Name: Chicken and Funnel Cakes
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 8 h 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup whole buttermilk; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon paprika; 1/4 teapoon cayenne pepper; 8 chicken tenders; 1/2 cup milk; 1 large egg; 1 tablespoon hot sauce; 1 1/2 cups Panko crumbs; 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; Vegetable oil for frying; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/3 cups milk; 1 large egg; Vegetable oil for frying; powdered sugar

Chicken and Funnel Cakes is a super fun twist on Chicken and Waffles. Crispy Fried Chicken on top of a carnival-worthy funnel cake, drizzled with maple syrup. This is the ulitmate southern breakfast. It’s a match made in heaven.

Two fried chicken tenders on top of funnel cake.

Like Chicken and Waffles, Chicken and Funnel Cakes is a wonderful play on a sweet and savory combination. It’s a crazy food combo that’s really delicious.

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You’ll want to plan ahead for this recipe because the chicken marinates in a buttermilk/seasoning mixture for 8 to 24 hours. You could skip this step, but it really helps keep the chicken moist and tender to marinate it in buttermilk and the seasoning soaks into the chicken and helps flavor it.

The funnel cake fries up golden and crispy with just a little sweetness. Go ahead and dust it with powdered sugar like you would when you eat a funnel cake on its own. Every funnel cake needs powdered sugar. 🙂

Tips For Making Funnel Cake

It might take a little practice to get your funnel cakes like you want them if you’ve never made them before. You’ll need a funnel with a wide tip. If it is too narrow, the funnel cake batter will clog it up. If you don’t have a funnel that works, just put the batter into a glass measuring cup and slowly pour it in a stream. You want it to be a fairly thin stream because it will puff up as it fries.

Chicken and Funnel Cakes is best eaten right away. The funnel cakes loose their crispness with time, but they can be brought back to life somewhat in a toaster oven or air fryer.