Love Nashville hot chicken? Try these 6 dishes next

If you like Nashville hot chicken, try Korean fried chicken, dan dan noodles and kung pao chicken. Korean fried chicken is the closest flavor match (84/100): rich and spicy fried dish, like Nashville hot chicken, but sweeter.

Nashville hot chicken is fried chicken brushed with a cayenne-spiked oil paste, served on white bread with pickles. Its strongest traits: spicy, crunchy, rich.

Try dan dan noodles: rich and spicy, like Nashville hot chicken, but softer. It scores 64/100 against Nashville hot chicken on flavor.

Korean fried chicken is milder (3 vs 5), sweeter (3 vs 1) and less smoky (0 vs 1) than Nashville hot chicken. The two rate the same on richness, savoriness, tang, freshness and crunch. Ratings are 0 to 5, written as Korean fried chicken vs Nashville hot chicken. Overall it scores 84/100 against Nashville hot chicken on flavor.

Each dish has a flavor profile rated 0 to 5 on richness, savoriness, heat, tang, sweetness, freshness, smoke and crunch. The match score compares two profiles and gives a small boost to dishes eaten the same way, like two noodle soups. In the Palytt app, your match score uses your own taste instead.