Macro-Friendly Hot Honey Chicken and Waffles

Ingredients

2 breaded chicken breast strips (about 85g), (I used Just Bare Chicken Strips)
1 serving protein pancake mix (about 56g) (I used Clean Simple Eats Pancake Mix, code TAMI saves you 10%)
1 tbsp Mike’s Hot Honey (or make your own hot honey using honey+chili pepper flakes)
¼ cup zero-calorie maple syrup (I used Walden Farms)

Equipment

Waffle maker (I have this one and it works great!)
Air fryer or oven

Instructions

Prepare the frozen chicken strips in an air fryer or oven at 400ºF for about 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown and crispy.
While the chicken cooks, mix together the protein pancake mix and water.
Pour the pancake batter into a waffle maker. If using a large waffle iron, you can make one big waffle. If using a smaller one, you can make 2-3 waffles.
Top the waffles with the chicken, drizzle hot honey, and syrup, and enjoy!

Tami’s notes

If you don’t have a protein waffle mix like Clean Simple Eats or Kodiak Cakes on hand, you can make your own using a regular pancake mix and a scoop of protein powder.

For the hot honey, Mike’s is a popular option, but you can make your own using regular honey and some chili pepper flakes. If you don’t want your chicken and waffles to be spice, you can omit this ingredient.

We used zero-calorie maple syrup to save calories in this recipe since the hot honey is providing a good amount of sweetness already. However, you can feel free to use light maple syrup or even full-calorie maple syrup, especially if you choose to omit the honey.

Nutrition information may vary depending on brands and ingredients used.

Nutrition

Per serving: Calories 438kcalProtein 32gCarbs 59gFat 8g

Nutrition is an estimate and will vary with the brands and amounts you use.