US-based fast food restaurant chain Hardee's has expanded its menu offerings with the addition of its new Nashville Hot Chicken.

The Nashville Hot Chicken will join Hardee's hand-breaded chicken platform, which includes Hardee's favourites such as Nashville Hot Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich, Nashville Hot Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders and Nashville Hot Hand-Breaded Chicken Biscuit.

Hardee's brand marketing director Mallory Jones said: “At Hardee's, we're all about offering the homestyle foods our guests crave. We're expanding our famous chicken lineup with just the right amount of spice.

“The flavours speak for themselves. While there's a nod to our Tennessee headquarters, we know guests across the country will love this new flavour.”

Starting 13 September, the new menu addition will be offered to guests in-store and online through the Hardee's App.

The new menu item will be rolled out across all of Hardee's participating locations and will be a permanent addition to Hardee's menu.

Hardee's, which is owned by CKE Restaurants Holdings, operates more than 1,600 franchised and company-operated restaurants across 31 US states.

In May this year, CKE Restaurants expanded the deployment of automated ordering at its drive-through locations across the US.

As part of this initiative, the restaurant company extended its partnership with Presto Automation to deploy its voice-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution, Presto Voice.

The rollout of the voice automation technology has already been tested at certain drive-through locations of Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s in the US.