Thanksgiving Traditions

Crispy Buttermilk Fried Turkey
Brown butter sage waffle stuffing, hot cranberry honey

Yield: 4 persons
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 1 hours and 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: Medium

INGREDIENTS

Buttermilk fried turkey breast

2lbs turkey breast
2 tbsp salt
2 cups buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon black pepper

Sage and brown butter stuffing

½ cup unsalted butter
½ tin canned low sodium chicken broth
½ cup onion
2 cloves garlic
2 sprig of sage
½ loaf stale bread
Salt pepper TT

Waffle batter

2 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups milk
½ cup vegetable oil
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoon baking powder
Cranberry Spicy Honey
2 cups honey
1 cup frozen cranberries
1 clove garlic
1 tsp chili flake
¼ tsp salt

PREPARATION

Buttermilk fried turkey breast
1. Marinate turkey breast in 1 tbsp salt, buttermilk, onion powder and garlic powder for about 4 hours.
2. Mix flour, 1 tbsp salt, paprika, black pepper together.
3. Dredge turkey in flour mix and fry at 300 degrees for 9 minutes.

Sage and brown butter stuffing
1. Melt ½ butter, add onion, garlic sweat gently until translucent.
2. With the other half add to a sauce pan and cook until brown.
3. Add bread to the brown butter and toast.
4. Add chicken stock to garlic onion mix and add a sprig of sage.
5. Add bread mix to onion mix.
6. Chop a few leaves of sage, season with salt and pepper.

Waffles

1. Mix eggs, milk, vegetable and oil together
2. Mix sugar, salt, flour and baking powder together
3. Mix dry and wet ingredient gently, making sure not to over mix it.

Brown Butter Sage Stuffing Waffles

1. Mix 1 cup stuffing with 1 cup waffle batter.
2. Press in waffle iron for 2.25 minutes.

Cranberry Spicy Honey

1. Put honey, cranberries, garlic clove, chili flakes in a pot
2. Bring to boil and turn off
3. Season with salt

OTHER NOTES

Thanksgiving to me was not about the turkey or being thankful. Thanksgiving to me was all about that stuffing.
I love stuffing. I can eat stuffing all day. Here we put two traditional dishes together combining soul food and thanksgiving. Sweet tart cranberries cut through the rich crisp ones of the turkey and savory stuffing.