Hot Honey Butter Chicken (Printable)

Golden fried chicken coated in spicy honey butter glaze for ultimate sweet and savory flavor

# What You'll Need:

→ For the Fried Chicken

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→ For the Hot Honey Butter Sauce

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# Directions:

01 - Whisk together buttermilk and 1 teaspoon hot sauce in a bowl. Add chicken thighs, turning to coat completely. Let marinate for at least 20 minutes, or refrigerate up to 4 hours for deeper flavor penetration.
02 - In a separate large bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, garlic powder, paprika, kosher salt, and black pepper. Whisk thoroughly to distribute spices evenly.
03 - Remove chicken from marinade, allowing excess liquid to drip off. Press each piece firmly into the flour mixture, ensuring complete coverage on all sides.
04 - Pour about 1 inch of vegetable oil into a large skillet or Dutch oven. Heat to 350°F, maintaining temperature throughout frying.
05 - Cook chicken in batches without overcrowding. Fry for 5–7 minutes per side until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165°F. Transfer to a wire rack over a baking sheet to drain.
06 - While chicken fries, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in honey, hot sauce, cayenne, and salt until smooth and heated through.
07 - Arrange fried chicken on a serving platter. Drizzle generously with hot honey butter sauce and serve immediately while hot and crispy.

# Expert Tips:

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  • The sauce comes together in literally five minutes but tastes like something from a restaurant that would charge you eighteen dollars for it
  • That crispy shattering crunch followed immediately by sweet spicy butter is basically impossible to stop eating
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  • Do not skip the wire rack for draining or your chicken will get soggy on the bottom which defeats everything you just worked for
  • The sauce needs to be warm when you pour it or it will not coat properly and will just slide right off
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  • Let your oil come back to temperature between batches or you will end up with greasy sad chicken
  • Room temperature chicken fries more evenly than cold straight from the fridge chicken
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