Description
Southern hot honey chicken biscuits blend crispy fried chicken with sweet-spicy honey on flaky buttermilk biscuits. Hearty comfort cuisine that connects you with classic regional flavors and culinary traditions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 chicken thighs or breasts (boneless, skinless)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (chilled and cubed)
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ cup buttermilk (plus more for brushing)
- ½ cup honey
- 12 tsp red pepper flakes (adjust to spice preference)
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp baking soda
- Vegetable oil (for frying)
Instructions
- Biscuit Base Preparation: Preheat oven to 425F (220C), line baking sheet with parchment paper, and gather all dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Textural Integration: Incorporate cold butter into dry mixture using pastry cutter or fingertips, breaking down butter until mixture resembles coarse, irregular crumbs that will create signature flaky texture.
- Dough Formation: Pour buttermilk into dry ingredients, stirring minimally to prevent overworking, allowing dough to just come together without excessive manipulation.
- Dough Refinement: Transfer mixture onto lightly floured surface, gently knead and fold multiple times to develop layered structure, creating strategic folds that will yield multi-dimensional biscuit architecture.
- Shaping and Positioning: Using circular cutter, shape biscuits and arrange precisely on prepared baking sheet, brushing tops with additional buttermilk to enhance golden coloration and crisp exterior.
- Baking Transformation: Place biscuits in preheated oven, bake for 12-15 minutes until surface achieves rich, appetizing golden-brown appearance, signaling complete culinary development.
Notes
- Butter Precision: Use extremely cold butter and cut it into small cubes for maximum flakiness, ensuring each biscuit develops a perfect layered texture.
- Minimal Mixing Mastery: Handle dough gently and briefly to prevent tough biscuits; overmixing activates gluten and creates dense, chewy results instead of light, tender layers.
- Temperature Control: Keep ingredients cold throughout preparation, especially buttermilk and butter, to guarantee the signature crumbly, crisp biscuit structure.
- Folding Technique: Execute precise 90-degree rotations and light folds to create beautiful, natural layers that separate beautifully when baked, delivering restaurant-quality texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 590
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 810 mg
- Fat: 32 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 61 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg