Japan

Chicken Nanban

Name: Chicken Nanban
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken thighs (boneless); 1 + some Egg & flour/starch; sweet-sour sauce Rice vinegar, soy sauce, sugar; 2 Boiled egg (for tartar); 3 tbsp Mayonnaise; some of each Onion & pickle

Miyazaki fried chicken with tartar sauce

Chicken nanban hails from Miyazaki on Kyūshū: crisp fried chicken dipped in a sweet-and-sour sauce and crowned with creamy tartar sauce.

The dish arose in the 1960s and became the region's speciality - a modern classic of Japanese home cooking.

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken thighs (boneless)500 g
Egg & flour/starch1 + some
Rice vinegar, soy sauce, sugarsweet-sour sauce
Boiled egg (for tartar)2
Mayonnaise3 tbsp
Onion & picklesome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Coat the chicken in egg and flour, fry golden.
Whisk rice vinegar, soy sauce and sugar into a sweet-sour sauce.
Dip the fried chicken into the sauce while still hot.
Chop boiled egg, onion and pickle for tartar, mix with mayo.
Plate the chicken and pour over plenty of tartar sauce.

Make it original

Rice vinegar and soy sauce for chicken nanban are in the Asia Boutique.

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