NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN SANDWICH | Recipe | BBQ Pit Boys

welcome to barbecuepitboys.com today we're cooking up some nashville hot chicken this pit and it's real easy to do all right for this recipe you're gonna need some flour you're gonna need some salt you're gonna need some black pepper you're gonna need some brown sugar you're gonna need some paprika cayenne pepper chili powder granulated garlic some good quality pickles you're gonna need some buttermilk and a few shakes of hot sauce and for the chicken we're using skinless boneless chicken breasts now let's put this recipe together now the first thing we're going to do is make a brine for the chicken breast we want to get that chicken real tender right and this is a good way to do it we're gonna soak it in some buttermilk for at least a couple hours maybe overnight now add a couple drops of hot sauce some heat in there of course we're gonna season a little bit with some salt a little bit of black pepper man i'll tell you what you gotta brine if you really wanna make it fine now here we have some pickle juice i'm gonna add a few drops in there give it a mix now the enzymes in buttermilk will break down the protein in the chicken and make it tender that's why you use the buttermilk perfect now like i said you want to take your chicken breasts and marinate these overnight for at least two three four hours whatever it will make them tender so uh all right here are the chicken breasts typical you'll find anywhere a great piece of meat but it's basically tasteless right i mean there's no fat in it so it needs a lot of health so what we're going to do here right is slice these breasts in half so one instead of one big chicken breast we got two [Music] do the math right again take your 10 inch butcher slice it and cut it perfect step 1 to making them tender now you want to pound them out this will help tenderize those chicken breasts as well so you flatten them out and it also makes it even right for frying and that's where we're gonna end up frying these boneless skinless chicken breasts pound them out with a mallet perfect now if you've never had nashville hot chicken before you definitely gotta check it out it's some good eating at the pit now we're gonna take these uh skinless boneless chicken breasts and we're going to put them in this uh brine or marinade for at least two hours or overnight now for the flour we want to season the flour so we're using all-purpose flour season it with some salt some pepper you always want to season your fried flour right all right perfect here we're adding a little bit of garlic perfect right give it a mix oh man this is gonna be good all right let's do the dipping so a few hours have gone by do the miracle of time and we're going to take these chicken breasts out of the marinade and get them in that all-purpose flour and dredge it good and because we want these extra crispy right unlike the big fast food chains we're going to be double dipping go from the brine to the flour and then from the flour back to the brine then from the brine to the flour double dip make them real crispy by doing it this way well you know about that right oh man this is going to be good now we're going to let them rest for a while that'll make a better fries for you right everything will come together now the frying part we're going to use our cast iron pan on our kettle you can use what flyer you got right and we're going to fry them at about 350 degrees fahrenheit more or less in that range and it won't take long to do and you want to keep flipping right this will allow the um the chicken fry to set up right and it'll get real crispy you just slowly do this and you keep flipping perfect now we want an internal temperature of 160 degrees fahrenheit for this uh boneless chicken breast that's just about perfect man oh we're gonna be eating good tonight martha loving this nashville hot chicken and this is what you got lord have mercy can you smell that it smells good now let's make the hot sauce by combining cayenne chili powder sugar and a paprika oh i tell you what this is what this nashville hot chicken is all about right there that's easy to do you blend the greens head on over to your frog just ladle off a little bit of that oil into these ingredients you got yourself a nashville hot sauce oh man [Music] you gotta check this out i'm telling you [Music] you'll end up drinking this trust me all right so you can see how the crispy these chickens are crunch crunch just a few more minutes all right i say it's time to eat so we're going to spread on some of our nashville hot sauce so get your bob ross paintbrush and start painting right slow deliberate it's a thing of beauty i think you know where i'm going with this one i mean it's absolutely gorgeous right [Music] what fast food is going to do that for you paint it on both sides an awesome combination of flavors oh get yourself a good bun toast it up a bit put on that uh nashville hot chicken take the best pickles you can find right put them on top of course you can set these up the way you want all right this is the way you do it lord have mercy [Music] yeah it just don't get any better than this now of course this is the part you're waiting for right you want to take a look inside eat your heart out chicken licking fillet this is what it's about right here so for more information or the exact recipe head on over to our website yeah it's good and consider starting your own chapter so the next time you're looking for a recipe for your pit check out barbecuepitboys.com

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Length: 8min 15sec (495 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 24 2021