Chicken Dinner Waffles

Most of us throughout the world are in some type of quarantining and spending more time at home. I have seen a lot of Social Media posts from friends and family who are trying out new recipes which Kyle and I have been doing as well. Like many others we have limited going grocery shopping (so far, Kyle has gone once about every two weeks) and mainly just to buy fresh foods. Therefore, we have been looking at foods we have on hand or in our food storage when making meals.

We got a double waffle maker from my parents for Christmas and we have enjoyed trying different recipes for breakfast waffles. One day, last week, I started thinking that savoury waffles would be good so looked around at what we had and this recipe was created.

The great thing about this recipe is that you can adapt it to what you have on hand or you could even use your leftover chicken dinner from the night before. Perhaps even a leftover Turkey dinner from a Holiday meal.

Let me know in the comments how you adapted this recipe or even if you follow it exactly,  how you enjoyed them.

Also, if you don't have a waffle maker, you could probably make them into pancakes.

Find the recipe below and on Pinterest. There is also a printable version you can save to your device or print.  

                    Ingredients

• 5 yukon gold potatoes
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 1/3 cup chopped cooked chicken
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 1/3 cup frozen vegetables
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 large egg

Instructions

• Boil the potatoes until tender about 30 minutes. Drain and place them in a large bowl.  Mash them and then add milk and butter.  Mix well.

We prefer Yukon gold potatoes in our cooking but use whatever you prefer or have on hand 

• Stir in the chicken, cheese, vegetables, salt, pepper, flour and egg

I used canned chicken but you could use any kind of cooked chicken (i.e. rotisserie, chicken breast or thighs), you can also use whatever cheese or vegetables you have on hand. Also, if you used salted butter, you could probably skip adding salt.

• Turn waffle iron on to medium/high heat.  Spray with non-stick cooking spray if needed.  Pour in enough batter to make one waffle which will vary depending on the size/make of your  waffle maker. I added an amazon link to the waffle maker we have below, which makes 6. I love that ours can make two at a time. Cook until slightly brown but your waffle maker should let you know when they are done.