Nashville Hot Chicken | Basics with Babish

This week on Basics, it's time you learned how to make that classic Nashville hot chicken. If you've never had it, it's just spicy fried chicken. And it's delicious.

[babishculinaryuniverse]

I've been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to come up with hot chicken puns and none are SFW.

[thatoneguy]

“This is dangerous, but I want it”
-Babish 2020

[spehizle]

The man will casually break down a whole chicken, but real cheese curds is somehow beyond his powers.

[ApolloPwnsYou]

I would be really curious to see one episode of the behind the scenes of Binging with Babish! How it all goes from start to finish :))

[aradigm]

Babish: ranks the heat at 9 with only Cayenne Pepper.

Also Babish: has actually done Hot Ones...

[ClarenceUMCYouth]

I just made this last night for July 4th. It was awesome! However I used half peanut oil half canola oil for frying (instead of lard) and I added double the brown sugar because I wanted a sweet/spicy mix. Whole family loved it. Looking forward to trying more of your recipes.

[trewhite]

Me: Alright, time to make some healthy fo--


Babish: Hey guys, today we're gonna make Nashville style hot chicken.


Me, already grabbing the lard: Goddammit.

[adamfrench]

You said "if ALL your tiny whisks are in the dishwasher", does that whisk....has brothers and sisters?

[cheeseburger-uf]

"go make some toast, or something"
sounds like a Doom quitting messege

[danielbstone]

Babish: "Beating together with a fork..."
Me: "um, what? Where is tiny whisk? Is he okay???"

[hilotakenaka]

I tried making hot chicken once
Managed to completely scorch the spices and with the fat, make it clump into a giant ball of sadness and missed potential
Thank you for making this

[brandonjackson]

“And you want to know who else makes hot chicken and not toast?.... B-roll!”

[Wishmasters]

Didn't really look, accidentally read "Includes bald promotion"

[megatron]

I've lived in Nashville my whole life, and it really went downhill when people started caring about us.

[sequoiatracystone]

My husband and I just made this for dinner, A+! This chicken impressed the whole family.

[TooMuchDad]

I have to argue at some point that this is no longer “basics” but I’m still into it

[nubbieeee]

I always thought Babish was a decent man until he says :


*"Saucep'in"*

[dudebro]

Fun Fact: KFC double dips for their Extra crispy chicken, this recipe feels really similar to when they came out with the Nashville hot back in 2012 when I worked as a high school fry cook. Super awesome vid!

[slatevalleymountainman]

Joshua Weissman: *subtly follows Binging with Babish recipes*
Binging with Babish: *Pulls out Uno™️ reverse card*

[JGatorguy]

As a native of Nashville, I'm proud you have this recipe on your channel! Keep up the great work, Babby!