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