Recipes vary, but hot chicken isn’t an especially complicated dish. Josiah True / Shutterstock Hot Chicken Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Here’s everything you need to know about Tennessee’s most delicious - and controversial - chicken dish. These days, you can find a hot chicken spot in just about any major city, but given the dish’s lore, Nashville is still the best place to try it for yourself. However, unlike other flavor-of-the-month food trends, hot chicken has a rich history - including an appropriately spicy origin story. Nashville’s reputation as a culinary hot spot has grown significantly in recent years, and the city’s unique take on fried chicken certainly deserves some of the credit for that growth.
