Nashville-Style Hot Chicken

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup buttermilk 
• 3 pounds skin-on chicken drumsticks 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 5 oz habanero hot sauce 
• 0.8 teaspoon onion powder 
• 0.8 teaspoon pepper 
• 2 teaspoons salt 
• 8 servings vegetable oil 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack

Directions

1. Whisk together buttermilk and hot sauce in a large bowl.
2. Add chicken. Cover and chill 24 hours.
3. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients.
4. Remove chicken from buttermilk mixture, discarding mixture. Dredge chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess.
5. Preheat oven to 35
6. Pour oil to depth of 1 inch into a large, deep skillet; heat to 32
7. Fry drumsticks, in batches, 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned, turning occasionally.
8. Transfer to a wire rack in a jelly-roll pan.
9. Bake 15 minutes or until done.
10. Note: We tested with Tabasco Habanero Sauce.