Name: Deep-fried Sweet and Sour Chicken Don (Tori no Nanban Zuke Don)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: Grain vinegar (kokumotsu su) 2 Tbsp; Johakuto sugar 3 Tbsp; Chopped spring onions (scallions) for garnishing; Plain (all-purpose) flour for dusting; Japanese stock (dashi) 150 ml (5 fl oz); Canola oil for deep-frying; Boneless chicken leg 300 g (10½ oz), cut into bite-size pieces; Salt for seasoning; Dried chilli 1, sliced; Yellow onion 1, peeled and thinly sliced; Ground black pepper for seasoning; Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz); Carrot 30 g (1 oz), peeled and julienned; Koikuchi soy sauce 3 Tbsp

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

The term nanban originally refers to Europeans, Dutch and Spanish in particular. Today, food with chilli are called nanban-style dishes, most probably because of their European-influenced flavours. The nanban sauce used here has a blend of sweet, sour and spicy flavours. It is versatile and can be used with many other ingredients such as white fish, salmon, pork, tofu or eggplant.