Description
Indulge in the ultimate Nashville hot chicken sliders with crispy tenders tossed in a fiery hot sauce, topped with creamy coleslaw, and served on soft slider buns.
Ingredients
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Chicken marinade / dredge:
- 6–8 chicken tenders
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup buttermilk (make your own with 1 cup milk + 1 tbsp vinegar / lemon juice) (240g)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Flour coating / breading:
- 1 cup all purpose flour (130g)
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Deep frying:
- 2” of vegetable oil in a large skillet / wok for frying
Nashville hot sauce:
- 2–3 tablespoon cayenne pepper, according to your preference for spice
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup hot vegetable oil, straight from the deep frying skillet
Coleslaw:
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cabbage (mix of purple and green)
- 1/3 cup mayo
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Slider sauce:
- 1/4 cup mayo
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of pepper
Assembly:
- 12 mini slider buns or 6–8 full sized buns
- 2–4 pickles, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken: Marinate chicken tenders in buttermilk, then coat in flour mixture and deep fry until golden and crispy.
- Make the Nashville hot sauce: Combine cayenne pepper, paprika, brown sugar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in hot oil.
- Prepare the coleslaw: Mix shredded cabbage with mayo, sugar, vinegar, salt, and pepper.
- Make the slider sauce: Mix mayo, ketchup, salt, and pepper.
- Assemble: Toss fried chicken in Nashville hot sauce, place on buns with coleslaw, pickles, and slider sauce.
Notes
- Adjust the spice level of the Nashville hot sauce to suit your preference.
- For a lighter option, you can air fry the chicken tenders instead of deep frying.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slider
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 700 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg