Babish Spices Up His Fried Chicken Sandwich

Babish makes a spicy chili oil rub for his fried chicken.

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– The only real difference between fried chicken and Nashville hot chicken is after it’s been cooked, it’s brushed with a hot fat spice mixture. So that’s what we’re gonna do right now. We’re starting with light brown sugar, paprika, this looks like it’s the smoked variety, which is gonna be interesting,

Garlic powder, cayenne pepper. This stuff is hot. We have this nice spice and sugar mixture, mostly spice. Now the fun part, we’re going to ladle some of our wonderful lard and oil mixture, which is still super duper hot, right over top. Got that going. Let’s whisk that together. Oh!

The hot oil not only toasts the spices, I believe if it’s hot, less of it’s going to be absorbed into the crust. I think it’s gonna help the crust stay crisp, I think. Let’s make this chicken angry. Just brush that hot fat spice mixture right over top. Look how angry that looks.

Oh my. This is the kind of chicken that makes you panic sweat, you know? Like, “Oh, I made a mistake.”