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Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning
Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning, is also called Nashville hot seasoning, Nashville hot chicken rub, or Nashville hot chicken spice.What is Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning
There are a handful of foods or cuisine styles in the US that can be tied to a specific city or region - Cajun and Creole to New Orleans, chicken wings to Buffalo, California cuisine and Tex-Mex to the southwestern US to name a few. With America's increasing fascination with heat, one newer entry to this particular “local food gone national scene” is Nashville Hot Chicken. This style of fried chicken is the Music City's claim to culinary fame and fits the bill of a unique food tied closely to a city or region. Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning is a great way to give your chicken a nice blast of fiery heat that more and more of us are craving in our everyday meal planning.There are numerous restaurants throughout the Nashville region that serve up their version of hot chicken in a variety of clever ways. Nashville Hot Chicken has become such a hallmark of the local scene that in 2007 they launched their first annual Music City Hot Chicken Festival and it has been going strong ever since.
History of Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning
As with most unique regional foods, this one has an incredible back story. It is believed by most of those well versed in the city's culinary heritage that hot chicken originated back in the early 1900's when a local woman who believed that her husband was out spending time with his girlfriend decided to teach him a lesson. One fine Sunday she made her husband his regular Sunday morning fried chicken breakfast, but this time she added quite a bit of additional cayenne pepper to it in hopes that it would burn his mouth. The legend goes that he liked it so much that he started sharing it with his friends and brothers. Eventually, the woman exited his life, but the hot chicken stayed! By the mid-1930's the brothers had started a restaurant called the Barbecue Chicken Shack with this spicy chicken as their signature dish.Some of the city's old timers believe that another local restaurant, called Bo's, started serving hot chicken around the same time. Over the years the Barbecue Chicken Shack called several locations throughout Nashville home. In the 1980's ownership of the restaurant was passed down from uncle to niece and the restaurant's name was changed to Prince's Hot Chicken, which it is still called today.
For decades hot chicken was more likely to be found only in the predominantly African American areas of Nashville, but in the last 15 or so years it has crossed racial and cultural boundaries and taken a more prominent role in the city's psyche. This wider "acceptance" has led to a surge in new restaurants specializing in hot chicken popping up throughout the city including Hattie B's, Bolton's Spicy Chicken & Fish, Two Boots, Pepperfire, and 400 Degrees.
National chains are starting to get into this growing culinary trend, as KFC and Captain D's have taken notice of Nashville Hot Chicken and started to recreate it on their menus. Whenever a culinary trend hits the mainstream, the company bringing it to the masses is looking to maximize profit. The fear of Nashville's hot chicken devotees is that these corporate players will start diluting the dish's signature flavor in order to appeal the widest audience possible. They fear that instead of hot chicken Nashville style they will instead start passing off less spicy chicken recipes, like pepper chicken, while still calling it Nashville Hot Chicken.
What does Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning Taste Like
A burst of upfront heat that dissipates quickly with a hint of sweetness and pungency.How do You use Nashville Hot Chicken Seasoning
Traditionally, this seasoning has been used for fried chicken, but it's also incredible as a rub for grilled chicken.To use with fried chicken this is what you'll need: