Savory Cornmeal and Chive Waffles with salsa and eggs
There’s something about a giant stack of waffles topped with butter, powdered sugar, and maple syrup that puts me in an un-fightable, resistance resistant, afternoon coma. That really… and I mean reeeeaaalllyyy pisses off the workaholic in me. She hates napping. The waffle-aholic in me? Well… obviously she thinks her workaholic counterpart should just chill the heck out.
I’ve tried to appease both sides of my w-aholics… and it’s not about trading waffles for spelt toast. No… that just can’t happen.
Switch up the waffle! Make it a savory dream! Top it with salsa and an egg! This way my waffle-aholic self gets all of her warm waffle goodness. and my workaholic self doesn’t need a resentful nap. Take note.
Please tell the waffle-aholic within you that this dish is supreme for either breakfast or dinner.
Savory waffles are IT!
Here’s what you’ll need:
A waffle iron. I know… I know… what a pain. There’s really no other way to make waffles though. Perhaps you could turn this dish into savory pancakes… but it’s not quite the same. Waffle iron. It’s a splurge!!
Cornmeal gives these waffles a really wonderful crunch. I used a more coarse cornmeal. Bite!
Chives and parsley kick up the flavor of these waffles. Subtle onion and herb. It’s perfect.
Black pepper! Coarse and generous.
Salsa and eggs! Cook up and egg and top it off with salsa.
With these few ingredients, I swear you’ll feel like you’re doing everything right.
This batter is beautifully thick and subtly flavored.
Cornmeal and scallions mysteriously take things from ok to uh-mazing.
You might choose, as I did, to enjoy these waffles with a friend, on a front porch, under a gloomy grey sky, on a slightly chilly weekend morning.
Or! Or or or… you could plop down in from of the television and watch reruns of Law and Order SVU.
OR! You could eat them standing in your kitchen, trying to get your cat to stop sticking his face in the open waffle iron.
I usually opt for the later option. That’s just how I choose to live… or something.
Savory Cornmeal and Chive Waffles with salsa and eggs
serves 2
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornmeal (fine cornmeal is good, but I love a coarse grind for this recipe)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons chopped chives
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
salsa and eggs
Set your waffle iron in a level, clean surface and turn on to preheat.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, butter, and buttermilk. Add the wet ingredients, all at once to the dry ingredients. Add the chives and parsley. Stir until just incorporated. Try not to over-mix the batter. If a few lumps remain in the batter, that’s ok.
Cook according to your waffle machine instructions.
While the waffles cook, fry up some sunny side up eggs in a nonstick frying pan.
Serve waffles with fresh salsa and hot fried eggs. Top with extra chives and parsley. Waffles are best served immediately.
Note: Allow waffles to cool completely. Store them in pairs in ziplock bags and store in the freezer. In the morning, gently reheat waffles in the toaster or toaster oven. Best toaster breakfast ever. You can even turn the waffles into bread for sandwiches… just trust me. Awesome.
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I live for waffles. This savory dish reminds me of a new fad here in the south… chicken and waffles!
I was just thinking about chicken and waffles for dinner. I found a recipe that used beer in the batter for the chicken as well as the waffle. I think you need to make this for us Joy!
chicken and waffles is not a fad… it’s a lifestyle.
Amen !
Love love love waffles–especially topped with eggs and salsa! Hate hate hate unearthing my waffle iron from the depths of my appliance shelf. Anyone know if there is a waffle iron out there that you can just plop on the stove?
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Joy, you’re so creative. I just love coming here to check out what you’ve been cooking up in your kitchen. These look delicious! I don’t own a waffle iron, but I’m tempted…very very tempted.
Genius! Can’t wait to try savory waffles!
That does look uh-mazing! You always seem to surprise me with a twist on the classics. Keep them coming!
This just reminded me that I wanted to ask for a waffle iron for my birthday. Shoot! My kids and I love waffles. This recipe may also get my husband to love waffles. Maybe I’ll get my husband a waffle iron for HIS birthday and attach this recipe to it…
your husband DEFINITELY wants a waffle iron for his birthday. for sure.
I was planning to make juevos rancheros for dinner this week, but I’m totes making this instead!
Oh I want to make these for dinner tomorrow. I can’t seem to get it to print though. The “print this” link only turns up as your “Joy the Baker Copyright” info… :(
i’ll fix that!!
Alright alright alright! These sound awesome! I love the idea of making waffles into a savory dish because 9 times out of 10, I make them sweet with some sort of fruit. Not sure why I never thought of this before, but thanks so much for the idea. I know what I’ll be making for breakfast tomorrow morning. Possibly even for dinner tonight :)
I love adding the egg to amp the protein! Go, Joy!
This would seriously keep the sugar inducing coma at bay.
Umm, Yumm! And I just got a waffle maker for Christmas :)!
Yum. I’m totally converting these to GF and making them ASAP!
that’s the perfect idea!
I vote for eating waffles while watching Law & Order SVU marathons! In fact, I may be working and watching them right now ….. ;)
this is how we live.
wow! I’ve never had savory waffles. They look great! and very southwestern; hubby will love that :) thx!
Oh man…just when I thought I’d settled on using my Williams-Sonoma Christmas gift card on a Wusthof knife, you bust out these waffles. Now I want a waffle iron. Decisions, decisions.
These look stinkin’ delicious!
knives are so so tempting.. but waffles are DELICIOUS!
I expect there’s a giant boost for the waffle-iron industry coming up after this post! Wonderfull breakfast.
I absolutely love savory waffles and I always eat my eggs with salsa, so this sounds absolutely amazing to me. I may just have to hijack someone’s waffle iron this weekend to make these!
I have made savory donuts before and love this idea of making savory waffles. getting a waffle maker is next on my list! then I make yummy looking recipes like this one!
Okay this is definitely the last reason I needed to get a waffle iron! These look positively fantastic!
Have you seen the Waffleizer blog? It’s all about turning everything into a waffle…sort. http://www.waffleizer.com/waffleizer/
I so need to make a switch to savoury…afternoon napping with my eyes needing to be opened is just not working for me :)
These look fabulous!
Oooohhh I love savory waffles. I ate waffles (frozen :( ), avocado, and eggs for breakfast for an insanely long time.
Oh God.
I need a waffle maker.
Like now.
This recipe definitely warrants buying a waffle maker. I love that you added cornmeal, Joy, I think that real seals the deal on the savory and would make for a wonderful texture. Now I just need to buy a waffle maker!
Damnit. Now I want a waffle iron even though I definitely would have nowhere to store it in my peanut sized kitchen.
Or if those waffles would just magically appear in front of me, I would be ok with that, too. I’m hungry.
Okay, these look freakin’ amazing. But I have a question: the name of these waffles calls for chives (and that’s what’s in the picture), and then the recipe calls for scallions (green onions). Which one is it!?! The suspense is killing me. It might not matter, but I feel like they add a different amount of crunch/flavor. Also, making these ASAP.
blerg. CHIVES!
Sold! You just sold me on savory waffles. Definitely trying some soon.
Yum! Looks so good.
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I am so in!
I have a friend who is completely addicted to waffles..I’m thinking he will owe me big time if I make these for him!!!
damn. I want these.
I adore savory waffles. I make a rosemary waffle with pesto, chicken, cheese and ortega chiles…so delicious.
You really post the most inventive and delicious-sounding breakfast recipes in the blogging community! “Savory dream” indeed…
Ok, well any time you top something with a fried egg, you win me over.
Yum, perfect for a quick lunch. I like the idea of salty waffles, they’ll make a nice lunch!
Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhh….at least that’s all I was going to say until I realized that would be a bit creepy. But I’m crushing hard on those waffles right now.
You seriously did not just do that.
Love it!
I must make these waffles for my sweet breakfast hating fiancé!
The runny egg on top definitely makes the dish!
I’ve had this vision of creating a savory mashed potato “waffle” but I think I might love this cornmeal version even better! And the fried egg on top? Loooove.
Oooh I’ve made pancakes similiar to these before! I’ll have to try waffle form, though. These look amazinggg!
You broke some serious waffle rules. Such a rebel :) Like me.
If you think thats amazing, in Juneau, AK there is a restaurant that serves nothing but waffles. One of them is the Omelette Waffle, it has chopped ham, sauteed veggies, and some scrambled eggs stirred into it, they serve it with salsa and sour cream. IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND. I force everyone who comes to visit to eat one. They also have a waffle of the day and one time it was straight bacon and cheddar…… I’m just sayin I might have cried.
I think you’ve convinced me to get a waffle iron.
these look amazing. i’ve seen so many delicious waffle recipes recently, but yours might be the one to urge me to buy that waffle maker that has been lurking in my amazon cart for the past few months.
I approve of your egg’s yolk being a deep gold color and not neon yellow. Having my own chickens has made me an egg snob, but oh well.
If I could be any type of snob, I guess an egg snob is not that bad of a choice.
I’m pretty excited about trying these out! I love breakfast dinners so I think these will be fantastic.
There’s something just so dang sexy about savory :)
This recipe? Wow. Oh my. I think I want your babies.
Ahem….yeah. Nice recipe Joy, thank you.
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Outstanding combination of flavors. I made them as corncakes instead of waffles because I don’t have a waffle iron and they turned out great. The combination of the runny yolk on the corncake with a bit of bite from the salsa is just heavenly. Not hard to make and tastes absolutely delicious (how could it not with 1/3 cp butter). The recipe says it serves 2 so I doubled it. As corncakes, the recipe serves 4, so I had a lot left over. The toaster trick works great for the corncakes too.
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