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#1 Dakki

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Posted 12 November 2010 - 12:41 AM

So I came upon a description of this recently - supposedly an extremely spicy regional variety of fried chicken,native to the Nashville area.

I like my chicken fried and I like my chicken spicy, so naturally this piqued my attention. What can you tell me about it? Does anyone have a recipe/technique?
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#2 Angela Knipple

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Posted 12 November 2010 - 02:06 AM

This is very much a Nashville phenomenon, but only at 1 restaurant - Prince's Hot Chicken. It's not going to be something easily replicated at home unless you eat it multiple times, and even then, if you actually eat the "hot" level, it's going to burn your palate out so quickly that it's going to be hard to figure out exactly what's going on there.

The Southern Foodways Alliance documentary filmmaker, Joe York, did a film about Prince's a couple of years ago. You'll be able to see just what keeps people talking about it.

http://www.southernf...ot_chicken.html

#3 janeer

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Posted 12 November 2010 - 08:20 PM

There is more than Prince's, although Prince's is the most well known. There was a hot chicken festival here in Nashville last year. See here.. In addition to the places listed, there is also a place called Chicken Real.