Nashville Hot Chicken is a food unlike any other. It’s not “buffalo” chicken, it’s not spicy chicken- its HOT chicken. But what makes it Nashville Hot Chicken? Nashville Hot Chicken is comprised of three components: white bread, chicken and pickle. It’s a spicy and lightly sweet fried chicken preparation that’s beloved in, yep Nashville…and its increasingly appearing on menus around the country. This month Birmingham gets a taste when Chef Zebbie Carney serves it at pop up night, June 23rd.
Zebbie Carney has more than 17 years of experience in the food industry. He is currently employed as an Executive Chef here in the city. Zebbie Carney holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree from Tennessee State University. He was recently featured in the Create Birmingham. All come out and check out the pop-up at Tracys restaurant in Mountain Brook, June 23rd from 5pm – 8pm.
Tracy’s Restaurant is located at 75 Church Street, Mountain Brook, Alabama
Hot chicken or Nashville hot chicken is a type of fried chicken that is a local specialty of Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. In its typical preparation, it is a portion of breast, thigh, or wing that has been marinated in a water-based blend of seasoning, floured, fried, and finally sauced using a paste that has been spiced with cayenne pepper. It is served atop slices of white bread with pickle chips. It is both the application of a spicy paste and the presentation that differentiates it from similar dishes, such as Buffalo wings. It can be viewed in similar context to other foods that have been tweaked to be unique in a regional way, such as the slugburger or the Mississippi Delta tamale.
There are many restaurants in Nashville that serve a variant of the dish, and there is a city-wide festival and competition commemorating it.[1] The popularity of hot chicken has spread beyond the Southern United States due to the influence of Nashville’s music industry.
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