Nashville Hot Chicken | Basics with Babish

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bisecting our bird into Twain then we're gonna make some shallow cuts around the base of the drumettes so we can expose the joints which we can then crack open YUM and run our knife in between to separate the drumettes there's very little bone between the breast and thigh so you should be able to separate them rather easily then we're gonna repeat the same joint finding process with the drumstick placing shallow cuts around where the two bones meet cracking them open and running our knife in between to separate the drumstick and thigh lastly to make 10 pieces we're gonna cut our chicken breasts directly in half because they're kind of huge compared to all the other pieces this is gonna help them cook more evenly and prevent unnecessary drama when dividing up the white and dark meat then we are just rinsing and repeating with the other half of the chicken and there you go the traditional family buckets 10-piece which we are going to dry brine before frying generously kosher salting and freshly ground pepper in both sides of the chicken pieces stacking them in a food safe container of some kind wrapping tightly in plastic wrap in fridging for at least four hours ideally overnight normally I'd want to go for a buttermilk brine but we're basing this recipe off the one and only had a B's and I'm not one to question the Masters once the chicken is thoroughly brined we are assembling our breading station combining one cup of whole milk with a few dashes of Louisiana style hot sauce and two large eggs beating together with a fork until no streaks of egg remain then for the dry stuff or dredge we're combining two cups of all-purpose flour with about two teaspoons of kosher salt and a few tablespoons of our egg and mixture which is gonna create little clumps of breading that's gonna help make our chicken extra crispy and with that it's time to bread first the chicken goes into the flour mixture then into the egg mixture then back into the flour mixture creating something commonly known as double dipped fried chicken which is just every bit as amazing as it sounds repeat with the remaining chicken and let it hang out in the flour while we prepare for frying into a high-walled fry pan or cast iron skillet goes a big old block of lard to which we're gonna add about an equal amount of vegetable oil heating over medium high and bringing the whole affair to 350 degrees Fahrenheit then we're gonna gently lay in the chicken pieces away from us so as to not self splatter and fry about 5 to 7 minutes per side until deeply golden brown and crisp they were popping these guys on a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet in keeping in a 325 degree fahrenheit oven until they are fully cooked through just enough time to prepare our spice mixture into a small bowl goes 3 tablespoons of cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon light brown sugar 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper and 1/2 teaspoon each garlic powder paprika and kosher salt go and grab your regular size whisk if all the tiny ones are in the dishwasher and then we're gonna add about 1/2 a cup of the hots frying oil it goes without saying you should do this in a heat proof Bowl and now this is where all the magic happens we're gonna brush down the freshly fried chicken with our spicy spice oil stuff if applied while the oil and the chicken are still hot it's gonna absorb into the crust without making it soggy and it's gonna give the chicken that look that tells your caveman brain this is dangerous but I want it make sure you generously coat both sides the chicken and then all there is left to do is eat it this chicken can be consumed as is but if you want the proper Nashville and experience you need the proper supporting players Wonder Bread pickle chips and toothpicks simply nestle the chicken atop the untoasted white bread thusly rotate the plate a few times to try to get the best angle for camera and skewer a few pickle chips overtop now you're ready to sweat it out like you're in Music City or as it's known nowadays the bachelorette party capital of the world now on a spiciness scale of 1 to 14 this ranks about a nine so you can reduce the cayenne if you want to tame our experience but then why are you making hot chicken dude go make some toast or something this episode and many others have been sponsored by Squarespace because they've been an amazing partner in both bringing this show and my website to life they've got a really intuitive easy-to-use platform that made it super easy for someone like me who has never done web design ever they have templates they do domains they have really good customer service it's basically a one-stop-shop for building a really slick website if you want to try it for yourself you can start your free trial today by visiting squarespace.com slash babish to get 10% off your first purchase [Music]

Channel: Babish Culinary Universe

Views: 3,831,462

Rating: 4.9669561 out of 5

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Id: FPx7X7k0HuM

Length: 5min 22sec (322 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 09 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/LouBrown]

See also: Kenji Lopez-Alt making a double-fried Korean hot chicken sandwich at his restaurant, Wursthall.

[u/justincorrect]

Holy shit, this is the Binging episode I have been waiting for.

[u/jay_tea_94]

Did anyone else notice that Hot Ones mentioned Hattie B's hot chicken in their Justin Timberlake interview posted today as well? Thought it was a wild coincidence.

[u/LouBrown]

This is dangerous, but I want it.

[u/ShitHeadTheDog]

The 1-14 hot scale. Classic

[u/ToBeFrozen]

Why not toss the chicken in the sauce?

[u/Devamin_andstuff]

Was Joshua weissman's video an inspiration for this?

[u/WanderingBear_]

Anyone else wonder why he didn't use his T-Fal fryer to make this? Would it be because of the lump of lard he adds to the pan while frying?

[u/AkronSnape]

Finally! I saw this on his Instagram forever ago.

Makes you wonder how many things are filmed on a Monday vs. Filmed months in advance