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Where to Find the Absolute Hottest Hot Chicken in DFW

Super spicy yardbird is the city’s biggest food trend right now. Here’s where to find it.

by Rachel Pinn Updated
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by Rachel Pinn Updated
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Over the past several months, no trend in Dallas food has been hotter than saucy, spicy fried chicken. Ranging from straightforward interpretations of Nashville’s cayenne-laden hot chicken to riffs on the classic, there are plenty of new spots that can satisfy a craving for some ridiculously hot fried chicken.

Use this map as a guide to the city’s best hot chicken spots, and be prepared to take the heat.

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Hot Chicks Chicken

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Opening December 14 in Plano, Hot Chicks already has a fiery operation in Fort Worth. The small chain boasts Halal, dairy-free and peanut-free hot chicken, in a range of heat levels and configurations from tenders to sandwiches to tacos. If you’re looking for the most heat, the Hot AF is the spiciest choice.

1885 Dallas Pkwy Suite 300, Plano, TX 75093

Super Chix

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Saucy and topped with hot sauce and pickles, the Nashville hot chicken sandwich at Super Chic is nothing to sneeze at. It also comes on a salad, for a lighter trip to Nashville.

14999 Preston Rd Suite 226, Dallas, TX 75254
(972) 788-0660
(972) 788-0660

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Ricky's Hot Chicken

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Another spot for halal, dairy-free and peanut-free spicy fried chicken, Ricky’s in Richardson has baskets of crinkle cuts, tenders and sandwiches alongside their trademark special sauce. Take note, though: This spot frequently attracts lengthy lines, but at least they’re outside and generally socially distant.

100 S Central Expy #18, Richardson, TX 75080
(214) 272-3735
(214) 272-3735

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Palmer's Hot Chicken

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With half the restaurant designed to offer open-air patio seating, Palmer’s had a pandemic plan built into its opening here in Dallas. Palmer’s offers “Haul it Home” service for picking up quarts of sides like greens or beans, or even their cool frosé, which is necessary to cool off the spot’s hotter Nashville Hot fried chicken spice levels of “Nashville” and “Napalm.” “Novice” and “Naked” are tamer flavors.

6465 E Mockingbird Ln #316, Dallas, TX 75214
(972) 863-9366
(972) 863-9366

Rapscallion

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Chicken and waffles has become a must-have at many restaurants during brunch, but the Chicken & Waffle here may ruin it for all the rest. Crispy chicken thighs tossed in mala, Belgian waffle, sausage cream gravy, potato hash, real maple syrup, and two sunny eggs make Rapscallion a true hot spot on the hot chicken map.

2023 Greenville Ave #110, Dallas, TX 75206
(469) 291-5660
(469) 291-5660

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Lucky's Hot Chicken

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Inside a completely renovated laundromat on Gaston, Lucky’s offers crinkle cut fries, soft serve and spicy chicken wings, tenders and sandwiches in a range of five spice levels from Kinda Lucky to Best of Luck. Sauces include ranch, hot honey, honey mustard, comeback and cheese sauce, available to order online and grab to go at luckyshotchicken.com.

4505 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246
(214) 443-7927
(214) 443-7927
Baskets of crinkle-cut fries and spicy chicken sandwiches atop red-and-white checkered paper Lucky’s Hot Chicken/Facebook

Uchiba

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The small-but-mighty hot fried chicken bun at Uchiba represents a Japanese twist on the Nashville hot chicken sandwich: a spicy, saucy fried chicken thigh sits on a Parker house roll topped with pickles, cornichon gastrique. Available for dine-in or for pickup curbside.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCNqzanXtW/

2817 Maple Ave Floor 2, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 855-5454
(214) 855-5454
Hot Fried Chicken Bun at Uchiba
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This spot is near famous for its stacked chicken sandwiches named after performing artist Cardi B, but the “Nash-ty” is the sandwich Nashville Hot fans will be after. It’s a Nashville-style hot chicken breast tossed in hot sauce and topped with a sour cream ranch all served on buttered brioche.

4029 Crutcher St, Dallas, TX 75246
(214) 272-7312
(214) 272-7312

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The Biscuit Bar

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Perhaps the only thing that can make a Nashville Hot chicken sandwich better would be to put it on a biscuit — which is exactly what the Biscuit Bar does. Nashville-style chicken, dill pickles, and housemade ranch are piled atop a fluffy biscuit, a perfect combination of buttery, spicy, and cool.

2550 Pacific Ave #150, Dallas, TX 75226
(469) 638-9390
(469) 638-9390
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Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

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With two DFW locations in Dallas and Fort Worth, Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken calls theirs “the best fried chicken in the world.” Unlike Nashville-style chicken, which is usually drenched in a cayenne-oil sauce, the heat is built right into the crispy batter on the outside of the chicken. Add house-baked whole pies and traditional sides like fried okra and fried green tomatoes for the full southern experience.

2904 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226
(469) 709-8294
(469) 709-8294
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Vegan Food House

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This Nashville Hot Chick’em sandwich will please vegans wishing they could partake in the hot chicken trend, and no cauliflower will have to be consumed to make it happen. Not that there’s anything wrong with cauliflower. It’s just not chicken.

832 W 7th St, Dallas, TX 75208
(469) 248-0297
(469) 248-0297

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S&J’s Hot Chick

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The spice levels at this fried chicken spot, which range from not hot to damn hot, are not to be trifled with. Score your super-spicy yardbird on a sandwich, as tenders, or consider the vegetarian option, called “the imposter.”

2201 W Northwest Hwy #120, Dallas, TX 75220
(469) 917-9097
(469) 917-9097

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Hot Chicks Chicken

1885 Dallas Pkwy Suite 300, Plano, TX 75093

Opening December 14 in Plano, Hot Chicks already has a fiery operation in Fort Worth. The small chain boasts Halal, dairy-free and peanut-free hot chicken, in a range of heat levels and configurations from tenders to sandwiches to tacos. If you’re looking for the most heat, the Hot AF is the spiciest choice.

1885 Dallas Pkwy Suite 300, Plano, TX 75093

Super Chix

14999 Preston Rd Suite 226, Dallas, TX 75254

Saucy and topped with hot sauce and pickles, the Nashville hot chicken sandwich at Super Chic is nothing to sneeze at. It also comes on a salad, for a lighter trip to Nashville.

14999 Preston Rd Suite 226, Dallas, TX 75254
(972) 788-0660
(972) 788-0660

Ricky's Hot Chicken

100 S Central Expy #18, Richardson, TX 75080

Another spot for halal, dairy-free and peanut-free spicy fried chicken, Ricky’s in Richardson has baskets of crinkle cuts, tenders and sandwiches alongside their trademark special sauce. Take note, though: This spot frequently attracts lengthy lines, but at least they’re outside and generally socially distant.

100 S Central Expy #18, Richardson, TX 75080
(214) 272-3735
(214) 272-3735

Palmer's Hot Chicken

6465 E Mockingbird Ln #316, Dallas, TX 75214

With half the restaurant designed to offer open-air patio seating, Palmer’s had a pandemic plan built into its opening here in Dallas. Palmer’s offers “Haul it Home” service for picking up quarts of sides like greens or beans, or even their cool frosé, which is necessary to cool off the spot’s hotter Nashville Hot fried chicken spice levels of “Nashville” and “Napalm.” “Novice” and “Naked” are tamer flavors.

6465 E Mockingbird Ln #316, Dallas, TX 75214
(972) 863-9366
(972) 863-9366

Rapscallion

2023 Greenville Ave #110, Dallas, TX 75206

Chicken and waffles has become a must-have at many restaurants during brunch, but the Chicken & Waffle here may ruin it for all the rest. Crispy chicken thighs tossed in mala, Belgian waffle, sausage cream gravy, potato hash, real maple syrup, and two sunny eggs make Rapscallion a true hot spot on the hot chicken map.

2023 Greenville Ave #110, Dallas, TX 75206
(469) 291-5660
(469) 291-5660

Lucky's Hot Chicken

4505 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246

Inside a completely renovated laundromat on Gaston, Lucky’s offers crinkle cut fries, soft serve and spicy chicken wings, tenders and sandwiches in a range of five spice levels from Kinda Lucky to Best of Luck. Sauces include ranch, hot honey, honey mustard, comeback and cheese sauce, available to order online and grab to go at luckyshotchicken.com.

4505 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246
(214) 443-7927
(214) 443-7927
Baskets of crinkle-cut fries and spicy chicken sandwiches atop red-and-white checkered paper Lucky’s Hot Chicken/Facebook

Uchiba

2817 Maple Ave Floor 2, Dallas, TX 75201

The small-but-mighty hot fried chicken bun at Uchiba represents a Japanese twist on the Nashville hot chicken sandwich: a spicy, saucy fried chicken thigh sits on a Parker house roll topped with pickles, cornichon gastrique. Available for dine-in or for pickup curbside.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCNqzanXtW/

2817 Maple Ave Floor 2, Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 855-5454
(214) 855-5454
Hot Fried Chicken Bun at Uchiba
Rachel Pinn

INVASION

4029 Crutcher St, Dallas, TX 75246

This spot is near famous for its stacked chicken sandwiches named after performing artist Cardi B, but the “Nash-ty” is the sandwich Nashville Hot fans will be after. It’s a Nashville-style hot chicken breast tossed in hot sauce and topped with a sour cream ranch all served on buttered brioche.

4029 Crutcher St, Dallas, TX 75246
(214) 272-7312
(214) 272-7312

The Biscuit Bar

2550 Pacific Ave #150, Dallas, TX 75226

Perhaps the only thing that can make a Nashville Hot chicken sandwich better would be to put it on a biscuit — which is exactly what the Biscuit Bar does. Nashville-style chicken, dill pickles, and housemade ranch are piled atop a fluffy biscuit, a perfect combination of buttery, spicy, and cool.

2550 Pacific Ave #150, Dallas, TX 75226
(469) 638-9390
(469) 638-9390
The Biscuit Bar/Facebook

Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

2904 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226

With two DFW locations in Dallas and Fort Worth, Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken calls theirs “the best fried chicken in the world.” Unlike Nashville-style chicken, which is usually drenched in a cayenne-oil sauce, the heat is built right into the crispy batter on the outside of the chicken. Add house-baked whole pies and traditional sides like fried okra and fried green tomatoes for the full southern experience.

2904 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226
(469) 709-8294
(469) 709-8294
gus’s

Vegan Food House

832 W 7th St, Dallas, TX 75208

This Nashville Hot Chick’em sandwich will please vegans wishing they could partake in the hot chicken trend, and no cauliflower will have to be consumed to make it happen. Not that there’s anything wrong with cauliflower. It’s just not chicken.

832 W 7th St, Dallas, TX 75208
(469) 248-0297
(469) 248-0297

S&J’s Hot Chick

2201 W Northwest Hwy #120, Dallas, TX 75220

The spice levels at this fried chicken spot, which range from not hot to damn hot, are not to be trifled with. Score your super-spicy yardbird on a sandwich, as tenders, or consider the vegetarian option, called “the imposter.”

2201 W Northwest Hwy #120, Dallas, TX 75220
(469) 917-9097
(469) 917-9097

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