- Fried chicken
- Cayenne-spiked frying oil
- White bread
- Pickle chips
Nashville Hot Chicken
Nashville hot chicken. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Nashville hot chicken is fried chicken dunked in cayenne-spiked oil after frying, served on white bread with pickles to cut the heat. The heat levels run from 'southern' (no heat) to 'shut the cluck up'.
The origin story: Thornton Prince's girlfriend made him an extra-spicy fried chicken as revenge for a late night out in the 1930s; he liked it, and Prince's Hot Chicken Shack was born. It is now the city's defining dish.
Key ingredients
How it is eaten
The origin story: Thornton Prince's girlfriend made him an extra-spicy fried chicken as revenge for a late night out in the 1930s; he liked it, and Prince's Hot Chicken Shack was born. It is now the city's defining dish.
Where to try it
- Prince's Hot Chicken Shack, the 1930s original
- Hattie B's (the modern rival) and Bolton's