Nashville Hot Chicken Nuggets. They use my spin on a Nashville Hot Chicken spice blend and a tiny bit of olive oil to make little juicy and tender flavor bombs. The biggest difference between these chicken nuggets and my chicken burgers is the cayenne pepper. Don't get me wrong, the nuggets are still spicy AF.
If you've never had Nashville Hot Chicken, we're talking about an ultra-crispy fried chicken doused with a cayenne-infused glaze, and by 'glaze' I mean melted butter and lard. For the record, I've never been to Nashville, so I can't tell you how authentic this is, but it works for me, and is fairly easy to pull. Nashville Hot Chicken begins with fried chicken. You can cook Nashville Hot Chicken Nuggets using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Nashville Hot Chicken Nuggets
- Prepare 6 oz of chicken breast.
- You need 1/2 tsp of olive oil.
- It's 1 tsp of brown sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper.
- You need 1/2 tsp of paprika.
- You need 1/2 tsp of chili powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
- You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
- You need 1/4 tsp of crushed red pepper.
It is the base of the recipe and needs to be fabulous on its own to hold up to the sauce. This Nashville Hot Chicken recipe all started a couple of weeks ago when I had the insane pleasure of having breakfast with one of my role models Carla Hall, Top. Whisk eggs, buttermilk, and hot sauce in a large bowl. He always gets the Hot Chicken from either Hattie B's or a few other excellent.
Nashville Hot Chicken Nuggets step by step
- Cut chicken into chunks and pat dry with paper towel.
- Toss in bowl with the olive oil.
- Add in all the spices and brown sugar and toss to coat.
- Air-fry at 400 for 8-10 minutes.
If you're worried about spice, cut down on the amount of cayenne in your hot oil. Nashville hot chicken is much more than a local delicacy. In its typical preparation, it is a portion of breast, thigh. Nashville hot chicken is Southern fried chicken, but with a hot and spicy difference. The fried chicken is finished with a spicy sauce made with a This version of hot chicken can be adjusted to suit your heat tolerance.