Hot Honey Fried Chicken

Name: Hot Honey Fried Chicken
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 boneless chicken thighs; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 tbsp hot sauce; 1 ½ cups flour; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp garlic powder; ½ tsp cayenne; oil for frying; ¼ cup honey; 1 tsp red pepper flakes; 1 tsp apple cider vinegar; dill pickle slices to serve

Crispy fried chicken thighs drizzled with hot honey and pickles — sweet heat perfection. Marinating the chicken in buttermilk and hot sauce for two hours tenderises the meat and builds spice into it before it's even fried.

Total time

145 min

Prep

130 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

comfortfriedspicy

Ingredients

6boneless chicken thighs

1 cupbuttermilk

1 tbsphot sauce

1 ½ cupsflour

1 tspsmoked paprika

1 tspgarlic powder

½ tspcayenne

oilfor frying

¼ cuphoney

1 tspred pepper flakes

1 tspapple cider vinegar

dill pickle slicesto serve

Instructions

Marinate chicken in buttermilk and hot sauce 2 hours.

Dredge in seasoned flour.

Fry at 350°F until golden and cooked, about 8-10 min.

Warm honey with red pepper flakes and vinegar.

Drizzle hot honey over chicken; serve with pickles.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

454

Protein

15.1g

Fat

2.3g

Carbs

97.8g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

104mg

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