miyazaki-style deep-fried chicken with sweet & sour sauce

  • Serves: 2
  • Calories: 583 kcal
  • Total Time: 30 m
    • Prep: 10 m
    • Cook: 20 m
  • Japanese: Chikin-namban

ingredients:

  • 200 g boneless chicken
  • breast or thigh
  • a little salt
  • a little pepper
  • salad oil for deep frying

coating:

  • 1 beaten egg
  • 30 g wheat flour

sweet & sour sauce:

tartar sauce:

  • 5 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1 boiled egg
  • 40 g pickles
  • 10 g parsley
  • 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar or freshly squeezed lemon juice

garnish:

  • 70 g lettuce
  • 1/2 lemon

step 1:

Make the tartar sauce. Chop the boiled egg, pickles and parsley. Mix them with the mayonnaise and white wine vinegar (or freshly squeezed lemon juice) in a bowl.

step 2:

Make the sweet & sour sauce. Put the vinegar, soy sauce and sugar in a pan, and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.

step 3:

Remove the skin of the chicken and cut into bite-size pieces. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Dust them in the flour.

step 4:

Beat the egg in a bowl. Coat the chicken with the egg.

step 5:

Heat the oil to 170 °C and deep-fry the chicken pieces about 5 or 6 minutes until golden brown.

step 6:

Remove and drain. Place the pieces in the sweet & sour sauce and soak for about 1 minute.

Remove from the sweet & sour sauce and serve the deep-fried chicken with the garnish. Pour tartar sauce beside the deep-fried chicken.

comment:

The unique thing about Miyazaki-style deep-fried chicken is that two kinds of sauces are used. The combination of the deep-fried chicken and the sauces is very delicious! Miyazaki Prefecture is in the Kyūshū region, the southernmost island of mainland Japan.