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.
Anuradha Mukerji
Really delicious!! Turned out amazing
Jolina
Glad you liked them Anaradha!
Marisa Franca
I love waffles but not as a breakfast. We just enjoy kicking our tastebuds with something spicy in the morning. The jalapeño cheddar waffles would be perfect. I can almost taste the savory waffles right now. Great recipe to have for a brunch.
Lee
How delicious they are! I’d love to make them for my little brother!
Jolina
Hope he likes it!
Stephanie Cruz
Def team savory when it comes to my breakfast but not sure if im able to handle jalapeno. Looks delish though!
Alicia
These look really good. I’m not huge on spicy but i love jalepeno flavored stuff, so I will have to give this a try sometime.
Annemarie LeBlanc
Yum. Those waffles look really great. The flavor of jalapeño is going to be an interesting twist. I would love to wake up to a breakfast like this!
Tami
I love cheddar. Hubby loves jalapenos. This will be a wonderful breakfast experience for both of us. Yum!
Jolina
Hi Tami! Sounds like a win-win to me 🙂 Enjoy!
Peter
I love waffles. This is a great combination and the flavours will certainly pop in your mouth for sure
christine
Oh goodness, what luck I have finding this recipe. I recently bought a new waffle iron and have been obsessed w/ creating savory waffle recipes. I can’t wait to try this one!
Jolina
Nice! Waffle experiments are so much fun 🙂
Veena Azmanov
We love waffles but I don’t make it as often as I’d like to. This one will definitely become a family favorite. Sounds so yum. I can see us having it for our weekend brunch. Saving for later.
Jolina
Same here. So when I make waffles I usually make a whole bunch and freeze them so we have a continuous waffle supply 🙂
Scott
Sounds like a great late night snack. Don’t know if I could handle the spice for breakfast though.
Melanie williams
Bring on the heat, these look very yummy and like a hot kick to my food too x
Jess
i would have loved the super Chocolatey Double Chocolate Waffles. Jalapeño cheddar waffles are an interesting mix of ingredients. Might give it a go.
Sarah
Wow. that looks amazing! I think I may make it for breakfast tomorrow!
Jolina
Hope you like them!
Brandy
I bet my middle kiddo would love to eat these up, he loves jalapeno. I will make these jalapeno cheddar waffles for him next week!
Jolina
Hope he likes them! Would love to hear how it goes.