What American dish combines chicken with waffles?

What American dish combines chicken with waffles? Chicken and waffles is the American dish that pairs chicken with a waffle.

The combination has more than one regional tradition. In Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, a plain waffle may be topped with pulled, stewed chicken and gravy. In the Southern and soul-food tradition, fried chicken is commonly served with a breakfast-style waffle, often alongside butter and syrup.

Waffles became part of American cooking through European colonists during the 1600s. By the 1800s, Pennsylvania hotels and resorts were serving waffles with meats such as fried catfish, while chicken gradually became a more familiar pairing. The dish was established in Pennsylvania Dutch communities by the 1860s.

A common mix-up is assuming that every version uses fried chicken. The older Pennsylvania Dutch style uses stewed chicken and gravy, while the fried-chicken version became especially associated with the American South and Harlem restaurants such as the Wells Supper Club, opened in 1938.