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Nashville Hot Chicken

Life At The Table Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich. A Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with a garlic sauce, tomato, lettuce, and red onion on a white plate with an orange napkin beside it sitting on a wooden table.
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Master the art of making Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with its crispy coating and fiery, flavorful kick. Super easy and delicious!

Ingredients

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Chicken

  • 4 5–oz skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon granulated onion
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 kaiser rolls, toasted
  • peanut oil for frying

Hot Sauce

  • 6 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic

Garlic Sauce

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon garlic paste
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • kosher salt

Garnish

  • 4 butter lettuce leaves
  • 4 tomato slices
  • 4 red onion slices
  • pickles

Instructions

Garlic Sauce

  1. Stir together the ingredients for the garlic sauce in a small bowl.
  2. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
  3. Set aside.

Hot Sauce

  1. Stir together the ingredients for the hot sauce in a small bowl and set aside.

Chicken

  1. Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, cayenne, granulated garlic, paprika, granulated onion, kosher salt, and black pepper in a medium bowl. Divide this mixture between two small sheet trays.
  2. Beat the two eggs; pour the beaten eggs onto a third small sheet tray.
  3. Arrange the sheet trays with the flour mixture on either side of the beaten eggs.
  4. Breading Process:
    • Coat a chicken breast with the flour from the first tray.
    • Dip the flour-coated chicken breast into the beaten eggs in the second tray.
    • Coat the chicken with the flour from the third tray.
    • Repeat until each chicken breast has been coated.
  5. Heat a high-smoke point oil in a cast iron skillet to 325˚ F – 350˚F.
  6. Fry the chicken breasts until the coating is browned and the chicken is cooked.
  7. Remove the chicken breast from the skillet to wire rack.
  8. Brush the top side of the chicken with the hot sauce.

Sandwich Assembly

  1. Brush the tops and bottoms of the kaiser rolls with the garlic sauce.
  2. Lay a leaf of butter lettuce on the bottom bun.
  3. Lay the tomato and red onion slices on top of the butter lettuce.
  4. Lay the chicken breast on top of the tomato and red onion slices.
  5. Lay the pickles on top of the chicken.
  6. Enjoy!

Notes

  • If you like tons of spice, brush both sides of your chicken breast with the hot sauce mixture.
  • If you don’t like tons of spice, forego the hot sauce. This sandwich is delicious without it.

Find it online: https://lifeatthetable.com/nashville-hot-chicken-sandwich/

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