Chicken and Waffles

American food · comfort food · Southern cuisine · Pennsylvania Dutch

Fried chicken meets waffles. This dish combines two breakfast and dinner favorites into one amazing meal, usually topped with syrup, gravy, or butter.

Started with Pennsylvania Dutch. The Pennsylvania Dutch people created this combo as a hearty meal that brought together their traditional foods in one tasty plate.

Soul food favorite. Chicken and waffles became especially popular in the Southern United States and is an important part of soul food cooking traditions.

Breakfast or dinner. You can eat chicken and waffles at any time of day, and many restaurants that specialize in this dish serve it as either a breakfast or dinner meal.