Description
Deliciously crispy fried chicken thighs served with a sweet and spicy hot honey butter, nestled in buttermilk biscuits.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups low-fat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- Vegetable oil, (as needed, for frying)
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, (softened at room temperature)
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce of choice, (I use Crystal hot sauce)
- 4 Buttermilk biscuits
- Bread and butter pickles, (as needed)
Instructions
- Add the buttermilk and salt to a large mixing bowl and whisk until combined. Add the chicken thighs and submerge in the buttermilk. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
- When ready to fry, add the flour, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, cayenne, and paprika to a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
- Fill a large, heavy-bottomed cast iron pan or Dutch oven with enough vegetable oil to reach 1” up the pan. Heat the oil to 350ºF.
- Working one piece at a time, remove chicken from marinade and dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, shaking off excess flour.
- Fry in the oil until the chicken is golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes total. Remove the fried chicken from the oil and place on a cooling rack set over a baking sheet or a paper towel lined plate to drain the excess oil.
- Add the butter, honey, and hot sauce to the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment and whisk until completely combined and smooth. If you don’t have a mixer you can beat the ingredients together by hand.
- Add a chicken thigh to each biscuit and top with a tablespoon of the hot honey butter and pickles. Close and serve immediately.
Notes
- This recipe can be prepared ahead of time by marinating the chicken overnight for the best flavor.
- Adjust the heat by varying the amount of cayenne pepper and hot sauce.
- For a healthier option, consider using an air fryer for the chicken.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken thigh with biscuit
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 1200mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 100mg