hot chicken
Cayenne-coated fried poultry
Hot chicken is a style of fried chicken originating in Nashville, Tennessee, distinguished by a fiery cayenne-based paste or oil brushed on after frying.
The heat level ranges from mild to brutally spicy, with the chicken traditionally served atop white bread with pickle slices.
We waited an hour for hot chicken at that famous Nashville joint.
What began as regional specialty has spread nationally, appearing on menus far from its Southern roots.
- cayennePungent red spice
- spice rubBlended aromatics for meat
- white breadRefined flour loaf
- spicyHaving strong heat
- friedCooked in hot fat
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- Southern Foodcollards, biscuits, grits, cornbread, black eyed peas
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- Mid-SouthMemphis, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Nashville
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