Chicken-and-Waffle Bites

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Chicken-and-Waffle Bites

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Recipe Data

12
Servings
10min
Prep
30min
Total

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    Description

    Everyone at your tailgate party will love these sweet and spicy chicken-and-waffle bites. You can even dye the waffle batter with food coloring to represent your team colors!

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    Servings and Ingredients

    Ingredients
    Serves 12
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    Chicken
    ¼ c. Hy-Vee honey
    1 tbsp. Hy-Vee salted butter, melted
    1 ½ tsp. Frank's RedHot original hot sauce
    1 tsp. Hy-Vee corn starch
    ¼ tsp. chipotle chili powder
    6 Hy-Vee Market Grille chicken tenders
    Waffles
    3 c. Hy-Vee complete pancake and waffle mix
    2 ¼ c. water
    ½ c. Hy-Vee vegetable oil
    Food coloring, if desired

    Things To Grab

    • Small bowl
    • Baking sheet
    • Waffle iron
    • Hy-Vee nonstick cooking spray
    • Wooden toothpicks

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine honey, melted butter, hot sauce, corn starch, and chipotle chili powder in small bowl. 

    2. Place chicken tenders on baking sheet; brush with 1/3 of honey mixture. Bake at 425 degrees for 14 to 17 minutes or until internal temperature is 165 degrees, turning and brushing with additional 1/3 honey mixture halfway through. 

    3. Meanwhile, prepare and bake 6 waffles. Preheat waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions. Combine mix, water, vegetable oil, and red food coloring, if desired; stir until large lumps disappear. Allow batter to rest 4 to 5 minutes before baking. Pour desired amount of batter into lightly greased waffle iron. Cook according to manufacturer's directions. 

    4. Cut each waffle into quarters. Cut chicken tenders in half; brush with remaining honey mixture. Sandwich each chicken piece between 2 waffle quarters and skewer with a wooden toothpick.

    Nutrition facts

    Servings

    320 Calories per serving

    Amounts Per Serving

    • Total Fat: 13g
    • Cholesterol: 35mg
    • Sodium: 980mg
    • Total Carbohydrates: 39g
    • Protein: 13g

    Daily Values

    0%
    Iron 6%
    0%
    Calcium 4%
    0%
    Vitamin D 0%
    0%
    Potassium 6%

    Recipe Source:

    Hy-Vee Seasons Magazine September 2021