Southern
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the buttermilk, hot sauce, and 1 tsp salt in a bowl, add the chicken, and let it brine for at least 30 minutes.
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Whisk the flour, garlic powder, paprika, the remaining salt, and the black pepper in a shallow dish, and beat the eggs in a second dish.
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Heat 2 inches of the neutral oil in a heavy pot to 350F.
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Lift each piece from the brine, dredge in the seasoned flour, dip in the egg, and dredge again, pressing to coat.
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Fry the chicken in batches until deep golden and cooked through to 165F, about 6 minutes, then drain on a rack.
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Whisk the cayenne, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup of the hot frying oil into a fiery paste and brush it over the fried chicken.
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Pile the chicken onto the brioche buns with dill pickle chips and serve.
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Serve it with
A Southern dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | BBQ Chicken Drumsticks |
| Gluten | Yes | BBQ Chicken Drumsticks |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | BBQ Chicken Drumsticks |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 680 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 40 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 900 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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