Today: Beau MacMillan Fried Chicken Sliders Recipe & Cheddar Biscuits

Today Show: Tailgating Recipes

In honor of Sunday Night Football on NBC, Today Show invited hometown chefs to share their ideas for tailgating recipes. In a showdown against Seattle, Chef Beau MacMillan from the Paradise Valley, Arizona restaurant Sanctuary prepared Fried Chicken Sliders on Cheddar Biscuits, along with Pork BLTs. The competition included Pigs in a Blanket, Salmon Sliders, and Clam Dip.

Today Show: Beau MacMillan Fried Chicken Sliders Recipe Ingredients

• 6 skin-on boneless Chicken Breasts
• 4 tbsp Hot Sauce
• 1 chopped White Onion
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 quart Buttermilk
• 1 chopped Green Pepper
• 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
• 2 tbsp Salt
• 1 tsp Pepper

Cheddar Biscuit Ingredients

• 3 lb Flour
• 4 tbsp Baking Powder
• 6 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1 lb cubed cold Butter
• 4 cups Buttermilk
• 1/2 cup minced Scallions
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds
• 1/2 cup minced Scallions
• 6 Eggs
• 1 tbsp Salt
• 1 tbsp Pepper

Beau MacMillan: Today Show Fried Chicken Sliders Recipe Directions

1. Divide each chicken breast into two or three slider-size pieces.
2. Salt buttermilk and mix with the hot sauce. Add in green pepper and onion. Use this to marinate the chicken overnight.
3. Season flour with garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt and pepper.
4. Dredge chicken in flour mixture and fry at 360 F until crispy.
5. Transfer to a 250 F oven until completely cooked through.
6. Serve chicken on split biscuits, topped with pickles.
7. Cheddar Biscuit Directions
8. Combine dry ingredients in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment.
9. Mix in cubed butter until the dough crumbles. Mix in cheese with chives.
10. Separately, whisk eggs into buttermilk. Work wet ingredients into dry mix to combine.
11. Transfer dough to a flour-dusted prep surface.
12. Roll dough out to 1.5” thick and cut into rounds.
13. Bake for 25 minutes at 325 F.