Fried chicken and doughnuts: 3 Ways to eat this savory-sweet mashup

What a cute couple this pair makes, and your taste buds will think so too. Here's some finger food to the max that will energize your breakfast. Take these glazed doughnut and fried chicken sliders, for example.

There's even a touch of cinnamon and sugar in the mix for good measure. And you'll never guess what these quick and easy doughnuts are made of — biscuit dough. The premade kind that's sold in a container shaped like a tube.

Glazed doughnut and crispy fried chicken breakfast sliders recipe

A unique breakfast slider made with homemade doughnuts and fried chicken, then topped with drizzled glaze.

Serves 5

Prep time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 35 minutes | Total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

For the doughnuts

• 1 (7.5 ounce) 10-count can buttermilk biscuit dough
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

For the fried chicken

• 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 5 dashes salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg, white part only
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup canola oil

For the glaze

• 1-1/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1-1/2 to 2 tablespoons milk

Directions:

For the doughnuts

1. To a small bowl, add the sugar and cinnamon. Mix together, and set aside.
2. Poke a hole into the middle of each biscuit, and stretch them out just a bit to form the doughnut dough. Set aside for a moment.
3. Heat a medium-size pan on low to medium heat, and add the canola oil.
4. In small batches and staggered (with a little time in between), add the biscuit dough to the pan.
5. When the bottom sides of the doughnuts turn a light golden color, use a skewer (or tongs) to gently turn them over (put the skewer into the hole of the doughnut). They will cook fast, so make sure to watch them very closely. If they are cooking too fast, turn the heat down a little.
6. When both sides of the doughnuts are a light golden color, remove them from the pan, and set the doughnuts 1 by 1 into the sugar mixture. Coat all sides, and set aside.

For the fried chicken

1. To a medium-size bowl, add the buttermilk, water and egg. Whisk together, and set aside.
2. To another medium-size bowl, add the flour, and set aside.
3. Cut the larger chicken breast into 3 equally sized pieces widthwise. Cut the other chicken breast in half widthwise.
4. Add the salt and pepper to each side of the chicken.
5. Heat a medium-size skillet on medium heat, and add the canola oil.
6. One piece at a time, dip the chicken into the flour, then into the buttermilk mixture and then back into the flour.
7. Take a pinch of flour, and drop it into the pan. If it bubbles, then add the coated pieces of chicken to the pan. If not, wait until the pinch of flour starts to bubble before adding the chicken to the pan.
8. When the bottom sides of the chicken are a golden color, turn them over. Let cook until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

To assemble

1. Serve with a piece of fried chicken in between 2 doughnuts to make the slider.
2. To a small bowl, add the powdered sugar and milk. Mix together to form a glaze.
3. Drizzle the glaze on top of the sliders, and serve.

Yes, there is chocolate on this doughnut and fried chicken kebab. But it's only just a drizzle or two.

And everything tastes better with chocolate, right?

What's a couple of drizzles of chocolate anyway, even if it is on top of fried chicken?

The doughnut holes are really good, and you'll never guess what they're made of. You guessed it — those premade, tubed biscuits again. Yum.

Doughnut holes and crispy fried chicken kebabs with chocolate sauce recipe

Doughnut holes coated in sugar and cinnamon are placed on a skewer with fried chicken and topped with a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Serves 5

Prep time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 35 minutes | Total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

For the doughnuts

• 1 (7.5 ounce) 10-count can buttermilk biscuit dough
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

For the fried chicken

• 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts, each breast cut into 5 equally sized pieces
• 5 dashes salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg, white part only
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup canola oil

To assemble

• Doughnut holes
• Fried chicken
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup

Directions:

For the doughnuts

1. To a small bowl, add the sugar and cinnamon. Mix together, and set aside.
2. Roll each piece of biscuit dough into a ball. Set aside for a moment.
3. Heat a medium-size pan on low to medium heat, and add the canola oil.
4. In small batches and staggered (with a little time in between), add the biscuit dough to the pan.
5. When the bottom sides of the doughnut holes turn a light golden color, use tongs to turn them over. They will cook fast, so make sure to watch them very closely. If they are cooking too fast, turn the heat down a little.
6. When all sides of the doughnut holes are a light golden color, remove them from the pan, and set them into the sugar mixture. Coat all sides of the doughnut holes, and set aside.

For the fried chicken

1. To a medium-size bowl, add the buttermilk, water and egg. Whisk together, and set aside.
2. To another medium-size bowl, add the flour, and set aside.
3. Add the salt and pepper to each side of the chicken pieces.
4. Heat a medium-size skillet on medium heat, and add the canola oil.
5. One piece at a time, dip the chicken into the flour, then into the buttermilk mixture and then back into the flour.
6. Take a pinch of flour, and drop it into the pan. If it bubbles, then add the coated pieces of chicken to the pan. If not, wait until the pinch of flour starts to bubble before adding the chicken.
7. When the bottom sides of the chicken are a golden color, turn them over. Let cook until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

To assemble

1. Add 2 pieces of chicken and 2 doughnut holes to each skewer.
2. Add a light drizzle of chocolate sauce over the kebabs, and serve.

What's fried chicken without macaroni and cheese? Here's a unique doughnut and fried chicken slider made with mac and cheese. Yum again.

And a few drizzles or so of honey to sweeten the deal. More finger food to the max for breakfast.

Doughnut and crispy fried chicken sliders with macaroni and cheese recipe

Baked doughnut sliders made with crispy fried chicken and macaroni and cheese are topped with drizzled honey.

Serves 5

Prep time: 20 minutes | Cook time: 30 minutes | Total time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

For the doughnuts

• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 dashes salt
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened (for greasing the pan)

For the fried chicken

• 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 5 dashes salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg, white part only
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup canola oil

For the sliders

• 2 cups prepared macaroni and cheese, warmed
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon honey

Directions:

For the doughnuts

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. To a large bowl, add the flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, eggs, sour cream, milk, vanilla extract and nutmeg. Whisk together until incorporated.
3. Using a paper towel or cooking brush, grease the inside of a doughnut baking pan.
4. Spoon the batter into the baking pan to make 5 doughnuts, and bake until the doughnuts just start to lightly brown around the outer edges (about 8 to 10 minutes).
5. Remove from the oven, and transfer the doughnuts to a rack. Set aside.

For the fried chicken

1. To a medium-size bowl, add the buttermilk, water and egg. Whisk together, and set aside.
2. To another medium-size bowl, add the flour, and set aside.
3. Cut the larger chicken breast into 3 pieces widthwise. Then cut the smaller one in half widthwise.
4. Add the salt and pepper to each side of the chicken pieces.
5. Heat a medium-size skillet on medium heat, and add the canola oil.
6. One piece at a time, dip the chicken into the flour, then into the buttermilk mixture and then back into the flour.
7. Take a pinch of flour, and drop it into the pan. If it bubbles, then add the coated pieces of chicken to the pan. If not, wait until the pinch of flour starts to bubble before adding the chicken.
8. When the bottom sides of the chicken are a golden color, turn them over. Let cook until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

For the sliders

1. Cut each doughnut in half widthwise.
2. Add a piece of chicken to the bottom side of each doughnut.
3. Top the chicken with macaroni and cheese.
4. Add the top side of the doughnut to make a slider.
5. Drizzle honey on top, and serve.

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