Buttermilk marinated honey chipotle chicken

We love fried chicken.....I mean who doesn't?!?!  But what makes this chicken special is the glaze its dipped in. The chipotle honey sauce is sweet with just a little kick. I recommend marinating your chicken earlier in the day before you start to fry. The buttermilk marinade will make your chicken moist and give it a wonderful crunch when fried.

Ingredients

• 12 chicken tenderloins
• 6-8 cups Canola oil or shortening

Batter

• 1 egg
• ½ cup buttermilk
• ½ cup low sodium chicken broth
• 1¼ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¾ cup flour

Breading

• 1½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder

Honey Chipotle Sauce

• ⅔ cup honey
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1-2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder 
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon hot sauce

Instructions

1. In a small saucepan combine honey, water, ketchup, vinegar, chili powder, salt, and hot sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
2. To make batter, in a medium bowl whisk together egg, buttermilk, chicken broth,salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Whisk in flour.
3. Let chicken marinate for 6-8 hours. 
4. Combine all ingredients for breading in a pie plate and mix well.
5. Heat oil to 350 degrees. Dip chicken in batter and then roll to coat in breading.
6. Fry 4 at a time, frying until golden brown and cooked through, about 4 minutes.
7. Place cooked chicken tenderloins in a large bowl and toss with honey chipotle sauce.

We eat ours with waffles!!! It would go great with the blueberry waffles in a previous post. 

Honey Butter Rolls

The best rolls ever, honestly they don't last for any leftovers!!! You can either do this by hand or bread machine. Easy to make!! Enjoy....and Eat on. 

MANUALLY:

1 cup lukewarm milk

1/3 cup oil

2 eggs

2 tblsp honey

3.5 cups all purpose flour 

1 tsp salt 

2 1/4 tsp yeast

1. Pour milk into a large mixing bowl and sprinkle the yeast over the top; wait 5 to 10 minutes, or until yeast is foamy. If it doesn't foam then your yeast is "dead", and you need new yeast. This is proofing.
2. Add the eggs, oil, honey, salt, and whisk to combine.
3. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon to incorporate the flour. Dough will be thick, lumpy, bumpy, and not smooth. This is okay. Make a ball with the dough in the center of the bowl. Cover bowl with plasticwrap or a clean towel and place in a warm, draft-free place to rise until doubled about 2 hours.
4. Punch dough down, remove it from bowl, and turn it out onto a well-floured surface. Knead it only as necessary to shape it into balls.
5. Place balls of dough in a sprayed pie plate or baking pan....depending on amount you're making. They can be close to each other, but not too close, 
6. Cover baking dish with plasticwrap or the towel and allow rolls to rise in a warm, draft-free environment for about 30 minutes, until almost doubled in size. 
7. Preheat oven to 350F.
8. Bake until golden brown.
9. Melt 1/4 cup and 2 tblsp of honey. Brush tops with this once done baking. 

HONEY BUTTER RECIPE

3/4 cup butter, room temp

1/4 cup honey

Mix together and refrigerate until necessary. 

BREAD MACHINE

PUT ALL INGREDIENTS INTO BREAD MACHIME IN THAT ORDER. SET ON DOUGH SETTING AND LET THE MACHINE DO ITS JOB. ONCE DONE START WITH DIRECTION 4.