Nashville Hot Chicken

Serves 12
Ingredients
  • 3 lbs Chicken Breasts (cut into 4 strips each)
  • 2 Tbsp pickle juice
  • 2 Tbsp Frank's hot sauce
  • 1 cup buttermilk
Breading
  • 2 cup flour
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground black pepper
Sauce
  • 4 Tbsp salted butter
  • 1 Tbsp light brown sugar optional to reduce heat if desired
  • 2 Tbps Frank's Red Hot
  • 1/4 cup Barbeque Sauce
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • water (as needed)
Directions
  1. Combine chicken strips, pickle juice, hot sauce, and buttermilk in a medium bowl. Allow the chicken to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight.
  2. Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish.
  3. Dip chicken in seasoned flour. Set the chicken strip on a plate and continue with the remaining strips.
  4. Fry in a pan on stovetop set to just above MED heat.
  5. Prepare the hot sauce. In a small saucepan on medium heat combine all sauce ingredients. Stir and cook until the mixture has melted adding water as needed to thin the sauce. Serve the sauce brushed over hot chicken strips or brushed on a burger bun.

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