Chicken Nanban チキン南蛮

Ingredients

• 1lb/500g Chicken thighs (*1)
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 1 tbs sake (*2)
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup All purpose flour
• 2cups/500ml oil for deep fry (*3)
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 2 tbs sugar
• 2 tbs Japanese rice vinegar
• 1 birds eye chilli called "Takanotsume" (*4)

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Making Nanban sauce ---

2. 2

   Combine all Nanban sauce ingredients except rice vinegar in a small saucepan, bring to boil

3. 3

   Add the rice vinegar and turn the heat off and set aside. *6

4. 4

   --- Cooking chicken thigh ---

5. 5

   Place the thigh meat on a chopping board, remove excess fat, and cut them to bite size pieces.

6. 6

   Marinate in soy sauce and sake in a bowl for about 20 minutes.

7. 7

   Add egg and flour to the bowl and mix them well to coat the chicken pieces.

8. 8

   Heat oil in a frying pan to 356°F/180°C. *7

9. 9

   Slide the egg mixture coated chicken thighs in the pan and deep fry until golden brown. *8

10. 10

    Soak the deep fried chicken briefly in the Nanban sauce and serve it with some tartar sauce drizzled over it.