Treat yourself to these scrumptious jalapeño cheddar waffles. Top them with fried egg and start the day right!
(Love jalapeños and cheddar together? Try making some cheddar jalapeño biscuits!)
If you’re more Team Savoury than Team Sweet in the mornings, you’d love these jalapeño cheddar waffles.
The waffle batter is packed with sharp cheddar cheese plus spices and diced jalapeños.
They have just the right amount of kick to jumpstart your day.
The perfect waffle batter
When I shared my recipe for Super Chocolatey Double Chocolate Waffles (Team Sweet, that was for you), I went into a little discussion about what the perfect waffle batter should look like – coarse or smooth.
In the end, I recommend that you follow your waffle iron’s instructions.
I have a vertical waffle iron
so my batter needs to be smooth so it flows in a steady stream but other machines may require the batter to be thick.
The texture of the batter determines if you end up with crunchy-outside-soft-inside waffles or soggy, rubbery ones so be sure to experiment. If you need smooth – gently stir the batter until smooth and incorporated.
If you need coarse – gently stir the batter just until combined.
Jalapeno cheddar waffles
Once you have that figured out, all you need to do is decide on the flavour.
And these jalapeño cheddar waffles are full of it! (If you’re real jalapeño fan, check this cowboy candy recipe or make some jalapeño popcorn.)
The batter is a basic buttermilk waffle. But then you add sharp cheddar cheese. Then cayenne pepper and paprika. And finally, finely diced jalapeños.
You can choose to eat the waffles on their own but for a truly thrilling breakfast, we put fried eggs on top (over easy eggs and fluffy scrambled eggs work too), sprinkle them with more cheese and jalapeños and, since we just cannot say no to sweets whatever we do, we drizzle them with maple syrup (or hot honey sauce). So. Good.
Related: Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe with Crispy Chorizo & Chipotle Sour Cream
How to freeze waffles
These waffles freeze beautifully too. All you need to do is place the completely cooled waffles in a large ziploc bag separated by pieces of parchment paper so they don’t stick together. Then put them in the freezer. That’s it!
You don’t need to thaw them if you want one. Just pop it in the microwave for few seconds and you’re done.
Related: Classic Buttermilk Scones
No-Bake Summer Series
This is the fourth instalment in our No-Bake Summer Series. We started with Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake Mousse, then our quarterly round-up of Summertime Drinks (almost 100 of them!) and last week we had Bourbon Peach Ice Cream.
Hope you’re enjoying the recipes and, more importantly, summer so far!
Make a batch of these jalapeño cheddar waffles this weekend and get out there and enjoy the sun.
Happy waffle making!
Did you make jalapeño cheddar waffles? What’s your favourite kind of waffle? I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.
Jalapeño Cheddar Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup cornmeal
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp paprika
- 2 ½ cups buttermilk
- 2 pcs large eggs
- ⅔ cup canola oil or any vegetable oil
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 pcs jalapeños seeded and finely diced
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk 2 cups flour, ¼ cup cornmeal, ¾ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp cayenne pepper and ¼ tsp paprika until combined.
- In another bowl, whisk 2 ½ cups buttermilk, 2 eggs and ⅔ cup canola oil until smooth and incorporated.
- Add your wet ingredients to your dry ingredients and gently stir until combined (see my notes about this in the post above). Fold 1 cup cheddar cheese and your diced jalapeños (my 2 jalapeños usually equal to about ¾ cup diced).
- Cook according to your waffle iron’s instructions. Optional: serve each waffle topped with fried egg, sprinkled with cheese and jalapeño slices and drizzled with maple syrup.
Nutrition
Nutritional information are estimates only.
Kayla
Wow, this has like everything my husband loves. I thjust no I’ll make this on our next waffle night, and make regular ones for the kids and try these for us.
Neely Moldovan
This is something that would totally be at a restaurant. Such a fun twist on a waffle!
Val
These waffles sound like they’d have a very distinct flavor. Everyone should have a waffle maker, you can make so many things with one.
Tonya Tardiff
OMG this recipe looks incredible! I can’t wait to try it thanks for sharing!
Elizabeth
Sweet or savoury don’t matter to me… As long as it is waffle count me in.
Jolina
Haha that’s how I see it too 🙂
April
This looks so good! I want to go make this right now. It’s making me hungry!
Narkis Moshe
This seems like such a fun breakfast! My guy loves jalapeno and I think he would really enjoy this recipe! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Nicole
When I see recipes like this one it makes me so sad that I’m the laziest, worst cook ever. This looks spectacular and just easy enough that I can probably con my husband into making it for me!!
Jolina
Someone else making breakfast for us is always a brilliant idea!
Michelle
This looks amazing. I love savory breakfasts – and so pretty!
Yaroslava
These looks so goooood! I am vegan myself but will definitely make these soon as a breakfast for my brother; he’ll love these 🙂
Stephanie
Oh man, my husband would love these! I can’t eat spicy foods, so wouldn’t do them myself. I do like the idea of cheddar in the waffles, though, so may have to play around with that one day.
GiGi Eats
Today is like the DAY for waffles! Is it national waffle day? I have been seeing so many waffle recipes all over the Internet! hahahah! These sound pretty AMAZING and I love the idea of the EGG on top because EVERYTHING is better with eggs!
Denise
We love waffles in our house! Especially savory ones. I have never heard of a vertical waffle maker and I’m intrigued. Anyway I need to make these for my husband because he would be over the moon for them. Looks delicious!
Kate
This looks so good! I love savoury food for breakfast… will have to give this recipe a try!
Gloria
This sounds like the perfect “breakfast for dinner” option. Love the flavour combo happening here. It is always fun bringing out the waffle maker to use too.
Jolina
Absolutely! We love breakfast for dinner (or lunch or whenever lol).