RUM AND QUE: Dirty Bird Nashville Fried Chicken Seasoning & Coating – 150g

Nashville heat in a pouch

Dirty Bird Nashville is Rum and Que's fiery fried-chicken seasoning and coating — built to bring that hot, red, cayenne-slicked Nashville flavour to your own kitchen. Use it as a seasoning through the flour or as the coating itself, and turn out fried chicken with a serious bite.

The flavour

Upfront cayenne heat over a savoury, herby, garlicky base. It's properly hot in the Nashville tradition — fierce but flavoured, not just fire — with the kind of red, spiced crust that stains your fingertips and keeps you reaching back for more.

How to cook with it

• Mix it through your flour dredge, then coat brined chicken pieces and fry until deep golden.
• Toss just-fried chicken in a little more so the heat sits right on the crust.
• Stir into melted butter and brush over the fried bird, Nashville-style.
• Season wings before an air-fry or bake for a lower-effort hot-chicken hit.
• Rub over halloumi or cauliflower before frying for a meat-free version.

In the pouch

A red-tinged, spiced seasoning with visible herbs and garlic. Fine enough to work through a flour dredge and to cling to a hot, oiled crust.

Ingredients & Dietary

Ingredients: Spices and spice extract, salt, dehydrated garlic, flavour enhancer (621), herbs.

Dietary: Contains a flavour enhancer (MSG, 621). Further allergens to be confirmed — always check the physical label for the most accurate ingredient, allergen and nutritional information.

Offered at a heavy discount as it's past its best-before (BB) date — still perfectly safe, tasty and good for years to come. A BB date is a guide to peak quality, not a safety cut-off, so it's a great chance to save big and try something new.

The Rub Smuggler's Verdict

Hot enough to make a grown pirate weep, and worth every tear. Coat and fry the bird in this, cool the burn with a pot of Atomic Chicken Blue Cheese, then double down for the brave with BBQ Mafia The Capo vinegar hot sauce. Brine the chicken first — it keeps it juicy under all that heat.