Nashville's Original Hot Chicken Is From Prince's, A Legendary Family Restaurant
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Nashville is famous for its hot chicken. While many restaurants today offer the dish, Prince's Hot Chicken is where it all started. The story goes that back in the 1930s, Thornton Prince's girlfriend was frustrated with him coming home late. To show her frustration, she doused his fried chicken in cayenne pepper the next day. Despite her effort, Thornton loved it, and he opened a restaurant serving the spicy chicken around 1935. Miss André Prince took over the family business that continues to be a legendary restaurant in Nashville. Insider's Herrine Ro and Alana Yzola visited the restaurant to learn about the history and try the dish.
Editor's note: This episode was filmed in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic. Nashville restaurants are currently open for dine-in service at half capacity.
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Nashville's Original Hot Chicken Is From Prince's, A Legendary Family Restaurant
I love family restaurants. They cook and serve with passion. Because they put food on our tables while we put food on theirs.
Ray Mak hello
Well said my man
Why are you every where this scares me 0.o
As a Nashville native, I appreciate this because Prince’s deserves the recognition. Tomiko was right, it has kind of gotten gentrified by other restaurants but I appreciate owners like Party Fowl who pay homage to the original.
Princes may have been the first but they aren’t the best. Its like Buffalo wings yea they may have started there but you aren’t going to find the best wings in Buffalo. I’ve worked with the company the quality at princes is in the shitter
I live in New Zealand but my husband comes over for work sometimes. When it opens back up I plan to go with him and go here looks amazing. He loved Nashville. Although he said all American food is super sweet compared to our food.
Let's all just eat please.
@@holylettuce4730 prince’s is the best bone in chicken I’ve had by far and no one spicyness compares to it
Hatti B's is disgusting
Angry woman: here is the tastiest spicy chicken that will show you how angry I am!
I can understand her. It was supposed to make her husband mad because it was to spicy.
Imagine being the girl that cooked the chicken that was purposely supposed to hurt him, but instead over 7 decades later its a regional specialty that has gained legendary status
@2:40 *_"All of the locals know about Prince's."_* Sure but every single tourist knows about Prince's as well. They were the very first place we visited during a business trip in 2005. Good chicken indeed. 👍
Prince's is definitely the place that started it all. I'm glad to see this spotlight on the history of the restaurant #Nashvillenative 🤴🏿🐔🔥
Amazing how one dish can create a legacy! Prince's is now on my bucket list.
I just moved to Nashville and tried them it was so good
Love her southern accent
Id make a new red dead redemption game around her accent
She's a good host
Omg looks soooo tasty🍗🌶😍😋!!!!!
😐
Herrine or the chicken?
@@ek5160 haha very funny
Johnny Blaze :the chicken
HANNIBAL DR ...whaaatttt?????..😱......like I said,”LOOKS TASTY”
I definitely will be visiting the next time I'm in Nashville!
Great job highlighting the original hot chicken. Nashville-natives love to see it!
Indeed we do! 🙌🏾
There's an alternative reality where the husband came home in time and the hot chicken was never invented.
True
revisionist history, that would be......
@@emeryrushmo making history right that will be
Multiverse
@Dindonuffink horseradish oyster sauce def not southern cannibals
You can never duplicate the original 👍🏾
She might be 75 but her hair isn't a day older than 21
@in luxuriâ Thanks Captain Obvious
Passed through Nashville a few weeks ago and decided to check out the Ryman and grab lunch. After touring the Ryman we journeyed across the street to the Nashville food hall where we were greeted by Prince’s. The food was spectacular, and seeing this makes me glad we made the right decision!
I’m sold! I need to get to Nashville! Lol This was great!
Here because of Chef Johnny from Howlin Ray's. Howlin's is the absolute best in the Los Angeles area and since my first taste of it in 2015, I was hooked. When I visit Nashville, I'll make it a point to try this legendary spot to pay homage to such a creation.
She cooked him chicken hot out of anger because he came home late lol.....? omg. Angry woman sabotage the man stomach but became a iconic food now. wow
Lol
Ironic isn't
He was running around on her story is. But we got deliciousness out of it
Had it this afternoon! Thee best in Nashville!
@Chelsea Christopher. Soooo jealous! I live on the other side of the planet 🙁
That shit looks so greasy though....Popeyes is greasy enough just fried....but dipped in some extra oil I'm good
Lucky. I'm all the way up in New York. Wouldn't mind trying it sometime in the future.
@@videosurfah it's way better than some Popeyes chicken
@@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES1 you sound crazy B....I'm a New Orleans veteran....born and raised on that Popeyes baby
I am a truck driver and I was in Nashville the other day looking for a southern chicken joint, couldn't find nothing and settled for subway now I see this video on my feed two days later😩😒😫
I mean you could have easily googled one.....?
@@Amm17ar he ain't got no Google maps
@@PallahDaOracle You just need data to look up things on google lol? You telling me a truck driver doesnt have data on his phone....and no gps......? Cmon man...use your head lol....
@@Amm17ar he obviously doesn't have Google maps/doesn't understand how it works
Otherwise he would have found a damn chicken place.
@@PallahDaOracle I love how I offered a simple solution that really isnt that complicated or that otherworldly that a truck driver couldnt figure out and youre jumping on my back as if I said anything out of line lol...Everybody has a smart phone, every goddamn truck driver has a GPS. Youre an idiot if you think they dont.....I dont know what the problem is lol? Also, you saying he doesnt have google maps like you know the guy. Not to mention, googling something doesnt exactly require you to have google maps.....youd know that. I feel like your projecting your stupidity through your completely unnecessary defense of someone you dont know, at a comment that wasnt even supposed to garner any defense in the first place. It was a suggestion....
Thanks Tomiko for taking us to Prince's. 💗
Nice sharing, Thumbs up,
LOVE FROM UK
Man, this looks good enough to almost make me want to move to Nashville.
Nashville hot chicken is the best type of chicken!!😋
I loved this! I don't even like spicy food and I want to try it! Def going to stop in the next time we're in Nashville. Great video Tomiko and Food Insider! -Katherine
Now I'm hungry for Prince's 🔥🍗! 😎
Went to Nashville only for the chicken....turned out after 3 days of getting drunk on Broadway, it will make you forget your original mission....Ill be back to finish the job....
I waited over a decade to go here, and when I finally did I never thought it would live up to the hype. I still have the memory of my first bite, best bite of chicken I've ever had.
Went through Nashville this past Saturday and wanted to stop at Princes’s, but sadly I had been sick at my stomach. Now one day latter I’m crying that I missed it. 😭
Love the food, but really appreciate the cultural background information to the these too!
I was going to tell you folks this spicy dad joke..
But I'm a *little chicken!*
Wow,
That chicken is so good! Your nose will run, but it is still so good. I can't wait to get back.
looks crispy and yummy
i would definitely eat it
Patronize the mom and pop places. Screw the mega chains. Support local and keep history alive!
If i ever go to Nashville, ima try prince's as one of the go-tos.
This is probably the original hot spicy chicken.
« You don’t have to go to Buffalo to eat good chicken wings. You don’t have to go to Nashville to eat great fried chicken »
-Alton Brown
This place is worth the trip to Nashville all by itself.
@howtobbqright is that my guy sitting there at 6:56 eating some hot chicken 😂
😂😂😂😂
🤤 that looks yummy! We have decent fried chicken here in Eastern Canada but “hot chicken” sounds much better!!
Thank you for the video!
The underrated part of this chicken is the toast at the bottom. It is a little bit spicy but it’s delicious cause all the juices seep into it.
Thank sooo much for this video and thank you for not calling it “Nashville Hot Chicken”. It’s “Hot Chicken”. When you see Nashville Hot Chicken on the menu get the hamburger or a salad and go to Princes for dinner the next night. Your taste buds will thank you.
The first place I went to in Nashville when I first got there was Prince's old location. I ordered half an extra hot chicken. It was suuuper spicy but the flavor was totally worth it.
Even though quality may be subjective, and I can empathize with my food tastes, I sometimes wonder whether the US should have an original food recipe protection policy like the European Union does; even if protected food recipes like parmigiano Reggiano and others have medieval roots.
With the US, and with the same idea, I wonder is Andre Prince the owner of anchor bar in Buffalo New York, and other family restaurants that are still around and have famously invented an iconic American food recipe should have protective recognition like as I explained, to keep big corporations from ruthlessly buying them out unless anti-trust enforcement is thankfully enforced.
With that aside, I have never visited Nashville; yet one of my aunts moved there several years ago at this point. She knows the scene, she experienced the swarm of cicadas, and I hope to visit her let alone the city on my own terms to taste the legendary spicy fried chicken as a trade versions in San Diego where I currently live. Someday, I will make the food pilgrimage.
I even recommended a friend try it out, and she did.
Okay. Another reason to go to Nashville after covid is over!!
The original place on Ewing Dr. was struck by a car not long ago and unfortunately will not reopen. There are 2 other locations, one on Nollensville Pike and one on 6th St.
next time, mention that its a promotion instead of giving false info
Who cares?
@@tsz5868 a company who listens to feedback
I watched the first video...and I think Prince's hot chicken is the true winner! Still, I think the others are great as well :)
Wish Prince was here in Maine
I just keep searching these videos of princes becuase my aunt is the owner XD
This place is underrated af
oh god lol.... the host with her angles haha
The whole World should know and be able to TASTE PRINCES HOT
Omg i want to try some so bad...😍
Prince or nothing it’s the best in the country!
I love Chicken!
Wow, je n’ai jamais sur que le Tennessee est connu pour le poulet chaud en plus de la musique pays. J’ai été dans ce grand pays des États Unis depuis tant d’années. Aussi, je n’ai jamais visité le Tennessee ou la Floride dans ma vie, mais j’aimerais après le COVID dix neuf. Bien que j’ai visité de nombreux endroits comme Géorgie, nouveau York, Caroline du nord, état de Washington, belle Californie, Caroline du sud, Pennsylvanie, nouveau jersey, maryland, Ohio et Indiana. Il reste encore plus à voir et voir comme moi un conservateur chrétien française dévoué comme moi. J’admire et aime l’Amérique parce qu’elle est tellement grande, dévotement conservatrice chrétienne comme moi, unique, agréable, beaucoup d’espace, nature, animaux, aventure, etc. La liste continue parfois je n’ai pas de mots à complété à quel point l’Amérique est très cool à coup sûr.
Europe doesn’t have this
0:19 and the host doesn’t look 60 years old
europeans can barely handle Tabasco. Nashville spice would kill them 😂 sadly higher levels of spice just aren’t popular here at all
Marawd3r sad to hear
Each country and place has it's own strength
Green Machine true
If ya mouth is not salivating then something up with u
I am not a spicy food lover then why my mouth is watering 😂😋
Woow it's mouth watering
Wow delicious😍😍😍
man i want to have an aunt as sweet as her, you just know she would call everyone she cared about as sweetie
Love her and the chicken too.
It's lockdown and you are bullying me by showing this. I am fuc****g craving it now.
Niiiiice!
I can tell you that hatti b is not the place to go.
I know I’m thinkin’ over hyped
"Since the early 2000s" (articles dating to 2016+) lol
An explosion of flavor, love me some Nashville hot chicken. The spice is strong with this one
i love her. shes so sweet
I’ve lived in Nashville my entire life and I’ve never had hot chicken
When is best of the best season three coming out??!?!?!?!?!
Fun fact. I live 5 minutes from prince's. Literally down the street from me. My roommate is mad addicted to it. The customer service is definitely lacking there though honestly. Also, prince's might be the original, but I prefer slow burn in East Nashville. I made a poll in a Nashville hot chicken group a while back that got like 150 votes and slow burn was by far the best rated hot chicken place. It's far superior in my opinion. That's not to say prince's Hot Chicken isn't good because it is.. I just wish they were on slow burns level. This video is a paid ad.
Good to know. I plan on visiting Nashville sometime in the near future once all this covid craziness settles down.
Moments like these I don't if i'll make it as a vegan.
The sad part about this whole story is the fact that even though Prince's was the originator of Tennessee Hot Chicken, other (white owned) businesses have copied the recipe and open many very profitable outlets throughout the country. Prince's has not or didn't want to protect their legacy from pirates and monetize their legacy through franchishment. I wish they could have gotten a patent or a copyright for their namesake and recipe. Patents don't last forever, but at least it would put it on the books where it all begin. But I also have to realize that a black person in Tennessee at the inception of the restaurant probably had about as much chance of gaining a patent or a copyright as snowball's chance of surviving on the sun. That's the dark and evil legacy of these United States of America.
Good luck trying to patent putting spices on chicken. Some guys up in Buffalo might like to have a word as well.
I'm not sure how someone would patent the name "Hot Chicken"
Food recipes are really hard to get patents for unless you're a multimillion dollar company
Actually I take that back, after rereading your original post I think there could've been a way! But it doesn't seem like the owners wanted to, they seem content w their family owned business and having competition. I thank videos like this and people like you that will help keep their legacy going and giving them credit
Hellthyjunkfood also went there
Why can’t I live there. Great, another place that I can’t go to
Lol probably not anymore it's just going to get worse to be honest. I don't think it's going back to normal.. unfortunately.
thanks for sharing stay connected
Tennessee gang‼️
what’s the best hot sauce to use for this?
Start by battering and frying your chicken. Then use Cyan pepper powder, salt, pepper, garlic, and brown sugar dumped into some of the hot cooking oil you used for frying, dip it in a couple times and you ready to roll
It looks good with rice 😭😭
Where my Nashvillians at
It came 2am in indonesian time that why i come
Jadi kangen rica crispy w.co😟
Too bad the original location burned down and was never rebuilt, so much character and good vibes there!
i like your video
Ok…… give us the recipe.😊
Before opening your Nashville hot chicken, be sure to make a pilgrimmage to Nashville and kiss the ring 😉
COOL
I’m always up to taste some legendary chicken 🍗
Hey!!!Also try Pakistan foods
No
So sad the original restaurant was ruined
That looks great! We've been wanting to get up to Howling Ray's in Los Angeles, which supposedly has great hot chicken. But Prince's looks good. Maybe a chance to go to Nashville when this whole lockdown is over!
I am a Nashville-native, and I decided to try Howlin' Ray's when I visited Los Angeles. It's pretty good, and they have excellent service.
Go try Ed’s Fish and Pizza now, you “adventurous” souls
👩🏻🍳👩🏻🍳👩🏻🍳👩🏻🍳👩🏻🍳
Look this all chickens
I liked the host better with blonde hair.
I would like the mild. I just can’t take really hot spicy food. It looks so good! I would love to try it. Yum!