Spicy cornmeal waffles with popcorn chicken, honey and hot sauce

1.For popcorn chicken, combine chicken, buttermilk, lime juice and hot sauce in a bowl, season to taste and refrigerate to marinate (1 hour). Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 180C. Combine flours and spices in a bowl and season to taste. Remove chicken from buttermilk mixture, then toss in seasoned flour. Dip again in the buttermilk mixture, then again in seasoned flour and shake off excess. Deep-fry in batches until golden and cooked through (3-4 minutes), then drain on paper towels.

2.For spicy cornmeal waffles, combine dry ingredients thoroughly in a bowl, then make a well in the centre. Whisk the wet ingredients in a separate bowl to combine, add to well in dry ingredients and mix until smooth. Add 2 tsp sea salt, then stir in spring onion and stand to rest (15 minutes). Heat a waffle iron and cook waffle batter in batches, according to the manufacturer’s instructions, until golden and crisp (4-5 minutes). Serve hot topped with popcorn chicken, drizzled with honey and hot sauce, scattered with spring onion and with lime wedges on the side.