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Chicken Nanban
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Chicken Nanban Recipe

Japanese deep-fried chicken with tartar sauce
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: chicken
Servings: 2 servings

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Ingredients

Tartar Sauce

  • 1 boiled egg chopped
  • 2 Tbsp onion finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp pickles cornichons, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup Japanese mayonnaise
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  • Make tartar sauce in advance. Mix all the tartar sauce ingredients in a bowl. Set aside in the refrigerator.
  • In a small pot, heat soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar together until the sugar has completely dissolved, forming a vinegar sauce. Pour out in a shallow dish (large enough for dipping the chicken later). Set the vinegar sauce aside.
  • Butterfly chicken breasts, and pound with a meat mallet to flatten and thin to about 1/2" (1 cm). Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour, then dip in beaten egg.
  • Heat deep-frying oil to 350 F (180 C). Fry chicken until golden brown and cooked through.
  • Dip fried chicken immediately in the vinegar sauce, to cover both sides. Cut chicken into bite size pieces or slices. Serve with the tartar sauce.

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