Baked nashville hot chicken

Chicken second courses

Baking

Last September I went to Nashville (here, here and here) to work for Renaissance Marriott. Luckily, I was in New York just before that and my friend Ben told me every place to hit up. Prince’s Hot Chicken was at the top of the list and right when I landed, I took my nondescript rental car straight there. I ordered the HOT but immediately regretted my choice when a local woman sat down and told me she would never EVER order the HOT, “it’s too hot for me,” she said. I was like uhhhh ok. I’m screwed. When it came, I ate it and it was totally tolerable for me, delicious in fact. But, I did grow up with a Peruvian mama who loved eating spicy food so my brother and I, like, love heat. Then, I went to Hattie B’s which is much more new school in the way of hot chicken. I liked the dredge at Prince’s better but I loved the sauciness from Hattie B’s. They both have really good attributes. I’ve been wanting to make Nashville Hot Chicken for forever but every time I go to make it, a huge feeling of dread comes over me …