RE: [CH] Nashville Hot Chicken

T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:28:53 -0500 

It is common practice over most of the South to eat a good, vinegary hot
sauce with greasy fried chicken -- the grease and the oil compliment one
another as in a vinaigrette.  This is done in restaurants and at home.
Typically, the hot sauce is relatively mild -- Frank's, Texas Pete, Tabasco,
Crystal, etc. -- so I spike mine with a vinegary habanero mash (Krakatoa or
my own) or maybe some Matouk's.  It is splashed all over the chicken while
still hot.  If eaten directly, the chicken stays very crispy.  This is the
only way fried chicken is eaten at our house.

As for a specific recipe, I am afraid that I can't help.  My wife fries the
chicken and doesn't use a recipe, but her method is simple -- soak in
seasoned milk for a while (buttermilk is better), dredge in seasoned flour,
dip back into milk, back into flour, and then into a cast iron skillet with
an inch or so of oil.  We will season with red seasoning after pulling it
out and then douse with hot sauce.

Matt

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T. Matthew Evans
Graduate Research Assistant
Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL:  www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Jay Burgess
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:40 PM
> To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [CH] Nashville Hot Chicken
>
>
> On Food Network the other day I saw a segment
> on Hot Chicken in Nashville. It looked like fried
> chicken with wing sauce all over it. Supposedly
> has been very popular in Nashville for decades,
> but I've never seen anything like it. The only
> reason I was interested is because when Bobby Flay
> took a bite of the Extra Hot version, it brought
> tears to his eyes, literally.
> Has anyone had the pleasure of trying the Hot
> Chicken? And/or have a recipe to try it at home.
> I am willing to try any Hot recipe, at least once;)
> And have enjoyed many of those I have seen here.
> Thanks for the help.
> Jay Burgess
>
>
>
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