Hot Honey Chicken Biscuits (Printable)
Crispy fried chicken on fluffy buttermilk biscuits, finished with a spicy-sweet hot honey drizzle.
# What You'll Need:
→ Buttermilk Biscuits
01 - 2 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1 tablespoon baking powder
03 - 1 teaspoon salt
04 - 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
05 - 3/4 cup cold buttermilk
→ Fried Chicken
06 - 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, halved horizontally
07 - 1 cup buttermilk
08 - 1 teaspoon hot sauce
09 - 1 cup all-purpose flour
10 - 1/2 cup cornstarch
11 - 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
12 - 1 teaspoon garlic powder
13 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
14 - 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
15 - Vegetable oil, for frying
→ Hot Honey
16 - 1/2 cup honey
17 - 1 to 2 tablespoons hot sauce, to taste
18 - 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
→ To Serve
19 - 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
20 - Pickle slices, optional
# How to Make It:
01 - Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in cold butter until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk until just incorporated. Transfer dough to a floured surface and gently pat to 1-inch thickness. Cut rounds with a biscuit cutter. Arrange biscuits on baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden. Brush tops with melted butter.
02 - Pound chicken pieces to an even thickness. Place in a bowl with buttermilk and hot sauce. Marinate for 20 minutes or up to 4 hours refrigerated.
03 - In a shallow bowl, blend flour, cornstarch, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. In a large skillet, heat 1 inch of oil to 350°F. Dredge marinated chicken in flour mixture, shaking off excess. Fry chicken for 3 to 4 minutes per side until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165°F. Transfer to a wire rack to drain.
04 - In a saucepan over low heat, combine honey, hot sauce, and red pepper flakes. Warm gently for 2 to 3 minutes without boiling. Set aside.
05 - Split warm biscuits. Insert a fried chicken cutlet into each biscuit. Drizzle generously with hot honey. Add pickle slices if desired. Serve immediately.
# Expert Suggestions:
01 -
- It’s like brunch and dinner had a deliciously messy baby—sweet, spicy, and buttery, all in one bite.
- Once you taste the homemade hot honey, you’ll want to drizzle it over everything else in your fridge too.
02 -
- One rushed batch with overmixed dough taught me that gentle hands make tall, tender biscuits—so I barely combine the dough now.
- Letting the fried chicken rest on a rack (not paper towels) keeps the underside crisp so the first bite always crunches.
03 -
- Keeping all cold ingredients truly cold means those biscuits bake up tender and high without a flop in sight.
- The honey is best warmed gently, not boiled, or it’ll lose its delicate floral taste—easy to forget in a moment of multitasking.