Last year we took a trip to Nashville. We mostly just went to eat (duh). Though we did some touristy things as well. Before going I did a little research on local hot spots. I found that hot chicken is very popular in Nashville. I had never heard of hot chicken before but it sounded like something Cliff would like so I put it on the list. I didn’t think that Kelly and I would be that into it though. Turns out, we all loved it.

We ate hot chicken at Hattie B’s twice while we were there. It was pretty much the highlight of our trip. We reminisce about hot chicken all the time. We looked up and tried a couple copy cat recipes but it just wasn’t the same. Last month I was paging through my latest issue of Food Network Magazine and they featured Hattie B’s Hot Chicken recipe. I immediately ran out to the garage to tell Cliff. We were super excited.

We tried out the recipe the first chance we got. It was so delicious! It was a little too spicy for Kelly and I so we will have to add less of the paste next time for ours. The spice level for Cliff was just perfect. It is definitely hot though! Kelly and I like chicken tenders so we did a mix of chicken tenders and bone in chicken pieces. The bone in pieces we cooked for about 15 minutes and the tenders about 10 minutes. It really turned out perfect and it was not as labor intensive as I expected. We will definitely be making this again. In fact we will be making it tonight!

If you are not familiar with hot chicken you should definitely give this a try. It is fried chicken basted with a very spicy paste. We like to eat ours with macaroni and cheese and baked beans. Hattie B’s, if you are listening, please come to Chicago. People will line up around the block for your famous hot chicken!