Recipe courtesy of Lee Brian Schrager and Adeena Sussman

Hattie B's Hot Chicken

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 8 hr 45 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 8 hr
  • Cook: 30 min
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Ingredients

For the dry brine:

1 whole chicken (about 3 pounds), washed, patted dry and cut into quarters

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the dip:

1 cup whole milk

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon Louisiana-style hot sauce

For the dredge:

2 cups all-purpose flour

Sea salt

Vegetable oil, for frying

For the spicy coating:

1/2 cup lard, melted and heated (or hot frying oil)

3 tablespoons cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Pickle slices, for serving

Directions

  1. Dry-brine the chicken: In a bowl, toss the chicken pieces with 1 tablespoon kosher salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper; cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 24 hours.
  2. Make the dip and dredge: In a bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and hot sauce. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and 2 teaspoons sea salt.
  3. Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, then dip in the milk mixture, then in the flour mixture again, shaking off the excess after each step.
  4. Heat the vegetable oil in a deep-fryer to 325 degrees F. Set a wire rack on top of a rimmed baking sheet and set aside. Working in batches, lower the chicken into the fryer and fry until crisp, 15 to 17 minutes for breast quarters and 18 to 20 minutes for leg quarters. Remove the chicken and let it drain on the rack.
  5. Make the spicy coating: Carefully ladle the lard or frying oil into a medium heatproof bowl and whisk in the cayenne pepper, brown sugar, 3/4 teaspoon sea salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, the paprika and garlic powder. Baste the spice mixture over the hot fried chicken and serve immediately; garnish with pickles.

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Anonymous

We made this combined with the Prince's recipe. dry brined for 1 hr and it really wasn't enough, didn't have flavor just the chicken alone. We had to add a lot of salt to the chick and the oil chile.... but in the end, it was amazing! Also i used only 2 tsp of cayanne, and it had a very good kick. We split the spice chile oil, half spicy have not for my wife. <br />Thanks for sharing. (we lived in Nashville for 3 yr's)

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