Hot chicken lite

 

Chicken thighs aren't exactly health food, so baking them on a rack is a good hack. And you can make an easy Nashville hot chicken with Frank's sauce. Almost as good as fried.

The authentic spice paste they use in restaurants has two ingredients: lard and cayenne pepper, mixed together, three parts pepper to one part lard and heated until they form a thick sauce. That gets slathered on the freshly fried chicken and melts right in. Oh, my goodness.

We had it once down in the Georgetown neighborhood. Just an early lunch for us, but it looked like a powerful hair-of-the-dog brunch for most of the customers. Even our waitress looked like she had just rolled out of bed. What a hoot.

Today will be beautiful in Seattle, not a cloud in the sky close to 70. I have one more rough project (digging out a clump of dying Mondo grass.) I'll take a rest until the tulip leaves die back--then a final clean-up of the spring mess before we tick over to weeding and watering season.

I'm heading over to Twisp this weekend, and I'll see you next from the other side.