Chicago Hot Chicken
The Chicago Hot Chicken is a fried buttermilk brined chicken thigh that’s coated in a JP Graziano hot giardiniera seasoning oil, similar to the method of a Nashville hot, but with a Chi Town spin. It’s topped with Chicago-style giardiniera pimento Bif cheese, Zabs hot honey, pickles, cole slaw, and garlic mayo on a toasted seeded brioche bun.
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Recipe Details:
Serves: 2
Cook Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients:
Boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 cup AP Flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 pickle juice
1 egg
1 tbsp brown sugar
JP graziano hot giardiniera seasoning
BIcheese Chicago style pimento cheese or mix giardiniera with homemade or store bought pimento cheese
Cole slaw (homemade or store bought)
Stonewall Kitchen garlic aioli
Zabs hot honey
Dill pickles
Frying oil of choice
Kosher salt and pepper
Sesame seed brioche buns
Chicken Brine:
In a bowl, mix buttermilk, pickle juice, egg, 2 tbsp of hot giardiniera seasoning, and 1 tsp salt.
Add chicken to the mixture and let it brine for 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
2. Coating and Frying:
Season flour with a big pinch of salt, black pepper, and 1 tsp of giardiniera seasoning.
Remove chicken from the brine and coat it in the seasoned flour.
Fry the coated chicken at 350°F for 4-6 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.Season the fried chicken with salt.
3. Giardiniera Spiced Oil:
Mix 1/4 cup of giardiniera seasoning with brown sugar.
Grind the mixture together into a powder using a mortar and pestle or spice grinder.
Ladle in 1/2 cup of your hot frying oil and whisk it together.
Brush the fried chicken with the giardiniera spiced oil.
4. Assembling the Sandwich:
Dry toast your buns in a skillet and set them aside.
Spread garlic mayo on each bun.
Top the bottom bun with pickles, slaw, the giardiniera-spiced fried chicken, and @bifcheese, and drizzle with @zabs hot honey.
