The cool thing about Bad Chx? The hot chicken offerings aren’t just limited to tenders and sandwiches - you can order burritos, tacos and sub sandwiches with the spicy hot chicken. The restaurant measures spice with its pepper thermometer, which ranges from no spice to lava. Order fried chicken your way at Third Ward’s newest food truck, Bad Chx. The menu includes both a Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich and a Hot Fish Sandwich plus, a variety of jumbo hot tenders, wings, and leg quarters, and sides like mac and cheese and fries. The hot chicken varies in heat ranging from “Southern Heat,” which is a traditional southern spice to “Clucking Hot,” which is so good it hurts. The menu is said to be inspired by memories of a cross-country road trip with roadside fried chicken picnics sprinkled into the drive.

Wafting through the POST Market foodie hub is the spicy and sweet scent of Lea Jane’s Hot Chicken, which is lovingly named after the founder’s partner. If you like spicy, order the hot if you don't want to taste your food, then order the fire. The hot chicken is cooked in a crispy batter and to top it all off, it’s marinated in a cayenne butter glaze good enough to make your eyes water. Underground Hall’s chicken joint Bird Haus has the secret sauce, or Haus sauce, that is. At first glance, you’ll see the chicken is a dark red from all of the seasonings, and the flavors will have your mouth watering for more reasons than one.

Main Bird, which was once known as Main Chick, won’t disappoint when it comes to spice. The super fun menu includes a hot chicken sandwich or, as they like to call it, “Cluck It Like It’s Hot,” and the tasty side orders, like mac and cheese and fries, dubbed “sides to the DMs.” Montrose Main Bird Hot Chicken One whiff of the cayenne pepper-infused hot chicken will send you sniffling. Located near the intersection of Chimney Rock and Westheimer roads is Clutch City Cluckers, the food truck that’s breathing heat - and pop culture - into its food.

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