Hot Honey Chicken Biscuits
Six biscuit sandwiches with buttermilk-marinated fried chicken and chili honey. The total includes a two-hour refrigerated marinade.
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 2 breasts Chicken breasts about 1–1½ pounds total; thawed, cut into 6 pieces about ½ inch thick
- 1 cup Buttermilk For marinating
- 2 tbsp Hot sauce Adjust to taste
For the Biscuits
- 2 cups Flour for the biscuits
- 1 tbsp Baking powder For leavening
- 1/2 cup Butter cold, cubed
- 1/2 tsp Salt To taste
- 1/4 tsp Pepper To taste
- 1/2 cup Cold water ice cold
For the Hot Honey Sauce
- 1/2 cup Honey Quality honey works best
- 1 tsp Red pepper flakes Adjust for spice level
Chicken Coating and Frying
- 1 cup all-purpose flour separate from the biscuit flour
- ½ teaspoon salt for coating
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper for coating
- neutral frying oil enough for ½ inch in a tall-sided skillet; do not overfill
Instructions
- Cut thawed chicken into 6 similarly sized pieces, about ½ inch thick. Coat in buttermilk and hot sauce, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Heat the oven to 425°F. Combine the biscuit flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Rub in the cold butter, stir in cold water just until a dough forms, and pat to ¾-inch thickness. Cut 6 biscuits and bake 15–18 minutes until fully baked.
- Stir the separate coating flour with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Remove chicken from its marinade, allow excess liquid to drip away, and dredge in the seasoned flour. Throw away the raw-chicken marinade.
- Bring a ½-inch layer of frying oil to roughly 350°F in a tall-sided skillet. Fry 3 pieces at a time for about 3–5 minutes on each side, until every piece measures 165°F internally. Rest on a rack for 5 minutes.
- Gently heat honey and chili flakes without boiling. Slice the biscuits open, add the fried chicken, and drizzle with the warm honey.
Notes
Two hours of refrigerator marinating and 5 minutes of draining are included in the total. Frying time varies with thickness; check every chicken piece with a thermometer. Six biscuit and chicken portions make six sandwiches.