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Cloverdale Bacon Waffle Skewers with Korean Fried Chicken

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Cloverdale Bacon Waffle Skewers with Korean Fried Chicken

Ingredients
  

For the Sauce

  • 8 Garlic cloves
  • 1 2" Piece peeled ginger
  • 5 tbsp. Soy sauce
  • 5 tbsp. Korean chile paste
  • 2-1/2 tbsp. Rice vinegar
  • 1-1/2 tbsp. Asian sesame oil
  • 1-1/2 tbsp. Honey

For the Chicken

  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1-1/2 tbsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 cup Water
  • Canola oil, for frying
  • 2 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts halves, cut into 1-1/2" chunks

For the Waffles

  • 2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp. Baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. Baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
  • 3 tbsp. Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1-1/2 cups Milk
  • 1/2 cup Melted butter or oil
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • Wooden skewers
  • 1 lb. Favorite Cloverdale Bacon

Instructions
 

  • Whisk flour, cornstarch, and water in a medium bowl. Add chicken; toss. Set in refrigerator.
  • Add all ingredients for the sauce in a food processor. Heat sauce over medium heat in a heavy sauce pan and stir. Cook until it turns a little darker in color. Add ΒΌ- 1/2 cup water if sauce is too thick. Set aside.
  • Heat 2" of oil into a large pot. Heat over medium-high heat until a thermometer reads 350?.
  • Heat a waffle iron. Whisk all ingredients for the waffles together and aside while you cook the chicken.
  • Working in batches, fry chicken until golden, 5-6 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Bring heat back up to 350? after each batch. Toss cooked chicken in sauce.
  • Brush vegetable oil over hot waffle iron on both sides and immediately pour waffle batter into iron. Cook until golden brown. Lift waffle out of iron and repeat.
  • Preheat oven to 425F, place a sheet of parchment paper on baking sheet, lay Cloverdale bacon on parchment paper. Place in oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown or desired crispiness.
  • Put one piece of chicken, then a waffle piece, followed by Many slices of Cloverdale Bacon and another piece of chicken on the skewer. Serve with melted butter and syrup to dip waffle. Enjoy!