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Chicken and Corn Bread Pancakes with Spicy Syrup
Avoid soggy chicken! Placing just-fried chicken on a cooling rack allows air to circulate around it (and prevents steam from softening the exterior), resulting in perfectly crisp flapjack toppers.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 15m⏳ Prep: 1h 5m👤 Marian Cooper Cairns📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●skillet
- ●baking sheet
- ●griddle
- ●oven
- ●pan
- ●dutch oven
- ●microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the Pancakes: Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir together buttermilk, eggs, and butter in a separate bowl. Stir buttermilk mixture into cornmeal mixture until just blended and smooth.
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2
Heat a griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium heat; butter. Pour about ⅓ cup batter for each pancake onto griddle. Cook until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look dry, 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes. Turn and cook until plump and cooked through, 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes. Place pancakes in a single layer on a baking sheet, and keep warm in a 175°F oven up to ⏱️ 30 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.
3
Make the Crispy Chicken Fingers: Whisk together flour, baking powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Whisk together buttermilk and eggs in a separate bowl. Toss chicken, one piece at a time, in flour mixture; dip in buttermilk mixture and toss again in flour mixture. Let coated chicken stand in flour mixture for ⏱️ 10 minutes.
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4
Set a wire rack over a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Pour 1 ½ inches oil in a deep skillet or Dutch oven. Clip an oil thermometer onto the pan and heat over medium-high to 360°F. Fry chicken, in batches and turning occasionally, until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165°F, 5 to ⏱️ 6 minutes. Transfer to prepared rack; season with salt. Keep warm in a 175°F oven up to ⏱️ 30 minutes.
5
Make the Spicy Syrup: Stir together maple syrup, Tabasco, black pepper, and salt in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high until hot, ⏱️ 1 minute. Let stand ⏱️ 5 minutes. Makes 1 cup.
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