Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
4 Persons
45 min
Ingredients4 Persons
For Chicken: | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | buttermilk |
| 1 | large egg |
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste | |
| 4 | boneless, skinless chicken breasts |
| 1 ½ cups | all-purpose flour |
| ½ cup | cornstarch |
| 1 tsp | baking powder |
| 4 cups | neutral-flavored oil (canola, grapeseed or peanut) for frying |
| 1 tbsp | brown sugar |
| 1 tbsp | cayenne powder |
| 1 tsp | garlic powder |
| ½ tsp | chili powder |
| ½ tsp | paprika |
For Slaw: | |
| 2 cups | green and purple cabbage, shredded |
| 2 | medium Granny Smith apples, cut into matchsticks |
| ¼ cup | Greek yogurt |
| ¼ cup | mayonnaise |
| 2 tbsp | apple cider vinegar |
| 2 tsp | honey |
Kosher salt | |
For Assembly: | |
Mayonnaise | |
| 8 slices | |
| 8 slices | Texas toast (or other toasted bread/roll) |
Instructions
- Whisk together buttermilk and egg and season with salt and pepper. Add chicken and ensure it’s submerged in the liquid. Cover and refrigerate for 4-6 hours.
- Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for slaw. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- When ready to fry, mix together flour, cornstarch, and baking powder in medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Heat oil in frying pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until temperature reaches 350°F. Reduce heat to medium. Remove chicken from marinade with tongs, letting excess liquid drip back into bowl. Coat chicken in flour mixture and gently add to hot oil. Fry 3-4 minutes, until golden-brown, flip and fry additional 3 minutes, until cooked through. Transfer chicken to paper-towel-lined plate to drain.
- Carefully transfer 1 cup cooking oil to mixing bowl and whisk in brown sugar, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, chili powder and paprika. Brush spicy oil over chicken until well-coated.
- Spread mayonnaise on Texas toast and top with spicy fried chicken. Place two slices of Swiss cheese over chicken and top with slaw. Top with Texas toast and serve hot.