Mile-High Biscuit Sandwiches with Sweet Heat Hot Chicken

Name: Mile-High Biscuit Sandwiches with Sweet Heat Hot Chicken
Prep time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 9 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for working; 4 tsp. baking powder; 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt; 1 tsp. baking soda; 3/4 c. cold unsalted butter, cut up; 1 1/2 c. buttermilk; 1 c. all-purpose flour; 3/4 c. yellow cornmeal; 2 tsp. baking powder; 2 tsp. cayenne pepper; 2 tsp. kosher salt; 2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper; 2 c. buttermilk; 5 chicken cutlets (about 1 lb.) halved crosswise; 7 c. vegetable oil; 1/4 c. hot sauce (such as Cholula Brand); 3 tbsp. honey

By Marian Cooper CairnsPublished: Feb 7, 2017

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milehigh biscuit sandwiches with sweet heat hot chicken

Brian Woodcock

Yields:

9 serving(s)

Prep Time:

50 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 10 mins

This sweet and spicy fried chicken recipe is flavored with honey and hot sauce, and it tastes even better wedged between flaky buttermilk biscuits.

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Ingredients

Mile-High Biscuit Sandwiches

4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for working
4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut up
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Sweet Heat Hot Chicken

1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
2 cups buttermilk
5 chicken cutlets (about 1 lb.) halved crosswise
7 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup hot sauce (such as Cholula Brand)
3 Tbsp. honey

Directions

1. Step 1Make the Biscuits: Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Cut butter into flour with a pastry blender or two forks until mixture resembles small peas. Stir in buttermilk with a fork until dough begins to form a ball. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, knead 2 or 3 times, adding additional flour as needed to prevent sticking.
2. Step 2With floured hands, pat dough into a 1-inch-thick square (8 to 9 inches). Cut dough into 4 squares and stack on one another. Roll stacked dough into a 1-inch- thick square, repeat 3 more times. With a floured knife, trim around sides of dough to create clean edges. Cut into 9 biscuits. Place biscuits slightly touching on a baking sheet. Chill 15 minutes.
3. Step 3Bake biscuits until golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes.
4. Step 4Make the Sweet Heat Hot Chicken: Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, cayenne, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Pour buttermilk into a separate bowl. Working with one piece at a time, toss chicken in flour mixture, dip in buttermilk, then toss again in flour mixture. Transfer to a plate.
5. Step 5Set a wire rack over a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Heat 1 1/2 inches oil in a Dutch oven to 360°F. Fry chicken, in batches and turning occasionally, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to prepared rack.
6. Step 6Whisk together hot sauce and honey in a bowl. Drizzle warm chicken with hot sauce mixture.
7. Step 7Split biscuits and serve with Sweet Heat Hot Chicken.