I Seek Guidance on Chicken and Waffles

Sweet taters OP!

Kudos R1

It's on EVERY fucking weekend brunch menu here in D.C.

It's the foundation of Mrs. Pierce's dining empire!

Rosco's in Southern CA is good. It's something about the crunchy, salty, fried chicken and the waffle with sweet syrup, it's tasty.

I totally don’t “get” chicken and waffles.

It seems so random to me. Why not pancakes and pork chops? Biscuits and veal?

It’s not Southern, I’d never heard of them until I was an adult and traveled North. Wikipedia says they originated in Philadelphia and were popularized as soul food during the Harlem Renaissance. As to what you would eat with it, I couldn’t imagine but my guess is either fruit salad or collard greens and Mac and cheese.

I never heard of it until Gladys Knight opened a chicken and waffles joint here in Atlanta years ago. The stereotypical Southern breakfast is toast or biscuits for the bread. Having waffles for lunch or dinner was unheard of before Gladys moved in.

Gladys Knight's website states that it originated in Harlem.

It originated with musicians who got off work at 4AM, and weren't sure if they were eating dinner or breakfast, so they ordered elements of both.

I get that, I work night shift, and when I leave work I'm hungry and don't know whether I want breakfast or dinner. So I call that meal "Brinner".

afrofuturistglobalcentrum

Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffle was founded by Harlem native Herb Hudson in 1975.

Personally, I would skip the syrup and have chicken gravy instead.

Healthy salad? No?

OP -What on earth does Afrofuturism have to do with chicken and waffles?

r12 Is that Roscoe's cock?

I recently moved to Atlanta, from Chicago and they don't do pancakes here very often. I go to brunch frequently because it's a "thing" and I was shocked at how often there were no pancakes on the menu. French toast, yes, biscuits, yes, even waffles, but no fucking pancakes.

I noticed at Walmart I was passing the food aisles and I smelled maple syrup and they had "Waffle Chicken" which appeared to be some kind of chicken nugget in a waffle coating with maple syrup.

I had this in Nashville last year. I thought it sounded interesting but I would absolutely NOT eat them together. But when it came I thought, "ok one bite just to see."

Totally hooked.

I just ate at Roscoe's last weekend. I had a #13 to go (1 chicken breast, 1 waffle, butter, maple syrup). I ate it at home with a cup of black coffee. It was fantastic. The biscuits and gravy are also legendary.

I enjoy both separately, and though quote a foreign concept, have ordered it and enjoyed them together. However, I don't "syrup" the chicken. Been trendy for several yrs now it seems. OP is late to the party I'm afraid!

as a non-american i'm both intrigued and scared by this dish. Sounds crazy, but maybe the "so bad it's good" variety?

R22 Don't be sacred. Give it a try, its like dinner and dessert on one plate.

^i'd like to, but i see that difficult in Italy

R22 - it's really good, with my main concern that it's trendy. The chicken needs to be spicy.

[quote]as a non-american i'm both intrigued and scared by this dish.

Don't be afraid of a piece of chicken on a waffle. On the other hand, as an American I am TERRIFIED of this, which the British apparently ate buckets of when it was released over there:

R26, those are much different from our sausage rolls. Same idea, but G-d is in the details. Those sadly are not even a "reasonable facsimile thereof".

When you try chicken and waffles for the first time, you realize that they taste great together even though it seems like they wouldn't. It's like when a stranger accidentally drops his chocolate bar in your open jar of peanut butter and you pull it out and put it in your mouth and are amazed by the deliciousness.

It was common in eastern and central Pennsylvania before restaurants in the Southeast began intoducing it. In PA, it was baked chicken and chicken gravy over the waffles.

R29, that actually sounds much better! I'm a gravy hound as long as it's not from a tin.

Has anyone tried Popeye's Chicken Waffle Tenders?

R30 This place near me now (in south) uses fried chicken. The baked chicken with gravy blended much better. Syrup would be inappropriate with gravy.

Where are the bloodyy waffles? I don't get R31's pic.....

R33 The chicken is “breaded” in waffle batter

People replace hamburger bread buns with Krispy Kreme donuts. And then there’s Terducken.

People eat gross stuff. Chicken and waffles, etc.

The book, "Dear Daddy Long Legs" by Jean Webster (They made it into a Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron movie) has college girls walking into town from their New England women's college. That book was published in 1910, I think. All kinds of interesting foods in that book. They had lemon jelly for dessert for example. I think if you look thru the original fannie farmer cookbook, you get a feel for the way they ate a hundred years ago. Convenience and fast foods have changed our palates.

That said, Wikipedia says fried chicken and waffles in the south were traditionally paired with peaches and cream (especially peaches and ice cream) for dessert. I gotta say, if you have been working all day, or walking to a restaurant from your college in New England and walking home again...... sounds pretty good. otherwise, its like watching background footage for "My 600-pound life".

I'd go with the collard greens as a side. You want to give your colon half a chance to clear this mess out of you once you're done eating it.

I gave my cat chicken and waffles and she ate the waffle, I told her she was doing it wrong and she just shed fur and walked away.

OTOH they just opened a KFC in my city: it's the second one they open in Italy. It's delicious, i tried for the first time in my life a week ago. I understand now why americans are addicted to it.

R39, I do believe you that it is good our Italian friend. The KFC in England is world's away from what they serve here. Pizza Hut in London is good too.

Also, KFC in Grand Cayman is excellent too!

^it's a big hit in town. A big queue to get in! I shit you not!

Quality of the chicken (prob sourced locally) is decidedly superior R42.... Fresher too, and less greasy.

How about Jollibee's chicken and spaghetti combo? Yum.

I’ve only had it at Sweet Chick in the east village, but I’ve been back several times, so I guess I’m a fan. I was definitely skeptical at first.

They have interesting flavor combinations, so I don’t know how plain chicken and maple syrup would taste.

[quote]OTOH they just opened a KFC in my city: it's the second one they open in Italy. It's delicious, i tried for the first time in my life a week ago. I understand now why americans are addicted to it.

Actually, KFC has been in decline in the US for some time. Although I gather it's REALLY popular in Japan.

Unfortunately, KFC's loss has been Chick-Fil-A's gain.

So true R46.... Think they don't try hard enough here stateside... They keep the stuff around too long also. Some of the sides in the foreign markets are much better too. Fuck the fundie Chik Fil-A....

Popeyes has overtaken KFC in popularity and sales.

I'll eat Popeye's however sometimes I don't want cajun spiced chicken.... Just regular. The gumbo they disc'd ages ago was remarkable.

Isn't that what Mildred Pierce's restaurant sold?

OP - why are you looking for a vegetable to serve as a side? Breakfast meals are notorious for not having a vegetable. Most places the closest you get is a western omelet. Although it doesn't technically count as a vegetable side I would go with fried tomatoes. They don't need to be green. Then don't need to be breaded. Just slice them and put them in the frying pan. Bet to cook them in the same pan you are cooking your bacon.

I can see the appeal of this meal. Today chicken itself doesn't add flavor or distract from other flavors. If the chicken is breaded and cooked properly you can get a bite with all the flavors on your fork.

I haven't been to KFC in years. It use to drive me crazy that on bite one all the breading and skin came off the chicken.

[quote] Breakfast meals are notorious for not having a vegetable.

Potatoes are vegetables.

R52 - so?

r53 So you've never heard of potatoes being a part of a breakfast meal?

Tomato is not a vegetable, it is technically a fruit. However it is used more like a vegetable, as it is not sweet.

[quote][R26], those are much different from our sausage rolls. Same idea, but G-d is in the details. Those sadly are not even a "reasonable facsimile thereof".

Yes I know that those are not sausage rolls, R27. But that particular dominos pizza with the crust made of hot dogs (!!!) was released in the UK for years before it came to the USA. And yes, it's EXACTLY as shown in the image. It was a huge success there. There was an article written about it for the BBC, I think. Sausage rolls are *not* a part of that story.

In FACT, there was a petition in the UK to bring back the hot dog crust, because apparently it was phased out in the UK. Here's the petition.

Is it me, or is Domino's Pizza held higher in esteem in the UK than in the US?

Trisha Yearwood's Pigs-in-a-Wreath

I don't want to eat finger food with maple syrup.

r60 You're not into French Toast sticks?

What is a French Toast stick?

r62 Just what it sounds like.

[quote]What is a French Toast stick?

An abomination in the sight of the Most Holy Jesus, the Christ.

Why would I eat any French Toast that comes in a box?

Well, that's just cute r59!

The best fried chicken I've ever had was at Willie Mae's Scotch House in New Orleans. No chicken and waffles there but it's turned up at a couple of places here in Northern CA.

Proper Southern-style chicken and waffles is amazing. That's the one with buttermilk bone-in fried chicken served with waffles and syrup. It's the perfect mix of savory and sweet and also the perfect comfort/soul food. Almost any green vegetable works as a side.

Northern style is the one with chicken (not necessarily fried) served on the waffle drenched in gravy (I find that one gross).

There are a few places left in Harlem that have proper Southern-style chicken and waffles. Even Harlem has been overrun with big chain stores and restaurants.

Atlanta Breastfast Club in that city (near the aquarium) serves it fried and with a waffle, the maple syrup on the side if you want it. It's amazing.

This Bay Area place used to have multiple locations, but it looks like they're only in Oakland now. I ate at the one in Walnut Creek a while back and it was quite good.