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No. 54 in the world · November 2026
Budlong Southern Chicken
No. 54The one piece to order
Nashville hot chicken at your heat level
Chicago's Nashville hot, on do312's best fried chicken list.
Make it at home
Nashville hot chicken on white bread with pickles
Overnight brine, 1 hr · 4. Fried chicken painted while it's hot with a paste of cayenne, brown sugar and spices loosened with the frying fat itself. Served on white bread that soaks up the red oil, with pickle chips to cool you down.
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