Nashville Hot Chicken

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Chicken:

2 cups buttermilk

2 tablespoons hot sauce 

12 chicken tenders, or 3 chicken breasts sliced into tender strips 

Vegetable oil, for frying 

Chile Oil:

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

3 dried guajillo chiles, left whole 

1/4 cup dark chili powder 

1/4 cup smoked paprika 

1/4 cup cayenne pepper 

1/4 cup crushed red pepper

Shake:

4 ounces brown sugar

3 ounces cayenne pepper 

1 ounce ground cinnamon 

1 ounce dark chili powder 

1 ounce smoked paprika 

1 ounce ground white pepper 

1 ounce kosher salt 

Dredge:

1 pound all-purpose flour

2 ounces coarse black pepper 

1 ounce smoked paprika 

1 ounce celery salt 

1 ounce kosher salt 

1/2 ounce garlic powder 

1/2 ounce onion powder 

1/2 ounce dried thyme 

To Serve:

12 Hawaiian sweet slider rolls

1 red onion, thinly sliced 

Pickled cucumber slices, for serving