Sous Vide Nashville Hot Chicken

Name: Sous Vide Nashville Hot Chicken
Ingredients: skin on boneless chicken thighs; salt; 2 tbsp msg; peanut oil; 450 g flour; 10 g salt; 475 ml buttermilk; 2 tbsp hot sauce; eggs; 25 g cayenne; 11 g garlic powder; 8 g smoked paprika; 6 g salt; 25 g dark brown sugar; white bread; pickle slices

Nashville Hot Chicken is deep fried chicken covered in a rich spicy oil served on a slice of white bread with pickles. The sous vide version makes it easier, better, and more consistent.

Tags: main sous-vide fried chicken southern

Scale:

Metric

Ingredients

skin on boneless chicken thighs
salt
2 tbsp msg
peanut oil
450 g flour
10 g salt
475 ml buttermilk
2 tbsp hot sauce
eggs
25 g cayenne
11 g garlic powder
8 g smoked paprika
6 g salt
25 g dark brown sugar
white bread
pickle slices

Cookware

sous vide bag
sous vide
deep pot
large bowl
small bowl

Steps

Step 1

Prepare a sous vide bag

Step 2

Cover skin on boneless chicken thighs with salt and 2 tbsp msg and seal in sous vide bag

Step 3

Cook in sous vide for 2.5 hours at 167° F (75° C)

Step 4

30 minutes before sous vide finishes, start preparing mixes listed below in 3 separate bowls.

Step 5

Heat a deep pot or pan with peanut oil to 400°F / 204°C.

Step 6

For dry mix, whisk together 450 g flour (3 cups) and 10 g salt in large bowl

Step 7

For wet mix, combine 475 ml buttermilk (2 cups), 2 tbsp hot sauce , and eggs in large bowl

Step 8

For spice topping, mix 25 g cayenne (2.5 tbsp) 11 g garlic powder (1 tbsp) 8 g smoked paprika (1 tbsp), 6 g salt (2 tsp), and 25 g dark brown sugar (2 tablespoons) in small bowl

Step 9

Remove chicken from bag, save juices in container, for use in other recipes, if desired. Place chicken on cooling rack and pat dry.

Step 10

Coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess, then coat in buttermilk, then back into the flour until evenly coated. Rest chicken on cooling rack for 15 minutes

Step 11

Add chicken piece by piece (may need a couple batches) to deep bottom pot and fry until golden, 4 minutes . Remove from pot and rest on rack to drain.

Step 12

Let oil cool down a bit and take 240ml (1 cup) from the oil you used to fry the chicken. Mix in with spice mixture.

Step 13

Place chicken on slice of white bread . Brush on hot oil and add pickle slices on top.

Cooklang Recipe

>>source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHA3QHvELMc
>>title: Sous Vide Nashville Hot Chicken
>>description: Nashville Hot Chicken is deep fried chicken covered in a rich spicy oil served on a slice of white bread with pickles. The sous vide version makes it easier, better, and more consistent.
>>tags:main, sous-vide, fried, chicken, southern

Prepare a #sous vide bag{}  

Cover @skin on boneless chicken thighs{4} with @salt and @msg{2%tbsp} and seal in sous vide bag

Cook in #sous vide{} for ~{2.5%hours} at 167° F (75° C)

30 minutes before sous vide finishes, start preparing mixes listed below in 3 separate bowls. 

Heat a #deep pot{} or pan with @peanut oil{} to 400°F / 204°C.

For dry mix, whisk together @flour{450%g} (3 cups) and @salt{10%g} in #large bowl{}

For wet mix, combine @buttermilk{475%ml} (2 cups), @hot sauce{2%tbsp}, and @eggs{2} in #large bowl{}

For spice topping, mix @cayenne{25%g} (2.5 tbsp)  @garlic powder{11%g} (1 tbsp) @smoked paprika{8%g} (1 tbsp), @salt{6%g} (2 tsp), and @dark brown sugar{25%g} (2 tablespoons) in #small bowl{}

Remove chicken from bag, save juices in container, for use in other recipes, if desired. Place chicken on cooling rack and pat dry.

Coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess, then coat in buttermilk, then back into the flour until evenly coated. Rest chicken on cooling rack for ~{15%minutes}

Add chicken piece by piece (may need a couple batches) to deep bottom pot and fry until golden, ~{4%minutes} . Remove from pot and rest on rack to drain.

Let oil cool down a bit and take 240ml (1 cup) from the oil you used to fry the chicken. Mix in with spice mixture.

Place chicken on slice of @white bread{}. Brush on hot oil and add @pickle slices{} on top.