Nashville Hot Chicken - How to Make Crispy Nashville-Style Fried Chicken

[shulmusicomnibus]

You have used butter and lard together. It was in the Cornish Pasty video, with a memorable quote to the effect of "And for those of you who think that lard is unhealthy, don't worry! We'll also add butter!"

[foodwishes]

To the people asking... there is no possible way to make this by baking it. Don't even attempt.

[shawnski]

Dammit.... Midnight again when he posts these.

Another night of going to bed drooling.

[whh]

Two best things in cooking, fats and spices

[rambos]

One of these days, I'll make one of your recipes, instead of eating Wendy's while watching you cook.

[combatbenyamin]

For people wondering why the white bread is because it's a cultural/historical thing over Nashville. That's just how they serve it.

[Fudgeey]

I've got the chicken marinating right now, and this WILL be on my plate for dinner.

Edit: So I made this for dinner using chicken tenders, and I did have to change a few things. Since my tenders were cut thin, I had to crank the heat to high so the coating browned properly. I also doubled, maybe tripled, the spice mix so the oil would be more flavorful rather than just hot and red. And by the end of the third batch I was tired of the Flour-Dip-Flour process, so I mixed the marinade into the flour and made a batter. The battered chicken was even better than the Flour-Dip-Flour chicken.

[Bng]

You're the BEST! I was disappointed that KFC stopped selling this and now thanks to you I can make my own and it will probably taste a whole lot better. Can't wait to try your recipe. Thanks again!

[worthytroop]

My family and I literally just came home from our Nashville vacation last night, this was THE highlight of our trip!

[Himanshudhamija]

Thanks for the "wet hand dry hand" trick, I am novice so always had to deal with gunky fingers.

[MrArticSwing]

Home kitchen: lightly coat chicken with flour, followed by attentively dipping chicken in marinade to coat evenly and lastly, coating with another layer of flour then setting on wire rack to sit for 15 min
Bar kitchen: toss all pieces of chicken in the flour bowl and hastily use both hands to cover then pick up hand fulls of chicken out and into egg wash bowl, mix chicken around till coated then back into the flour bowl, cover with flour then violently throw straight into deep fryer with flour and egg caked hands, with drips of oil splashing onto your arms.

[AnagramForCraig]

I'm not Crystal clear on which hot sauce you used...

[mark]

best sense of humor award goes to:
Chef John

[ankeetapatel]

where I am from, kenya, we call this recipe poussin chicken and it's my favorite' thank you

[CMZZZZ]

people asking why the white bread must have been deprived of the sweetest sensation that is eating highly flavourful food with a soft pillowy almost flavorless cloud of bread...

I rarely even eat bread anymore and if I do it's definitely some whole grain hippie stuff that takes a strong jaw to chew and even I know the pleasure of the wonder bread.

[MetaGrave]

"The food gods hate a coward."

...My cooking failures have all been explained... >.<;;

[KiesandNoob]

John, I hope you know that it's midnight, and I'm here dreaming about homemade spicy chicken while eating white bread dipped in pizza sauce.

[Bekind]

U make everything so perfect, a true chef with skill. I feel honored to learn ur techniques and browse recipes when I have ppl over for dinner. Ur my go-to

[Slypilotguy]

Oh yea baby! Princes Chicken recipe. The greatest.

[markje]

No Chef John... your videos are never too long :) Thnx for the great recipe!