I’m so glad my bud Fatgirl Hedonist turned me onto Pembroke Pines’ Hot Chicks House of Chicken (there’s a second location in Wellington). Well, it’s not like she told me directly about them, but I saw a sandwich pic on her Instagram. I knew it was right on the money, so I called her, and she confirmed it was a must.
I don’t find myself in Broward County unless we’re delivering cases of our Burger Beast Sauces to markets or BEAST Boxes to customers. We would do both on a Saturday, so I scheduled ourselves around ending our day at Hot Chicks.
Everywhere you look, restaurants add their take on Nashville Hot Chicken and its variant, the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich, to their menus. Unfortunately, the majority of them failed when the “Hot Chicken” had no resemblance to the dish they were trying to emulate faithfully.
Hot Chicks at last!
By the time we arrived at Hot Chicks, it was sprinkling. Marcela grabbed an umbrella and went to their shop for our order. I sat patiently, or probably not so patiently, with excitement. I followed her and the bag with my eyes intently while she made her way back to me.
We pulled out each item and photographed them. Marcela is way better with sandwich photography, so she did the sammy while I did everything else. I grabbed a fry while she was finishing up. It was perfectly fried but didn’t do anything for me.
The Mac & Cheese was plenty creamy and cheese. But I wonder how it would taste with some of their hot seasoning added to it? Hmm…
Marcela was first in line to try the Nashville Hot sandwich; meanwhile, I ate a tender. She loved it; the slaw was great, and the bun was perfect. In addition, the bread was never in danger of disintegrating while being eaten. I hate it when that happens.
We were fine with Medium Heat Level
We ordered both the sandwich and tendies with their Medium Heat Level. I’m not the man I once was, and can tell you there’s nothing to prove when you choose the hottest level, only to regret it the rest of the day.
The *Best Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich I’ve eaten is from Hattie B’s in Nashville and Swine & Sons in Winter Park. Hot Chicks is just as good as those and possibly better cause they’re within driving distance of me. But, and it’s a big but…the tenders are five stars across the board. It’s what we call the next level.
You might be asking yourself, why didn’t we order the dark or light quarter hot chicken? When eating these spices with your hand, there is always a great fear that they might get into your eyes inadvertently. That’s a situation we don’t need, or neither do you.
On our return visit to Hot Chicks, we’ll take a seat inside and order a Whole Family Meal with Potato Salad and Southern Greens for the sides with some medium tenders by mistake.
Hot Chicks Menu
Hot Chicks Food Pictures
*with honorable mentions to Shake Shack for their Hot Chick’n Sandwich and to Clancy’s for their Nashville Hot Potato Chips
Hot Chicks House of Chicken
14816 Pines Boulevard
Pembroke Pines, FL
(754) 703-5119
Website – https://www.hchoc.com
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/soflohoc
Monday 11 am – 9 pm
Tuesday 11 am – 9 pm
Wednesday 11 am – 9 pm
Thursday 11 am – 9 pm
Friday 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday 11 am – 9 pm
Sunday 11 am – 9 pm
OMG . . The Mac & Cheese at Hot Chicks is amazing. The best . . . Unbeatable, it’s a must try