Making KFC Hot Chicken Tenders At Home | But Better

we've defeated kfc before and now they think they can enter a coveted nashville arena we'll see about that [Music] okay so we've seen this all over the internet on tick tock and all the other social media places it's very popular right now and it's also extremely annoying especially for those that are from nashville they're probably sitting back in their seats like wait a minute what the damn hell is that hey nashville and they're right they are right to be angry because you know what it could be so much better and not only better but more proper if you will i've gone to nashville and had the hot chicken and i've made it before and gotten it as close as i possibly can and i know that there's a certain level of respect that must be paid so we're going to do that today so with all that said let's make this shall we oh my god i can't believe there's a line right now why ah okay so we had to actually go to a different one we were waiting for like 12 minutes and we didn't move at all so we've made it to another one becky papa john's yeah or uh kfc i suspect this is probably going to taste good is it going to taste as good as it could doubt it hello i heard she'd be like i was like huh and then she's like what the you want damn i just want some chicken i'm afraid i'm scared oh me thank you so much appreciate it sir you as well well that was not my most favorite experience so we've got the bag at least they put it in plastic bags so my car doesn't get this is what everyone's all crazy about on tick tock all the tick tock people are like oh my god they gave me ranch if you are from nashville i know you are in pain right now you have to be everyone's saying that these are like the crispiest on the planet that sound crispy to you it smells like pickle wow this is awful this is not nashville hot chicken the texture of the chicken this is like a thick rubber band hardly spicy at all let's taste the oil in the bottom this has no flavor i mean anyone from nashville has to eat this and immediately be like what the hell is this broth this is not proper i have someone who's eaten this before and doesn't think it's that bad that's all i need to know i just want to make sure that we didn't just get an unusually terrible background just get some of that flavorless oil yeah flavorless taste about how it's supposed to god bless thank you so much dj i love you so much enjoy that nashville homies look we can redeem this okay hot chicken is splendidly simple and easy don't over complicate it you got the crispy chicken you got the spicy oil let's get this rolling since for some reason we're making tenders you're gonna start off with five to six chicken breasts cut those in half lengthwise to get two tenders depending on their size you may need to cut them into thirds but use your common sense try to tell me you don't know what an appropriate tender looks like separately mix together 2 tablespoons or 30 grams of kosher salt and 2 teaspoons or 5 grams of msg kfc uses it so we're using it too no man if i do mix those together until thoroughly combined then season all of your chicken bobbies generously with your msg salt on all sides then cover those with plastic wrap and let them cure in the fridge for at least one hour or overnight look technically you can skip the cure entirely but doing it really helps the seasoning penetrate the chicken so if you want to penetrate it that would be how you do it now to make your chicken dredge get a large bowl and add 3 cups or 450 grams of all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon or 8 grams of smoked paprika one tablespoon or eight grams of garlic powder two teaspoons or five grams of ground white pepper two teaspoons or five grams of onion powder one tablespoon or ten grams of kosher salt getting lot hated and two teaspoons or six grams of give this some whiskey business until thoroughly combined and place to decide and make your butt milk dip by adding two large eggs whisk those together until nice and homogeneous then whisk in 2 cups or 475 milliliters of buttermilk also known as butt milk to me see that's where it gets the name from three tablespoons are 45 milliliters of hot sauce this is crystal hot sauce but you can use whatever your sweet little baby heart desires and two tablespoons or 30 milliliters of pickle juice optionally you can sprinkle it with some of your msg salt leftover from when we were seasoning our chicken bobbies and now you have your dippy little man and your dredge next heat up a heavy bottom pot with at least two and a half inches of vegetable oil to 335 fahrenheit or 170 celsius now while that's heating before we bread or fry let's get our hot oil spices ready in a heat proof bowl add four tablespoons or 35 grams of cayenne powder one tablespoon or eight grams of smoked paprika one tablespoon or eight grams of garlic powder one tablespoon or ten grams of kosher salt one tablespoon or seven grams of msg and two tablespoons or 30 grams of packed brown sugar whisk all that together until thoroughly combined and place it to the side okay the breading process is real simple all right it's not rocket science it's uh chicken science yeah i first like to drizzle a couple of tablespoons of my dipping liquid into the dredge mixture while stirring vigorously to get tiny little nuggies in the breading for that good old-fashioned flakiness and i would highly recommend that you do the same otherwise maybe papa no kiss who knows maybe papa no share the chicken with you anyway to dredge first coat of chicken breast with the flour mixture thoroughly no wet spots okay shake off the excess then give it a nice little bath to thoroughly coat in the buttermilk mixture and finally back into the flour pressing the dredge aggressively into the chicken to give it a nice thick coat and make sure to coat every little crevice because again no kiss from papa if there's a bald chicken area once that's nicely coated transfer to a baking sheet coated with flour and repeat with all of your chicken oh look at the coated little men let's take them to the fiery pits of fried oil to fry carefully lay three to four pieces of your chicken into your hot oil away from you unless you want to splash yourself with the oil which is uh not recommended please don't do that and fry for anywhere between six to eight minutes or until golden brown crisp and the interior is fully cooked which should be 165 fahrenheit internal temperature now this next bit is crucial as you pull your chicken out of the hot oil place it under wire rack to drain just for a few seconds and immediately whisk one and a half cups or 350 milliliters of your hot frying oil yes the one that you fried the chicken in into your spicy oil mixture once that's whisked together and thoroughly combined dunk your freshly fried chicken into the hot oil immediately to thoroughly coat and place in a wire rack to drain off the excess you want the spicy oil and the chicken to be hot when you coat it otherwise it will make your chicken go soggy then simply repeat this process with all of your chicken frying beautifully draining slightly then dunking and totally coating with your beautifully fragrant borderline sensual spicy oil and allow to drain that's it that's the natural hot chicken and yes the spicy oil will stay hot enough through the whole frying process fear not papa's got you anyway to assemble your meaty spicy boys stick to tradition get a plate laid on a nice slice of white bread yes the high blood sugar-inducing kind two gorgeous pieces of luxuriously crispy hot chicken really let that spicy oil leak into the pillowy bread papa looks so spicy for my tum tum but also so yum yum add two pickle coins or more should your heart desire it and that's our plate now looking at these two i already know which one i would pick but now we need to taste test and decide who really won well you know visually as vikram previously stated hey yo why this look like a shrimp thank you we won that's all i have to say we just disrespected these people they're not people they're chimpkins there's heat it's not too spicy it's salty it's rich the chicken is so moist it's got multiple layers of just flavor brother and that's the whole point of a nashville hot chicken it should cradle you like you're this little chickeny child this left you in the crib bro okay it's taste test time so we gotta shuffle first oh no no no no just turn it there yep and then eat it come on sweetie oh my god number two ah okay it's pretty clear it's clear from the first bite yours was the first one yours is better i mean i said it looks like shrimp but it kind of tastes like shrimp too i taste like a fishy sub note in there i don't know why a fishy sub note i'm not covering that this tastes good but it has no flavor this actually has like the skin of this has like the spice and the depth i feel like and whereas this doesn't it's not a nashville chicken but better we win everything you want to know what else has hot spicy breasts of chicken i mean b-roll [Music] all right guys and that is it so we made our kfc nashville hot chicken which is really we just ended up making nashville hot chicken let's be honest we paid homage we gave it some love it was actually spicy as it should be it was unbelievably crunchy and you know what i'm sorry you can't beat a proper nashville hot chicken especially if it's made in nashville shout out to hattie bees by the way that's my favorite place to go look i'm not saying that the kfc version wasn't good at all i'm just saying that it wasn't nearly as good as it should have been and it just doesn't pay the love that nashville deserves nashville deserves it brother so nonetheless we won we killed this one it was perfect delicious i recommend that you make it as always if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave a like subscribe and i will see you next time [Music] you

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Length: 9min 54sec (594 seconds)

Published: Sun May 30 2021