Grammy's Kitchen · Chicken Tacos · Nashville Hot Chicken Tacos
One of 96 chicken tacos recipes we measured
It ranks #5 of 96 for seasoning depth among the chicken tacos recipes we compared. 2 cooks on spicysouthernkitchen.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 96.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 22% | 1% |
| protein add | 100% | 100% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 36% | 0% |
| sweetener | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds chicken tenders (cut each one in half) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon onion powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon white pepper |
| 147 g | 2/3 cup mayonnaise |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoons finely chopped pickled jalapenos |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon juice from the jar of pickled jalapenos |
| vegetable oil | |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon light brown sugar |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 12 small flour tortillas | |
| shredded iceberg lettuce and sliced grape tomatoes | |
| chopped dill pickle chips |
Method: 7 steps, published by spicysouthernkitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I'm sorry, truly. I meant to say the recipe is spot on and as a guy who ran a hot chicken place in Nashville I have some experience. but the mayo thing is off.” — a cook, 5.0★
“Ummm, it's ranch not mayonnaise. I threw up a little in my mouth when I read mayonnaise.” — a cook, 4.0★