A recipe that is sure to please kids and adults alike – Chicken Ranch Waffle Sliders! Buttermilk chicken nuggets are baked to perfection and topped with bacon, Swiss cheese, and ranch and served between two mini waffles for the ultimate chicken slider!
Waffles and chicken. Chicken and waffles. Two things that definitely go together in my world! Today I’m putting a spin on that classic combination that makes my chicken and waffles a little more kid-friendly and so delicious! I love using waffles in savory recipes and this is the perfect recipe for you to try out. I marinated my chicken in buttermilk to really play into that waffle flavor and then breaded them in panko bread crumbs for that ultimate crunchy nugget.
The chicken nuggets are baked – not fried – which is definitely the preferred method in our home. Oh my goodness were they good! (These mini waffles are definitely seeing a lot of action in our home and I can’t wait to show you a few more fun treats that we’ve whipped up with them.)
The waffles are perfectly crunchy and all those little pockets fill up so nicely with ranch – yum! Of course, bacon makes everything taste better so these sliders are topped with baked bacon and Swiss cheese and finished off with tomato and lettuce.
Buttermilk Chicken Ranch Waffle Sliders
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- salt and pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- salt and pepper
- 20 Eggo® Homestyle Minis waffles
- 5 slices bacon baked
- 3 slices Swiss cheese quartered
- lettuce
- Roma tomato sliced
- Hidden Valley Ranch dip
Instructions
- Cut up the chicken breasts into nugget-sized pieces. Marinate in buttermilk and hot sauce for 3+ hours. Remove chicken from marinade.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread panko bread crumbs on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown (approximately 5-7 minutes). Transfer to a shallow dish. Add olive oil and stir to combine.
- Place eggs in a separate shallow dish and lightly beat.
- Place flour in a separate shallow dish. Salt and pepper the flour.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Place a wire rack in a baking sheet and spray with cooking spray.
- Coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess, dip in egg, letting excess drip off, and then finally coat with the panko mixture. Place on rack and let sit for 10 minutes before baking.
- Bake until chicken is cooked through (approximately 12-15 minutes) turning and flipping chicken halfway through.
- Meanwhile, prepare waffles according to package instructions and set aside.
To assemble:
- Spread a teaspoon of ranch dip on two waffles. Top with bacon, cheese, chicken nugget, lettuce, tomato, and finally the second waffle. Serve immediately.
- Makes 10 sliders.
Nutrition
Each bite is absolute perfection and the boys just love the tiny size of these sliders – so much fun! We had these for dinner after swim practice and boy were they filling!
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Now that you’ve seen some of what you can do with waffles – where would you like to see waffles on the menu?? Birthday parties, snack days at school, barbecues? The possibilities are endless and I’d love to know what you think!
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Christina says
Finally got around to making these. Holy crap they’re yummy. Couple of things –
1. You really need those long toothpick thingys. The sandwich will not stay together without them.
2. Roma tomatoes are the perfect size to fit on mini waffles
3. Why am I just finding out about baked bacon?!?
4. I went all out and made my own chicken nuggets like the recipe says. They’re good, but you could probably just cook up some frozen ones and call it good. Especially for kids.
5. Toast the waffles a little bit more than you think or they get soggy from the dip/tomato juices.
So yummy! Have fun!
Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says
Love these little waffle sliders. Great idea. Pinning to my “sliders” board.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much for the pin Lea Ann!
amy l says
I made these tonight, but instead of sliders, I made them dinner size on the full size eggo waffles. Delicious! toasting the panko and adding hot sauce…I used Siracha, really made this great.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
That is so smart Amy and I bet delicious! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
kayla says
What a fun Idea, these are so cute & look so delicious! Thanks so much for sharing!,
-Kayla 🙂
Meghan @ The Tasty Fork says
These are the CUTEST little sliders I’ve ever seen! Totally OK for grown ups too!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you Meghan! And yes, we grown ups loved them too 🙂
Chris says
I’ll take 3 please, and a Diet Coke. 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Coming right up!