread panko bread crumbs on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown (approximately 5-7 minutes). Transfer to a shallow dish. Add olive oil and stir to combine.
Place eggs in a separate shallow dish and lightly beat.
Place flour in a separate shallow dish. Salt and pepper the flour.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Place a wire rack in a baking sheet and spray with cooking spray.
Coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess, dip in egg, letting excess drip off, and then finally coat with the panko mixture. Place on rack and let sit for 10 minutes before baking.
Bake until chicken is cooked through (approximately 12-15 minutes) turning and flipping chicken halfway through.
Meanwhile, prepare waffles according to package instructions and set aside.
To assemble:
Spread a teaspoon of ranch dip on two waffles. Top with bacon, cheese, chicken nugget, lettuce, tomato, and finally the second waffle. Serve immediately.
Makes 10 sliders.
Nutrition
Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 475mg | Potassium: 305mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 723IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 207mg | Iron: 3mg
Each bite is absolute perfection and the boys just love the tiny size of these sliders – so much fun! We had these for dinner after swim practice and boy were they filling!
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Now that you’ve seen some of what you can do with waffles – where would you like to see waffles on the menu?? Birthday parties, snack days at school, barbecues? Thepossibilitiesare endless and I’d love to know what you think!
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