Cheddar Cornbread Waffle BLT with Chipotle Butter + Video
Oh my gosh, I do not even know where to begin.
For one, I’m crazy excited about these BLT waffle stacks. I mean, are you looking at what I’m looking at?!?! These Cheddar Cornbread Waffle BLT’s are one of my favorite recipes of the summer…ok, I have been saying that way too much lately, but it’s all true. I really love all the summer recipes…especially these BLT’s though. 🙂
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Two, I had the weirdest weekend ever. I spent all day Friday working on a Christmas story for a magazine and two of the recipes were cocktails. Seeing as I am not a huge drinker to start with and I really didn’t need two pitchers full of booze all to myself on a Friday night, my brother Trevor offered to take them off my hands. It’s funny, he always picks the right days to text me and ask if I happened to make any drinks that day. I spent a good portion of the night cleaning the kitchen and hanging out with Trevor and his friends. It’s REALLY odd for Trevor and I to hang like this. Our whole lives we’ve just never been buddy-buddy. My family calls us the terrible T’s. Apparently they think we don’t get along because we are too much alike…whatever. Anyway, since we’ve gotten older we’ve been able to have a little fun together, so it was actually a good night!
Saturday it rained all day long, so I decided to catch up on some work and figured I would have fun at night. Yeah, well I went to put the chickens to bed around eight o’clock and as I walked into the pen I freaked out because one of the chicken was completely still, lying on its back.
NOOOOOO. I jumped back and totally screamed a little. I mean, who the heck wants to see a dead animal, especially one of their own animals. It was kind of horrible and I still feel all the guilt. UGH. No one really knows what happened to the poor hen, but she looked so sad. I swear the image in my head is going to be there forever. It was not fun. All the other birds are completely fine and there were no signs of an animal getting into the pen or an attack. It looks like she just died of reasons that will never be known to us.
So sad about it. It’s just not how I wanted to spend Saturday night, or any night for the matter. Rest in peace little birdie.
Maybe I just should not have pets. Like I think I have a bad omen or somethings. UGHHHH. 🙁
Alright, but it’s Monday so let’s get back to being positive and talking about yummy, yummy, summertime food.
All good vibes today!!!
These BLT’s are one for the books.
And by that, I mean they are life changing… ok, that may be a bit dramatic, but you may never go back to a boring BLT on bread with just tomato, lettuce and bacon. Let’s break this sandwich down piece by piece for you.
…the waffles. full of buttermilk, cheddar cheese and jalapeño. So freaking delish.
…the chipotle butter. sweet, spicy, buttery and the best when spread over a warm waffle so it melts into the nooks and crannies… yes.
…the bacon. cause it’s a BLT…
…the tomatoes. heirloom all the way, they’re the only way to go in my mind.
…the arugula. cause you need a little green, regular old lettuce works great too.
…then layer it all up one more time. yup. yup. yum.
…add avocado, obviously.
…drizzle on maple syrup (a must)… sweet + spicy + salty bacon = winner.
…EAT.
Pretty epic right??
Don’t be weirded out by the drizzle of maple. It is everything. Think about fried chicken and waffles, but take out the chicken and add bacon, SOOO GOOD. These make the perfect, brunch or dinner, and if you wanted to add a little protein you would make my day by adding a fried egg. That would be amazing…as would fried chicken. Hey, go big or go home, right?
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Cheddar Cornbread Waffle BLT with Chipotle Butter.
By halfbakedharvest
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: BLT, waffle
A scrumptuous twist on the classic BLT
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup stoneground cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 cup ear corn kernels removed from the cob (about 1/2 )
- 1 jalapeno seeds removed + chopped
- 8 slices thick cut cooked crispy bacaon
- 2-3 tomates sliced
- 1 cup fresh arugula
- 1 avocado sliced
- kosher salt + pepper
- mapley syrup for serving
Chipotle Butter
- 6 tablespoons salted butter softened
- 2 in chipotle chiles adobo finely chopped
Instructions
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs and honey. Add the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt and stir until just combined. It's OK if the batter is a little lumpy. Stir in the cheddar cheese, corn and Jalapeno. Allow the batter to sit 5-10 minutes.
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Preheat your waffle iron.
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Meanwhile, make the chipotle butter. In a small bowl, stir together the softened butter and chipotle peppers until combined.
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Cook the waffles according to your waffle iron's directions.
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To assemble, spread each warm waffle with chipotle butter and then layer on the tomatoes (seasoning them with salt + pepper), bacon + arugula. Add another waffle. Top with tomatoes, arugula and sliced avocado and finish off with a drizzle of maple syrup (DO IT). EAT! 🙂
GO BIG! Happy Monday guys, let’s have a killer week…full of waffle BLT’s. ?
PS. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite bloggers for the Bloglovin 2016 awards…Half Baked Harvest is nominated for best food blog, yeah!!
I love everything about this! The waffle filling sounds so good and sounds like the whole sandwich has a really amazing play of sweet and savory. Yum!
Thanks Andrea! Hope you love it!
Just got back visiting New York City for the first time and was looking for a creative and unique breakfast option like this……and didn’t find it. None of the food looked anything close to as tasty as this. Not to mention expensive. Got a waffle sandwich but was $13 bucks! Crazy.
Thats such a bummer! Prices are so high there!
Thanks Tom, hope you can try this one!
OMGee Tieghan! I agree…totally epic!
Thanks Mary Ann!
I just had a pulled pork waffle with maple butter syrup over the weekend that I thought was pretty over the top delicious, but now I wake up to this! Wow, Tieghan!
That sounds amazing!
Thanks Jean!!
dear god. I live in the south and cornbread is literally everything. I can’t wait to eat this!!
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YES! Hope you love it!
Looove it!
Thanks Julia!!
Oh wow the chipotle butter sounds soooo good- and I cannot get over how beautiful your tomato produce looks!! (ps so sorry about your little birdie!!)
xo,
Phyllis
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Thanks Phyllis!! I’m going to miss the little guy ):
Oh my goodness it looks so yummy!
Thanks for sharing recipes with us here. Looking more from you dear.
Thank you! Hope you enjoy!
This is amazing! Now i want bacon 🙂
Thank you Allyson!!
Stop it!!! This looks too delicious!!! xoxo
Ah thank you!!
This looks and sounds crazy delicious. And I’m sorry about your hen. I don’t think you’re a bad omen though. Snape seems pretty happy!
Awh thanks Debs! Still sad to see him go):
These look absolutely amazing!! How do you come up with soooo many wonderful recipes!? Yum, I’m hungry now! 🙂
Hi Lili! hehe, thank you! I do a ton of brainstorming! ?
Oh I want these so badly. I really need to get a Belgian waffle iron so I can make these beautiful deep waffles. May I ask what waffle maker you use?
Hey Kate!! Thank you! I use this breviile waffle iron. It’s great, but I have also found cheaper irons to work well to. Please let me know if you have questions. Here is the link to the iron I have, thanks!!
https://www.amazon.com/The-Smart-4-Slice-Waffle-Maker/dp/B00F5C1QK6/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470805193&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=breviile+waffle
Hi Tieghan! I’m so sorry to hear about your hen. I know when our yorkie passed away I cried a lot. Anyways, this is definitely an over-the-top BLT! Like you said, I don’t even know where to begin! Your dishes just inspires me to be more creative! Looks so delish!!
Thank you! Its been sad around here without the little guy ):
So happy you like the BLT Sheila!
Thank you from the lazy voter for giving us the link.
Ah, thanks for voting!!
This is absolutely insane!!!!
Thank you Justin!!
Girl, this looks crazy good! Corn, tomatoes, and bacon belong together in storybooks.
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Ah, YES Thank you Julie!!
Hi sweetie!!Everything you create is epic!!Can I just borrow your brain?Are so talented,creative…!I can’t even!?Are SOO the kind of chick buddy I would have such a blast with.Having visited your Pinterest boards,(a zillion saves!).Hope is cool.Only doin Pinterest and only since last Christmas.You are a keeper!The BEST!So sad about your hen.Like you have hens.So awesome.I cried when our crayfish died,when our robo hamster died.Damn I can’t even kill a bug!!Anyway!KUDOS always.U R appreciated!
hi Teri!!! Oh my gosh, you are too kind! THANK YOU! Hope you are having a great week and thanks again! ?
ps. sorry about your crayfish and hamster. ?
OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!
and what an eye full
(: Hope you love it!
Now this is a waffle stack! I’m convinced this is the ultimate brunch meal. Headed over to vote for you now! 🙂
(:Thanks for voting Laura!!
Oh poor chicken!!! Sorry to hear about that (I always think about raising chickens in my backyard but things like this always scare me a bit).
Love everything about this creation! That drizzle too… damn!
Thanks so much Brian! You should definitely try out chickens! haha. ?
These were one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten!!!! And for anyone wondering, I used a regular (non-Belgian) waffle maker, and they turned out perfectly; but, I can’t even imagine how scrumptious they would be in Belgian level thickness!!!
I am so obsessed with your blog; every single recipe is so creative and unique and SO YUMMY. I know I can never go wrong when making something of yours! By FAR my favorite food blog!!!!!
SO happy you liked them Caroline!
AH your so nice!! Thank you thank you (:
Once again, Half Baked Harvest delivers. This “BLT” is delicious. Only made one modification-a fried egg on top. It was a hit for our Christmas brunch.
Sounds amazing! So happy you liked it! Thank you!
This was the tastiest thing I ate this week. I’ve just finished my portion for breakfast? Can’t wait your recipe for fried chicken waffles! I hope you one day create one! Have a nice Sunday.
That is so amazing! I am so glad you loved this Ola!
This looks amazing but seems like the syrup is a bit over the top and would make it very difficult to eat. Any suggestions to make sure this is tasty without the sticky mess of syrup? thx
Hi Nancy,
You could put the syrup on the side. I hope you love the recipe, please let me know if you have any other questions! xTieghan