I’ve been dying to get creative with my waffle maker. I love waffles in almost any form and there have been numerous posts on social media showing people cooking crazy things in their waffle makers. Now I didn’t want to get too crazy, but I figured why not give it a shot and try cooking some more traditional baked goods in my waffle iron.
I had a package of cornbread mix I wanted to use and a hankering for barbeque and the idea for this recipe hit me. Why not make cornbread waffles and do a barbeque sandwich! This sounded genius. As for the barbeque, I’m a big pulled pork fan, but I also didn’t want to spend all day cooking the meat in a crock pot, and I haven’t tested it in my instantpot yet, so I figured pulled chicken was an excellent compromise and much healthier!
The key to pulling off this recipe is a good barbeque sauce & grilling your chicken, it gives it so much extra flavor. For the waffles make sure your iron is nice and hot, that ensures that the outside is nice and crispy!
Pulled Chicken and Cornbread Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 lb Chicken breast
- 1 Cup BBQ sauce
- Salt & Pepper to season
- 1 Package Cornbread mix & Ingredients to complete
Instructions
- Heat a grill or grill pan and lightly grease if necessary. Open and pat dry chicken breast & season with salt & pepper
- Place chicken on grill pan and cook fully - approximately 6 to 8 minutes per side. You should have some nice grill marks! Once cooked remove chicken from pan and let rest a few minutes.
- While chicken is resting plug in waffle iron to let it heat up and begin the cornbread batter
- Mix all of the cornbread ingredients together and set aside. (My box of cornbread mix served 6 and called for ½ cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 egg. )
- Once the chicken has rested use a fork and knife to pull it apart in small strips. Do this with all of the chicken breasts. Once all of the chicken has been pulled place in a bowl, mix in the cup of barbeque sauce and set aside.
- Your waffle iron should now be hot. Place roughly 1 cup of batter in waffle maker or until the batter just covers the base of the iron.
- Close the iron and let the cornbread cook until the indicator light for ‘done’ flashes on your iron. Remove the waffle from the iron carefully using a fork. Repeat this process for the remaining batter. My mix made two full size waffles (4 sections each).
- Once waffles are complete you’re ready for assembly! Using two sections of waffle place a portion of pulled chicken inbetween. They’re great garnished with some tasty gherkins!
