Japanese Chicken Nanban (with Homemade Tartar Sauce)

Name: Japanese Chicken Nanban (with Homemade Tartar Sauce)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 small pickled gherkin; ⅛ yellow onions; 1 hard-boiled egg; ½ tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise; 1 tsp sugar; ½ tsp tomato ketchup; 1 pinch salt and pepper; ¼ tsp dried parsley; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 1½ tbsp rice vinegar (or apple cider vinegar); 300 g boneless chicken thigh (boneless, skin-on preferred); 1 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 egg; 2 tbsp potato starch (katakuriko) (or corn starch); 2 tbsp cooking oil (flavourless, high smoke point like vegetable oil or canola); 1 bunch chili threads (optional garnish); 4-6 lettuce leaves (optional for serving)

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:10min

Chicken Nanban is a delicious regional dish from Miyazaki prefecture made with succulent chicken thighs coated in a fluffy egg batter, cooked in a sweet vinegar sauce, and then topped with a creamy homemade Japanese tartar sauce.

Updated at: Sat, 17 May 2025 08:02:48 GMT