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" Raise your hand if hot chicken from Nashville is on your bucket list of things to eat. You&amp;#039;re not alone. Why we willingly and enthusiastically subject ourselves to eating food that makes us sweat profusely, I&amp;#039;m not sure. But I know &amp;quot;hot chicken&amp;quot; is so haute right now. If a roundtrip ticket to Tennessee isn&amp;#039;t in the works for you, homemade hot chicken tenders are the next best thing. It&amp;#039;s true you can find the fried fare just about anywhere these days\u2014KFC included\u2014but we think you can do it better. Bonus: when you make it yourself, you control the heat.  For my own version of hot chicken, I took my inspo from somewhere authentic where there&amp;#039;s always a line out the door: Hattie B&amp;#039;s. From Serious Eats, I learned that two dredges are necessary and the spices get coated after the frying. Figuring out the spice mix was the tricky part. I&amp;#039;ve seen recipes calling for anywhere from 2 tbsp. to 3/4 c. of cayenne. I went with 1/4 c., which Nashville natives might consider mild but I consider spicy AF. As for coating the chicken, Hattie B&amp;#039;s mixes the spice mixture with hot oil to create a spicy paste. After visions of spilled oil and gnarly burns, I tossed the freshly fried tenders in directly in the bowl of spices instead. One crunchy bite and involuntary tear later, I knew I nailed it.  GET THE RECIPE HERE. PIN FOR LATER.  Follow Delish on Instagram. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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