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Dice the onions for the tartar sauce and soak in water.
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Change the water a few times to get rid of the smell and spiciness.
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Roughly chop the boiled egg and place in a bowl.
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Drain the onions with a sieve and remove excess water by wrapping with kitchen paper and giving it a good squeeze.
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Add to the bowl from step 1.
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Add ingredients and mix with a fork, mashing the egg as you mix.
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If you prefer a softer sauce, add a small amount of milk.
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Season with salt and pepper and the sauce is done.
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Remove the skin from the chicken breast and cut into your desired size.
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Put into a plastic bag, add ingredients and rub in well.
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(If you want to fry the whole breast as one piece, use a knife to make sure it is an even thickness and pierce the skin several times with a fork.
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Then rub in the ingredients well.)
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Beat the egg in a bowl.
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Mix the ingredients for the sweet vinegar sauce in another bowl.
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Heat a large frying pan with a generous amount of oil.
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Put the flour into a plastic bag, and add a piece of chicken at a time, close the bag and shake.
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(so that it is evenly coated in flour)
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Shake off the excess flour from the chicken before lightly mixing with the beaten egg.
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Place the chicken into the frying pan after coating with the egg, and fry on a medium heat.
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When one side is golden brown, turn down the heat to low, turn the meat over and place the lid on.
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Cook for a few minutes (this depends on the thickness of the meat, but I cook it for 2-3 minutes).
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Take off the lid and turn up the heat to high straight away.
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When it is golden brown, turn off the heat and wipe off the excess oil from the pan with paper towels.
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Pour in the sweet vinegar sauce and reduce whilst shaking the pan to coat the meat.
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Turn off the heat and leave until the coating settles nicely.
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If you leave it to rest too long, or you fiddle with the meat too much in step 11, the coating can come off so be careful.
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Transfer to a serving dish and top with tartar sauce.
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Now the Chicken Nanban is complete.
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You can also make it with half the amount of tartar sauce I use a lot because my husband loves it (;) Half the amount of tartar sauce is plenty if you are cooking one breast for one person.
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It's also good if you add a little ketchup to the sweet vinegar and tartar sauces.
