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Nashville Hot Chicken


  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 3 lbs. boneless, skinless, chicken tenders
  • 1/2 cup hot sauce
  • 3 tablespoons cayenne pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons creole seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 cups flour
  • cooking oil
  • sliced pickles
  • white bread

For the Hot Chili Oil:

  • 1 1/2 cups fried chicken grease
  • remaining seasoning blend

Instructions

  1. Rinse chicken and pat dry, cut into 2 inch chunks and place in a large bowl.
  2. Mix seasoning blend.
  3. Add 2 tablespoons of seasoning blend to chicken, add eggs and hot sauce, mix well and set chicken aside.
  4. Chicken can be marinated in the refrigerator for about 3 hours or overnight if desired.
  5. Add 2 tablespoons of seasoning blend to flour, mix well, set aside.
  6. Add cooking oil to a large deep pot over medium heat. Heat oil to 350 degrees.
  7. Coat chicken in flour mixture in batches.
  8. Add chicken to hot oil, don’t overcrowd the pot, cook chicken in about 3 batches.
  9. Fry chicken for 7-8 minutes, remove from pan, drain on paper napkins and repeat.

To Prepare the Hot Chili Oil:

  1. Add 1 1/2 cups of fried chicken grease to a separate large pot.
  2. Heat oil, stir remaining seasonings into oil, immediately dump chicken into oil in batches, mix well, transfer chicken to a cookie sheet and repeat with remaining chicken.
  3. Serve chicken with bread and pickles.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 6