Nashville Hot Chicken

Name: Nashville Hot Chicken
Prep time: 8 h 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 8 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.2kg chicken pieces; 500ml buttermilk; 2 tsp salt; 200g plain flour; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 1 tsp garlic powder; oil for frying; 4 tbsp lard or vegetable oil for paste; 3 tbsp cayenne for paste; 1 tsp brown sugar; 1 tsp smoked paprika; white bread slices to serve; pickles to serve

Fiery fried chicken coated in a cayenne-lard paste, served on white bread with pickles. Brushing the hot cayenne paste onto the chicken the moment it comes out of the fryer is what lets the fat carry the spice straight into the crust while it's still absorbent and hot.

Total time

520 min

Prep

500 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

1.2kgchicken pieces

500mlbuttermilk

2 tspsalt

200gplain flour

1 tspcayenne pepper

1 tspgarlic powder

oilfor frying

4 tbsplard or vegetable oil for paste

3 tbspcayenne for paste

1 tspbrown sugar

1 tspsmoked paprika

white bread slicesto serve

picklesto serve

Instructions

Marinate chicken in buttermilk and salt overnight.

Mix flour, cayenne and garlic powder.

Dredge chicken in flour mixture.

Deep-fry at 165°C for 15–18 minutes until cooked through.

Make hot paste: heat lard, add cayenne, paprika and sugar.

Brush hot chicken with cayenne paste immediately.

Serve on white bread 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

887

Protein

90.5g

Fat

34.8g

Carbs

46.3g

Fiber

1.8g

Sodium

1344mg

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