Hot Chicken appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Nashville hot chicken · Nashville
Bone-in fried chicken painted with a cayenne paste, served on white bread with pickles. The lacquered red crust hides serious heat; bread soaks the oil.
Thornton Prince, in the 1930s in Nashville, was given a too-spicy plate by his girlfriend as punishment for staying out late. He liked it. The Prince family opened a hot chicken shack in North Nashville and the rest of the city followed. Bolton's, Pepperfire, Hattie B's and others built on the template. Today the dish is on menus from KFC to Carla Hall's New York shop; the original Prince's location on Ewing Drive closed in 2018 but the family expanded.
Where to eat in Nashville:
- Prince's Hot Chicken
- Hattie B's Hot Chicken
- Bolton's Spicy Chicken and Fish
- Pepperfire Hot Chicken