Nashville Hot Chicken
Nashville hot chicken at home — crockpot hot chicken, hot chicken sandwiches, crispy tenders, and tenders with dill fries for a spicy weeknight dinner.
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dinnerCrockpot Nashville Hot Chicken
This recipe is for ALL my spice lovers out there! 🥵🌶
Natalie McElhennyIngredients
- 2 lb Chicken Breasts
- 2-4 tbsp Cayenne
- 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Chili Powder
- 1/2 tbsp Minced Onion
- 1/2 stick melted Butter
- 3/4 c Chicken Broth
- 1/4 c Pickle Juice
Instructions
- 1Place chicken breasts into the crockpot.
- 2In a separate bowl, melt the butter in the microwave. Once the butter is fully melted pour over top of the chicken.
- 3Add in all seasonings, brown sugar, and chicken broth in the crockpot and mix until well combined.
- 4Set your crockpot on HIGH for 4 hours, cover with the lid and let the crockpot do all the work.
- 5Once the 4 hours has passed, remove the chicken and place into a separate bowl.
- 6Begin to shred the chicken by either using shredding claws, forks, or a hand mixer until you have the chicken to your desired shred.
- 7Place chicken back into the juice and mix.
- 8Use the chicken in/on all your favorite dishes!
- 9Serve & Enjoy!
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Hot chicken is buttermilk, a heavy dredge, and a cayenne paste brushed on while the crust is still hot. It's messy cooking, and it's the kind of dinner people come to the kitchen early for.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on Friday nights, for game days, and any time a plain chicken breast isn't going to cut it. The crockpot version gets pulled out on the busy weeknights when nobody wants to stand over a skillet.
Every recipe here is a real way to get it on the table: Crockpot Nashville Hot Chicken, Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches, Nashville Hot Chicken Tenders, and a batch of tenders with dill fries on the side.
Quick Tips
- 1
Soak in buttermilk first
Cover the chicken in buttermilk with a splash of pickle juice and hot sauce for at least 4 hours, or overnight if you can plan ahead.
- 2
Keep the oil at 325
Fry tenders at 325 to 350 degrees so the crust browns in 5 to 7 minutes without leaving the middle pink.
- 3
Use the hot frying oil
Whisk about 1/2 cup of the frying oil into your cayenne and brown sugar, then brush it on while the chicken is still hot so it soaks in.
- 4
Rest on a wire rack
Drain fried chicken on a rack instead of paper towels for 5 minutes so the bottom crust stays crisp.
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