Description
Crispy Hot Honey Chicken is a mouthwatering dish featuring juicy fried chicken coated in a crunchy seasoned crust and drizzled with a sweet and spicy hot honey sauce.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- vegetable oil for frying
For the Hot Honey Sauce:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1–2 teaspoons hot sauce (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Pound chicken: Pound chicken to even thickness if needed.
- Marinate: Whisk buttermilk and hot sauce in a bowl. Marinate chicken for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
- Prepare coating: Mix flour, cornstarch, garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper in another bowl.
- Fry chicken: Heat vegetable oil, dredge marinated chicken in flour mixture, and fry until golden brown.
- Make hot honey sauce: Warm honey, hot sauce, red pepper flakes, and vinegar in a saucepan.
- Drizzle and serve: Drizzle hot honey sauce over crispy chicken before serving.
Notes
- Serve with biscuits, mashed potatoes, or slaw.
- Adjust heat level in sauce to taste.
- Recipe works well with chicken tenders or wings.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes (plus marinating time)
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast with sauce
- Calories: 560
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 720mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 21g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 34g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
