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Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich (Spicy Chicken Sandwich)
This Spicy Chicken Sandwich is flavored with a sizzling hot sauce and spice blend that penetrate the crispy coating of the chicken, and then paired with a cool, herby, tangy sour cream ranch dressing. This iconic chicken sandwich is known for two things - heat & flavor!
Servings: 4 sandwiches
Calories: 889 kcal
Course:
Lunch , Dinner
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
Marinade
- salt and pepper
Egg mix (for dredging)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup of milk
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1- 2 tbsp Sriracha
Flour mix
- 1 ½ cups of flour
- ¼ tsp of salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
Hot Sauce
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 tbsp bacon fat or use all butter, or all lard
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp paprika use 2 tbsps, if you're only using 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 2 ½ tbsp cayenne pepper use 1 tbsp if you like it less spicy
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp allspice
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp black pepper
- salt to taste
- oil for deep frying
Sandwich
- 8 thick slices of white bread or 4 burger buns toasted lightly
- dill pickles
- Shredded red cabbage and carrots for the colesalw optional
- Ranch dressing or sour cream ranch see below for recipe
Sour Cream Ranch
- 1 cup of sour cream
- 1 tbsp chopped dill
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp paprika
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Chicken marinade
- Halve the two chicken breast pieces and pound each piece until it's about 1 cm thick.
- Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of each piece.
Cup of Yum
Hot and Spicy Fried Chicken
- Mix the ingredients for the egg mix (for dredging). Set aside.
- Mix the ingredients for the flour mix. Set aside.
- Take a piece of chicken and coat it with the flour mix. Then dip it in the egg mix to coat and once more in the flour mix to coat.
- Set it on a wire rack (or on a plate that's sprinkled with flour).
- Heat the oil to about 380°F in a deep, heavy bottomed saucepan.
- Fry the chicken pieces (I only fry 2 pieces at a time to prevent overcrowding) for about 6 minutes, until the chicken turns golden brown and the internal temperature is at about 165°F.
- Place the chicken on a wire rack (the chicken can also be kept in a warm oven to keep it warm).
- While the chicken is frying, place all the ingredients for the hot sauce in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat to melt the butter and mix all the ingredients to form a paste.
- Once all ingredients are mixed, keep it warm until the chicken is fried.
- Brush the hot sauce generously over the fried chicken.
Sour Cream Ranch
- Place all the ingredients in a small food processor and pulse to mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste (add more lemon juice if needed too).
- Optional - mix some of the dressing with shredded cabbage and carrots to make a coleslaw.
Hot and Spicy Fried Chicken Sandwiches
- Place one piece of spicy fried chicken on a burger bun. Top with dill pickles and sour cream ranch dressing and serve with coleslaw.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1sandwich
Calories
889kcal
(44%)
Carbohydrates
68g
(23%)
Protein
40g
(80%)
Fat
52g
(80%)
Saturated Fat
27g
(135%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
Trans Fat
0.5g
Cholesterol
322mg
(107%)
Sodium
1229mg
(51%)
Potassium
706mg
(20%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
3823IU
(76%)
Vitamin C
15mg
(17%)
Calcium
159mg
(16%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4sandwiches
Amount Per Serving
Calories 889
% Daily Value*
Serving | 1sandwich | |
Calories | 889kcal | 44% |
Carbohydrates | 68g | 23% |
Protein | 40g | 80% |
Fat | 52g | 80% |
Saturated Fat | 27g | 135% |
Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
Trans Fat | 0.5g | 25% |
Cholesterol | 322mg | 107% |
Sodium | 1229mg | 51% |
Potassium | 706mg | 15% |
Fiber | 3g | 12% |
Sugar | 9g | 18% |
Vitamin A | 3823IU | 76% |
Vitamin C | 15mg | 17% |
Calcium | 159mg | 16% |
Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.