If you like your chicken deep fried with an extra spicy punch, Nashville hot chicken just might be your new favourite bird. Perfectly crispy with aย super fiery kick, the number ofย places to grab this dish in the city is growing exponentially. Here’s where to find the best Nashville hot chicken in Toronto.
Chica’s Chicken
Husband-and-wife team, Carolyn and Matthew Pelechaty love friend chicken. So much so that after a trip to Nashville they opened Chica’s Chicken in the Junction to immediate success. Incorporating their own ideas and flavours, Chica’s has created a unique version of Nashiville hot chicken with each piece dry-brined with a blend of their own in-house spices โ even their Carolina reapers and ghost peppers are blended by hand to ensure they are using the hottest peppers possible! Choose from six heat levels that range from plain to hot af (extremely hot) and delicious options that include sandwiches like the OG
Chen Chen’s Nashville Hot Chicken
For a delicious dose of Southern comfort food, head to Chen Chen’s Nashville Hot Chicken located on Queen West First starting as a pop-up, the chicken used here is certified halal from Ontario’s Sargent Farms and is available to order in five different heat levels. On the menu are sandwiches and tenders as well as fixins’ and shareables like mac n’ cheese, creamy potato salad and sweet chili cauliflower. 1184 Queen St. W.
Porchetta & Co.
Did you know that along with their delicious namesake porchetta sandwich, Porchetta and Co. also makes a killer Nashville hot chicken sandwich too? Made from a buttermilk fried chicken thigh, it’s topped with lettuce, bread and butter pickles, mayo and served on a Martin’s potato roll. Sides include rapini, french fries, creamy coleslaw and roasted potatoes. 545 King St. W.
Frankie’s Nashville Hot Chicken
The folks at Frankie’s Nashville Hot Chicken are so serious about fried chicken that they’ve pledged to push the limits on heat and flavour when it comes to their sandwiches and chicken strips. Marinating their chicken for 36 hours, choose from traditional ‘Nashville Hot’ or you can kick it up a few notches to ‘Hot AF’ (as Frankie!). You can make it a platter with the resto’s house-made Dill With it pickle coleslaw and curly fries. 930 Dixon Rd.
THG’s Hot Chicken
After serving the community for more than a decade from his beloved food truck, Le Cordon Bleu trained chef Aleem Syed opened the first brick-and-mortar location of THG’s Hot Chicken earlier this year. The Nashville hot chicken sandwich is made with two jumbo tenders and then topped with cheese, pickles, slaw and their signature Comeback sauce.ย The menu also includes burgers and a handful of sides like dirty mac and cheese topped with tenders and green onions as well as slaw and hot fries. 4830 Sheppard Ave. E.
