Nashville Hot Chicken

Name: Nashville Hot Chicken
Prep time: 8 h 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 8 h 40 min
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 cayenne-lard paste on white bread with pickles.

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.