Rachel Ray's Cornflake Fried Chicken & Waffle Recipe – Mike's Hot Honey

Ingredients

• For the Fried Chicken:
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup buttermilk
• About 2 teaspoons hot sauce (Rach’s go-to is Frank’s)
• 2 cups corn flakes, crushed up
• 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
• 1 tablespoon granulated onion
• 2 teaspoons each paprika, salt, white pepper, and black pepper
• Safflower oil, for shallow frying
• 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast cutlets (or chicken breasts, cut in half horizontally) or boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and pounded to ½-inch thick
• For the Waffles:
• 1 cup fine to medium-grind cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• About 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1½ cups buttermilk
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup chopped toasted pecans
• Cooking spray
• Mike's Hot Honey