Hot Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Toss chicken pieces with 1 tablespoon kosher salt. Transfer chicken to a bowl; cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Whisk buttermilk, pickle brine, hot sauce, and egg together in a mixing bowl. Pour marinade over chicken and stir to ensure each piece is thoroughly coated. Cover and let chicken marinate in refrigerator 2 to 4 hours.
• Mix flour and salt together in a shallow flat dish. Remove chicken from marinade and blot with paper towels. Reserve marinade. Toss chicken in flour until thoroughly coated. Return chicken to marinade, coating all sides; remove chicken from marinade allowing excess to drip back into the bowl. Coat the chicken once again in flour mixture. Place on a rack. Repeat with all chicken pieces. Allow to sit out about 15 minutes to allow coating to dry out a bit.
• Place butter and lard in a large pot. Add cayenne pepper, brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder, kosher salt, and black pepper. Place over medium-high heat. Cook and stir until fats melt. Remove from heat; keep sauce warm.
• Fill cast iron skillet about 1/3 of the way with vegetable oil. Heat oil to 350 degrees F over medium-high heat. Carefully place chicken into hot oil, skin side down. Maintain an oil temperature of 325 degrees F, adjusting heat as need. Fry until instant read thermometer reads 160 degrees F, 8 to 10 minutes per side.
• Transfer chicken to a rack to drain. Brush with the sauce on both sides.

Steps:

• For the chicken: Pour enough buttermilk over the chicken pieces to cover them and place in refrigerator at least 24 hours.
• Preheat a Dutch oven filled three-quarters of the way with peanut oil to 275 degrees F.
• Drain chicken in a colander, then coat chicken in enough seasoned flour to coat.
• Gently drop chicken into oil and cook until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, roughly 18 minutes. Set aside.
• For the sauce: Meanwhile, combine the canola oil, bacon fat, cayenne powders, sugar, pickle juice, paprika, garlic powder and chili powder together in a bowl and whisk until smooth. Gently pour 1 cup of the mixture over fried chicken and toss in a bowl, making sure to completely coat chicken (watch your eyes, this stuff is no joke!). (Save remaining sauce for another use.)
• Remove from bowl and enjoy!

Steps:

• Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet, cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 1 day to infuse the flavor.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 tablespoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper in a large bowl. Drizzle in 1/3 cup milk and whisk to form small shaggy clumps. Whisk the remaining 1/2 cup milk, the eggs and hot sauce in another large bowl. Coat each piece of chicken in the flour mixture, then dip in the egg mixture, letting the excess drip off. Return the chicken to the flour mixture and turn until well coated. Transfer to a rack set on a baking sheet and let sit, uncovered, to set the coating, 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot with 2 to 3 inches of vegetable oil. Heat over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350 degrees F. Carefully add 4 to 5 pieces chicken to the hot oil. The oil temperature will drop; adjust the heat as needed to maintain a temperature between 300 degrees F and 325 degrees F. Fry the chicken until golden brown and a thermometer inserted into the breasts registers 160 degrees F and the thighs 170 degrees F, 10 to 14 minutes. Remove with tongs and transfer to a clean rack set on a baking sheet; sprinkle with salt. Let the oil temperature return to 350 degrees F before frying the remaining chicken.
• While the last batch of chicken fries, heat 1/2 cup vegetable oil, the butter, cayenne, brown sugar, remaining 2 teaspoons garlic powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until the butter is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Dip the fried chicken one piece at a time in the spicy butter, turning with tongs to coat completely; return to the rack. For spicier chicken, top with more of the spicy butter.

Steps:

• Mix paprika, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, lemon pepper and salt and sprinkle over chicken.
• Let marinate, 2 hours - overnight.
• Prepare separate bowls, one with eggs, one with milk and one with flour. Dip chicken in milk, then egg, then dip in flour.
• Heat oil to 325 degrees F. Fry chicken for about 15 minutes total per batch (cycle out to ensure the oil stays at 325 degrees F).
• Dip in hot sauce.

Steps:

• Shred chicken, and place in a large pot or slow cooker. Stir in soup and water. Stir in the seasoning mix from the stuffing, and then stir in the dry stuffing mix. Cook over medium heat until heated through. Spoon onto buns, and serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet.
• Add onion, celery and bread crumbs.
• Cook until golden brown.
• Stir in chicken, salt and pepper to taste.
• Add a little broth and the can of mushroom soup.
• Serve over buns.
• Or make a chicken sandwich with 2 slices of bread, top with mashed potatoes and then the chicken mixture.