Nashville Hot Chicken

Name: Nashville Hot Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10, 10 pieces
Cuisine: southern
Ingredients: 2 cups buttermilk; ⅓ cup hot sauce; 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons cornstarch; 3 tablespoons seasoned salt; 1 tablespoon paprika; 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 2 teaspoons black pepper; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; 1 tablespoon onion powder; 10 pieces chicken; Vegetable oil for frying; ⅓ cup cayenne pepper; 1 ½ tablespoons dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; White bread and sliced pickles (for serving)

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Nashville hot chicken is fried chicken coated in a spicy batter and painted with a fiery sauce. The chicken is crispy and juicy, with an intense, mouth-tingling heat balanced by sweetness. A Southern favorite eaten at casual meals.

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Ingredients

10 SERVINGS

For the Fried Chicken

2 cupsbuttermilk
⅓ cuphot sauce
2½ cupsall-purpose flour
3 tbspcornstarch
3 tbspseasoned salt
1 tbsppaprika
2 tspcayenne pepper
2 tspblack pepper
½ tspgarlic powder
1 tbsponion powder
10chicken
Vegetable oil — for frying

For the Nashville Hot Mixture

⅓ cupcayenne pepper
1½ tbspdark brown sugar
1 tspchili powder
1 tspgarlic powder
1 tspsmoked paprika
White bread and sliced pickles — for serving

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Method

1h total

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 1274mg
Calcium: 200mg
Iron: 4mg

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