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Nashville Hot Chicken {Portion Fix/21 Day Fix}

April 23, 2020 by Grandnanny 2 Comments

Nashville Hot Chicken

Nashville Hot Chicken is real popular, but I needed a healthy version in my life. So I broke out my air fryer and a few simple ingredients and remade it! 

I have been perfecting the use of cornflakes as a crunchy breading for meats in my air fryer. My catfish recipe is one of my favorites! Because my mom always used corn flakes as her breading for oven-fried chicken I was confident I could make a crunchy chicken. And I was right!

But before you get to the crunchy part you need to marinate your chicken. 

The Marinade

The best way to get the “hot” all the way down into a chicken breast is to marinate it. I like to keep things simple and use the least amount of ingredients as I can.

I usually use a breast the size of my Red container.  You will find you can roll a medium-sized breast into one container.

If the chicken breast is thicker on one end than the other you might want to pound it out a little. Put it between saran wrap and whack it with a rolling pin or meat mallet. Heck, give it a few whacks with a can of carrots if that is all you can find but just thin it out a little. 

 

So the marinade for 2 medium chicken breasts is 1 Tablespoon of Tabasco Sauce and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Simply put 2 breasts in a baggie and dump the sauce in. Seal it and massage the sauce all over them. I do this about 30 minutes before I am ready to bread them but you could leave them in there for hours, the flavor will just be more intense! 

The sauce 

This is not the sauce from a “real” Nashville Hot Chicken recipe.  Most regular sauce recipes are brown sugar and lard filled,  but I have to make it healthier!!!!

Basically I use the sauce recipe that I have already perfected for my Honey Sriracha Shrimp recipe because it has a perfect balance of sweet heat for me.  I do add 2 teaspoons of melted butter to the sauce to add a rich flavor to it.  I measure the sauce in my orange container and then mix the 2 teaspoons of melted butter to it before I cover the chicken with it. 

 

Breading the Nashville Hot Chicken

 The secret to getting breading to stick to meat is doing a 3 steps process. It is as simple as Dry/Wet/Dry.

I dust each breast on both sides with a tablespoon of whole wheat flour. DRY. 

Then dredge them in an egg wash. A simple egg and water mix… 1 egg and 2 tablespoons of water mixed thoroughly. WET.

For every 1 medium-sized chicken breast, I used 1/2 cup of corn flakes or 1/2Yellow container, crushed. (Crushed beyond belief) Turn them back and forth until the chicken is really coated well.

I use salt-free cajun spice mixed with the cornflakes. Since I am making HOT chicken I want to make sure to add layers of heat. If I don’t have cajun spice I just add black pepper or cayenne pepper to the corn flakes. Dry.

You just have to remember … Dry/Wet/Dry 

Cooking Nashville Hot Chicken

Pre-heat your oven to  350o.  My air fryer only has 1 temperature so I preheat it for 5 minutes.

If you are doing it in the oven, I suggest putting a small rack in a pan. That way heat can circulate around the chicken and let the “juices” runoff or else the bottom crust of the chicken will be soggy. If you don’t have a rack you can smash up a piece of aluminum foil and lay it in the pan spray with cooking spray and lightly lay your chicken on it. The foil should allow those juices to drain a little better.

Cook time will depend on the thickness of your chicken. These breasts took about 20 minutes but thicker ones might take a few minutes more. 

You are looking for the corn flakes to turn a pretty golden brown.

On to the recipe 

I make my sauce 1st so that it has time to meld the flavors. Set my oven to preheat. Set up my Dry/Wet/Dry station. Prep my chicken and bread it. Then get to cooking! 

Nashville Hot Chicken

Nashville Hot Chicken {21 Day Fix}

Nashville Hot Chicken is real popular, but I needed a healthy version in my life. So I broke out my air fryer and a few simple ingredients and remade it! 
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Chicken Marinade

  • 2 medium chicken breast pounded out evenly
  • 1 tablespoon Tabasco Sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon or to taste cayenne pepper

Honey Sriracha Sauce

  • 2 Tablespoon Honey or maple syrup
  • 2 Tablespoon Sriracha Sauce
  • 2 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon low sodium soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 4 teaspoons butter, melted

Breaded Chicken

  • 2 Tablespoons whole wheat flour
  • 1 egg beaten with 2 Tablespoons of water
  • 1 cup corn flakes crushed
  • ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper or cayenne pepper, to taste

Instructions
 

Chicken Marinade

  • Add chicken and spices to a baggie. Massage to thoroughly cover the chicken. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes to a few hours.

Honey Sriracha Sauce

  • Add all ingredients except the butter to a jar with a lid and shake it good. Set aside.
  • When you are ready to serve the chicken, add the melted butter to the sauce. Divide in 1/2 and pour evenly over hot chicken.

Breaded Chicken

  • Dust chicken pieces with 1Tablespoon flour each.
  • Dip chicken into the egg wash and straight into the seasoned crushed corn flakes.
  • Arrange on a rack in a pan. Bake at350o till golden brown. 20-25 minutes. Or according to your air fryers directions.
  • After chicken is done pour sauce over the hot chicken.

21 Day Fix Container Counts Per Serving

  • 1Red, 1Orange, 2teaspoons oil, 1/2Y, 2teaspoons sweetener
Keyword Healthy, Ultimate Portion Fix/21 Day Fix

Nashville Hot Chicken and Waffle

I couldn’t help myself and had to have some Hot Chicken and Waffles with a test batch. I am going to make a big batch of these waffles to keep in the freezer just for this recipe!

French fries are perfect with this chicken! Because it only uses 1/2Y for the breading I can squeeze 1 1/2 Y of french fries onto my plate!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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