# Nashville Hot Chicken Sliders

This recipe shows you how to make some incredible Nashville Hot Chicken Sliders.

- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thighs
- buttermilk
- pickle juice
- hot sauce
- Chipotle chili powder
- paprika
- garlic
- brown sugar
- smoked paprika
- garlic powder
- Chipotle chili powder
- cayenne pepper
- 2 parts flour
- 1 part cornstarch
- 1 part Evercrisp breader & batter boost
- flaky salt
- spicy mayo
- sweet pickles
- slider roll

## Instructions

1. Add chicken thighs to a bowl.
2. Pour buttermilk over the chicken thighs.
3. Add a splash of pickle juice to the buttermilk and chicken.
4. Add a generous amount of hot sauce to the mixture.
5. Season with chipotle chili powder, paprika, and garlic.
6. Mix well and let the flavors acclimate together by marinating until you lose patience.
7. Prepare the Nashville Hot seasoning by combining brown sugar, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and chipotle chili powder in a separate bowl.
8. Add as much cayenne pepper as you can handle to the seasoning mix.
9. For the dry batter, combine two parts flour, one part cornstarch, and one part Evercrisp breader and batter boost in a bowl.
10. Season the dry batter with the same seasonings used for the buttermilk marinade.
11. Grab a marinated chicken tender, drip off excess moisture, and toss it into the dry batter.
12. Give the chicken a few turns and press in the batter to ensure it's fully coated.
13. Drop the battered chicken into hot oil at 350°F (175°C) and fry for about 5-6 minutes until golden brown.
14. While the chicken is frying, grab your beautiful spices and hit them with hot, sizzling oil from the fryer.
15. Remove the fried chicken from the oil and place it on a wire rack to drain excess oil.
16. Instantly hit the fried chicken with flaky salt.
17. Dunk the fried chicken in the Nashville Hot oil.
18. Assemble the slider: on a toasted slider roll, add spicy mayo.
19. Add a couple of sweet pickles on top of the mayo.
20. Place the beautiful Nashville hot chicken on top of the pickles.
21. If you want some parsley, you're only adding calories.
22. Enjoy your Nashville Hot Chicken Slider.

## Equipment

- bowl
- tongs
- pan
- wire rack

## Tips

- For the dry batter, you need two parts flour and one part cornstarch.
- Use as much cayenne pepper as you can handle for the Nashville Hot seasoning.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMhRtTkw/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c7bd4e6c-e8dd-4be4-9ebf-c7b9cebedc67
- Extracted: 2025-11-16

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