Who invented chicken and waffles

But who first put chicken on a waffle? By most accounts, the rib-sticking, crave-inducing, version of the dish we know and love today first appeared on the menu of the Wells Supper Club in Harlem in The supper club was a popular late night stop for jazz musicians after their gigs. Too late to eat dinner but too early to eat breakfast, fried chicken on a waffle seemed like a good compromise to the hungry musicians.

Come by Southern Table to tickle your tastebuds with the comfort foods, like chicken and waffles, that made the South a culinary destination. I too am 60 years old lived in Georgia born in Georgia lived in North Florida most of my life still trying to figure out this chicken and waffle dilemma never heard about it until just a few years back.

Versions of it organically appeared in various places in the U. After finishing their gig, musicians would stay at the establishment they were playing to relax, drink and eat after the customers were gone.

Fried chicken was something that every lounge, juke joint or speakeasy would serve and have on hand. The musicians would eat whatever leftovers there were, laugh, talk, drink and in a few hours they were hungry again. By this time it was morning and those same establishments would be getting ready to serve breakfast. The leftover cold fried chicken would get heated up in the same oven as the biscuits if the establishment served biscuits for breakfast.

There were some establishments that would fry their biscuits so the cold fried chicken would get refried along with the fried biscuits they would eat and there were other establishments that would serve pancakes with their fried chicken. It is an Urban Legend like Brunswick Stew.

I too have lived in many southern states and have only in recent years heard about chicken and waffles. I like fried chicken and I. Like waffles, just not together. KFC Restaraunts serve a great menu item that includes waffles with butter and syrup with your choice of white meat or dark meat.

Check it out. I left the corporate world to raise my 2 children and follow my food passion. My recipes and I have also appeared in many national magazines, local news programs and newspapers, trade publications, various websites, Food Network shows, and even the Rachael Ray Show! With the advent of the automobile, roadside diners and restaurants began appearing in droves, and fried chicken was on most menus. In the s, Harlan Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, developed his signature fried chicken recipe.

By , his popular Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise helped to make fried chicken a common treat in households across the country.

Continue to Part 2. Tori Avey is a food writer, recipe developer, and the creator of two cooking websites: The History Kitchen and The Shiksa in the Kitchen. Continue to Part 2 Meet the Author. Pages: 1 2. Discover the History of the Sandwich. Speakeasies, Sofas, and the History of Finger Foods.