Chicken Nanban - Fried Chicken with Tartar Sauce

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Japanese

Ingredients: Chicken Egg

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Fried chicken
• 600 gram chicken meat (leg/breast)
• salt and pepper
• katakuriko/potato starch or cornstarch
• 4 tablespoon oil
• Tartar sauce
• 1/2 onion, finely diced
• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• 1/2 cup Japanese mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• Serve with (optional)
• cabbage/lettuce, thinly sliced

Instructions

1. Prep chicken: Pat dry chicken with kitchen paper and cut it into bite-size pieces. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and coat with katakuriko or cornstarch.
2. Fry chicken: Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry chicken in batches until golden brown. Use a strainer to remove excess oil from fried chicken.
3. Tartar sauce: Microwave onion in a microwaveable bowl for 3 minutes with a 600-Watt setting. Add eggs, mayonnaise, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Mash the eggs and mix well with the other ingredients.
4. Serve: Arrange thinly sliced cabbage/lettuce and arrange fried chicken on a platter. Pour the tartar sauce over the fried chicken right before serving.