Authentic Chicken Nanban (with Japanese Tartar Sauce)

Name: Authentic Chicken Nanban (with Japanese Tartar Sauce)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 450 g chicken breast (skin on, or boneless chicken thigh); salt and pepper (to taste); 3 tbsp all-purpose flour (plain flour in UK/AU); 1 tbsp cornstarch (or potato starch); 2 eggs; cooking oil (for frying); 1 small pickled gherkin (or fresh cucumber); ¼ onion (rinse after mincing to reduce sharpness); 1 hard boiled egg; 4 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise (or regular mayonnaise); ½ tbsp lemon juice; 2 tsp whole milk; 1 tsp sugar; ½ tsp ketchup; 1 pinch salt and pepper; parsley (dried or finely chopped fresh, for color); 3 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 3 tbsp unseasoned rice vinegar (komezu) (or apple cider vinegar); 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp mirin; 1 dried red chili pepper (split lengthways, deseeded)

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:10min

Chicken Nanban is an irresistible dish from Miyazaki prefecture made with succulent fried chicken coated in a fluffy egg batter, sweet vinegar sauce, and then topped with creamy, tangy homemade Japanese tartar sauce.

Updated at: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:34:06 GMT