Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
Enjoy the perfect Nashville hot chicken sandwich, featuring spicy flavors, crispy lettuce, and all natural ingredients.
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Equipment
- 4 Small mixing bowls
- Tongs
Ingredients
Milk Marinade
- 2 Chicken breasts, pounded 1inch thick
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 tsp Franks hot sauce
Breading Ingredients
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 tsp Sea salt
- 1 tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 Egg, beaten
- 2 cups Avocado oil, bacon grease, or lard
Nashville hot sauce
- 2 tbsp Cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp Sea salt
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper
- 1/2 cup Hot oil (use the frying oil)
Sandwich ingredients
- 4 Buns
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 12 pickle slices
- 4 Romaine lettuce leaves
Instructions
- Pound the chicken breasts to 1 inch thick and cut in half.
- Fill a bowl with milk, Franks and chicken breasts. Allow the chicken to soak while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, combine1 cup Flour1 tsp Baking powder1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper1 tsp Smoked paprika1 tsp Onion powder1 tsp Garlic powder1 tsp Sea salt1 tsp Black pepper
- Beat one egg in a separate bowl.
- Heat the oil in a large dutch oven over medium to medium high heat. Monitor the temperature of the oil. It should remain between 365-375℉.
- Take one chicken out of the milk mixture and place it in the flour mixture. Coat all of the chicken with flour.
- Dip the chicken in to the egg mixture and back into the flour mixture again.
- Gently drop the chicken into the hot oil and continue with the remaining 3 chicken pieces.
- Fry the chicken for 8-10 minutes per side, or until the breading is crispy and the internal temperature of the chicken is 165℉.
- Remove the chicken to a cooling rack with paper towel underneath to catch the hot oil.
- In a clean bowl, combine 1 tbsp Brown sugar2 tbsp Cayenne pepper1 tsp Garlic powder1 tsp Smoked paprika1/2 tsp Sea salt1/2 tsp Black pepper
- Carefully scoop 1/2 cup of the fryer oil from the dutch oven and pour it into the bowl that the hot sauce seasonings are in and mix with a spoon to combine.
- Allow to cool slightly, then brush the hot sauce all over the fried chicken, turning with a tongs to brush the other side.
- Spread mayonnaise onto each bun.
- Lay one lettuce leaf, the breaded chicken, the pickles, and the top bun onto the sandwich.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Serving: 1SandwichCalories: 550kcal
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