Nashville Hot Ditch Chicken “Pheasant”

Ingredients

• Nashville Hot Ditch Chicken
• Ingredients:
• 4 pheasant breasts or 2 pheasants quartered
• Nashville Spice:
• 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon Garlic Powder
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried crushed oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon ground red cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• Marinade:
• 1.5 cups butter milk
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 tablespoons *Nashville Spice
• Egg Mixture:
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup butter milk
• 1 tablespoon *Nashville Spice
• 3 tablespoons Nashville Hot Sauce
• Flour Mixture:
• 2 cups flour
• Remaining Nashville Spice
• 2 tablespoons corn starch
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• Nashville Hot Mop Sauce:
• 3 tablespoons hot sauce
• 2 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon ground red cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon Nashville Rub
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
• Directions:
• 1. Nashville Spice: mix all ingredients and set aside to use in other areas of the recipe.
• 2. Marinade: Whisk butter milk, Nashville spice in glass bowl until mixed, add bay leaf, pheasant, and cover. Place in fridge for 3-12 hours.
• 3. Heat oil to 300 degrees
• 4. In two bowl mix flour in one and egg mixture in second.
• 5. Remove pheasant from fridge and marinade, discard marinade
• 6. Start out by dredging each piece of meat in flour, egg, flour, then place in hot oil
• 7. Fry each piece until crispy and cooked fully, around 3-4 minutes per side. Remove from oil and drain
• 8. While pheasant is cooking start working on the Nashville hot mop, mix all ingredients until blended, taste and add more spice if needed.
• 9. After each piece of pheasant is fried, brush on 3 coats of hot mop mixture.
• 10. Build each plate with white bread, homemade slaw and top with dill pickles then drizzle with Nashville Hot Mop.
• (Slaw mixture: 2 cups mixed cabbage, ½ cup mayo, 1 tablespoon Nashville spice. )