# Syrian Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich

This recipe details the creation of a Syrian Nashville hot chicken sandwich, featuring buttermilk-marinated chicken thighs, a spiced flour dredge, a Syrian Nashville hot oil finish, and a shatta coleslaw, all served on a toasted brioche bun with toum and pickles.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thighs
- buttermilk
- flour
- spices
- AP flour
- corn starch
- baking powder
- frying oil
- shawarma spices
- flaky salt
- mayo
- shatta
- lemon
- coleslaw mix
- salt
- brioche
- toum (garlic sauce)
- pickles

## Instructions

1. Marinate chicken thighs in buttermilk, flour, and a couple of spices.
2. Add corn starch, baking powder, and the same spices used for the marinade to regular AP flour.
3. When ready to fry, introduce the marinated thigh to the flour mixture.
4. Press the chicken into the flour and toss it back and forth to create "craggle."
5. Drop the chicken into hot oil set about 325 degrees.
6. After about 8 minutes, pull the chicken out and let it rest for a couple of minutes.
7. While the chicken rests, mix some frying oil with shawarma spices.
8. Drop the chicken back into the hot oil for only 1 minute.
9. While the chicken is still hot, dunk it in the Syrian Nashville hot oil mixture.
10. Sprinkle with flaky salt.
11. To make the slaw, combine mayo and a spoonful of shatta.
12. Zest a lemon and squeeze in a tiny bit of its juice into the slaw mixture.
13. Add coleslaw mix and salt, then mix.
14. To assemble, take a beautifully toasted brioche.
15. Spread some toum (garlic sauce) on the brioche.
16. Add a couple of pickles.
17. Place the Syrian Nashville hot chicken on the bun.
18. Top with the shatta coleslaw.

## Tips

- When ready to fry, press the chicken thigh into the flour mixture and toss back and forth to create craggle.
- After frying for 8 minutes, let the chicken rest for a couple of minutes before the final fry.
- For the final fry, drop the chicken in hot oil for only 1 minute.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWzKTCagUE1/?igsh=YnJ1aTQ1dzNxNGk=
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4de9e9a2-585c-47b3-a568-2caffe17b0a0
- Extracted: 2026-04-16

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