Half Chicken - Medium Heat
Name: Prince’s Hot Chicken
Location: Nashville, TN
Meal: Hot Half Chicken and 2 Sweet Teas
Type: Chicken Joint
Nashville is a great city to visit; you’ve got history, culture, country music, and great food. Lots of great food. The great regional food of Nashville is hot chicken. Fried chicken with the heat cooked right into, not added later like buffalo wings or sauced chicken. Most every one agrees that in Nashville the best hot chicken can be found on the north-side of town at Prince’s Hot Chicken. Located in a run down strip mall you might easily miss Prince’s, there is not big sign proclaiming, “Stop Here for Great Chicken,” no there is no sign just look for the throng of cars. Prince’s seems to always be busy.
As best I’ve come to understand, Prince’s is a pan fried chicken. Being pan fried it means two things in particular; it gets lots of attention of the cooks and it can take a long time. Other reviewer comment on the long waits they’ve encountered (over an hour) but many of my experiences seem to be atypical so it was all of 10 minutes from order to eat. The chicken comes served on a four pieces of white bread; its purpose is to sop up some of the grease / cool the heat down. While the heat is partially cooked into the chicken, they take it a step further and sprinkle more spice over the cooked chicken. I ordered my chicken medium and it was plenty hot for me; I like heat but nothing excessive and Prince’s medium was plenty hot enough for me. Taste aside, one of the best things about Prince’s Chicken is the texture, it has perfect fried chicken crunch and still super moist; clearly they know what they’re doing.
When you’re in Nashville, of course you have to visit the honky-tonk bars on Broadway but take the trip up the road for some Prince’s Hot Chicken. Prince’s keeps their menu small because they focus their energy on doing their chicken so well. In addition to getting some amazing chicken you’ll have the opportunity to experience a Nashville institution.
Prince's Hot Chicken
MMMMMMMMMM. Honestly amazing chicken. I believe you should forever be indebted to me for the recommendation. Now you just need to hit up Pancake Pantry and your Nashville experiences will be complete.