Chicken in a Waffle

Ingredients

• 24 frozen chicken nuggets
• Cooking spray
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, beaten

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spread chicken nuggets out on a baking sheet.

Bake nuggets in the preheated oven until hot and crispy, 11 to 13 minutes.

Preheat a waffle iron according to manufacturer's instructions and lightly coat with cooking spray.

Whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Whisk buttermilk, oil, and eggs together in another bowl. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter is just-combined.

Place 1 chicken nugget in the center of each waffle section on the waffle iron. Cover each nugget with about 1 tablespoon of batter, close the waffle iron, and cook until golden and crisp, about 4 minutes. Repeat with remaining nuggets and batter.