How To Make Your Own Nashville Hot Chicken At Home In 9 Steps

Everyone loves Nashville hot chicken. Well, maybe not everyone but Nashville hot chicken would not have been this popular if many people do not love it. This food has grown from being Nashville’s specialty meal and spread across other parts of the world. If you’ve tried the hot chicken before, you will want to try it again.

Maybe you are wondering if you have to go to your favorite Nashville hot chicken restaurant every time. Do you know that it is easy to make a Nashville Hot Chicken and you can make it at home? Continue reading our how to make Nashville hot chicken guide and you will find out what it takes to make it.

Basically, Nashville hot chicken recipe is quite easy. It is fried chicken with a spicy sauce made with cayenne and black pepper. If you want it hot, all you have to do is to increase the cayenne pepper and if you prefer it mild, you cut back on the cayenne. Therefore, you need to know how to prepare three things to make it. First is the fried chicken then the Nashville hot chicken sauce and the coating.

NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN INGREDIENTS 

INGREDIENTS FOR THE FRIED CHICKEN

• Chicken
• 1 Tablespoon of kosher salt
• I teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper

INGREDIENTS FOR THE COATING

• 1 cup of buttermilk or whole milk
• 2 big eggs
• 4 tablespoons hot sauce like Tabasco
• 2 cups of flour
• Vegetable oil

Nashville HOT Chicken SAUCE INGREDIENTS

• ½ cup of vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon of brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon of paprika
• 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon of garlic powder

Nashville Hot Chicken Recipe 

Now that you have all your ingredients for your hot meal, the next step is the actual making of the Nashville hot chicken recipe. Get your apron and cooking spirit and get ready to cook.

1. The first step is the arrangement of chicken into the baking dish. Wipe the body of the chicken dry with a paper towel. You will then rub the body with a mixture of kosher salt and black pepper. Cover the pan and put it in a freezer for 4 hours or up to 24 hours.
2. Put some oil in the frying pan up to 2 – 4 inches and heat the oil to about 325 F.
3. In another separate bowl, mix the eggs, the milk, and the hot sauce. After mixing it thoroughly, pour the mixture into a separate bowl and the flour in another separate bowl too.
4. The next step is to remove the chicken. Allow it to drip for some minutes outside before you fry it. Dropping it in the oil immediately after you remove it from the freezer will lower the temperature of the oil. dip the chicken in the flour and thoroughly coat it with the flour.
5. Remove the chicken from the flour and do the same for it in the mixture of egg and milk. Remove the chicken from the mixture and dip it into the flour mixed with salt and pepper one more time until it is thoroughly coated with flour. Do the same for all the chicken.
6. The next step is to fry the chicken in hot oil. Fry the chicken in small batches until you are through. This process will take about 15 to 20 minutes. Drop the fried chicken on a pan with a cooling rack and place the pan in an oven.
7. In another separate bowl, mix the cayenne pepper, brown sugar, paprika, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, and garlic powder. Add about ½ cup of the hot cooking oil that you used to fry the chicken. Stir the mixture until you have an even blend.
8. Apply the mixture to the fried chicken using a brush. Use your brush to stir the oil frequently as you are applying it to the chicken.
9. Serve the Nashville hot chicken with white bread and pickles.

You can also enjoy a Nashville hot chicken sandwich and the recipe is almost the same. All you will need to prepare is your slaw. The recipe of preparing your hot chicken is still the same.

NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN SANDWICH INGREDIENTS

SLAW INGREDIENTS

• One and a half cups of shredded cabbage
• A quarter cup of sliced red onion
• A quarter teaspoon of kosher salt
• Half teaspoon of Dijon mustard
• Half teaspoon of honey
• Half teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
• Two teaspoon celery seed
• Pinch of black pepper

OTHER INGREDIENTS FOR THE NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN SANDWICH

• A quarter cup of mayo
• Two teaspoons of cayenne hot sauce
• 4 Brioche buns
• 8 pickle slice

HOW TO MIX THE SLAW

To prepare the slaw, mix the cabbage and onions with a little salt. Add the Dijon mustard, the honey, apple cider vinegar, canola oil together with the celery seed and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Note that to keep the slaw fresh, you should keep it for just a day.

Assemble the Nashville hot chicken sandwich by spreading a teaspoon of mayo on the bottom of the bun. Next, place the hot chicken followed by the pickles, and then the slaw. Top the sandwich with the other bun.

Now that you know how to prepare your own Nashville hot chicken recipe, you can enjoy it alone or as a Nashville hot chicken sandwich. Check out the best types of Nashville Style Hot Chicken.

This guide is provided by Crimson Coward, We will be happy to serve you at your best Nashville hot chicken restaurant Crimson Coward at any time.