Many will tell you that, if you're looking for the best spicy fried chicken in the US, you need to visit Prince's Hot Chicken in Tennessee – and boy, is this stuff hot. The story goes that the dish was invented after Thornton Prince's scorned lover tried to take revenge on him by adding a significant amount of chili and spice to his favorite fried chicken. Far from hate it, he loved it – and spent his time perfecting the recipe before opening his own restaurant.

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