Deep fried chicken Karaage. Karaage (Japanese fried chicken) is easily one of the greatest fried chickens in the world. It's exceptionally flavorful, juicy and ultra crispy, and absolutely worth hanging out at the stove for! Learn the simple techniques and fry up some glorious chicken at home today.
Chicken is the most common protein, but it's also made with seafood, such as blowfish.
These days, Karaage is almost always seasoned, but this wasn't always the case.
Karaage Fried Chicken. featured in Japanese Lunch.
You can have Deep fried chicken Karaage using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Deep fried chicken Karaage
- It's 300 g of Chicken leg.
- Prepare 1/2 tbs of Sake.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- Prepare of Black pepper as you like.
- You need 1/4 tsp of Grated garlic.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Grated ginger.
- It's 1/2 tbs of Soy sauce.
- It's 1/2 of Egg.
- Prepare 3 tbs of Katakuri-ko.
- Prepare 300-500 cc of Vegetable Oil.
Karaage is another of the most popular Japanese food that you can find at the Izakaya, in bento boxes but that Japanese people also cook often at home. Karaage is Japanese style fried chicken (two words: kara age). It is a great appetizer for your drinks, kids (and adult) friendly dinner, and also a perfect small dish for your lunch box. Japanese Karaage is usually seasoned with garlic and ginger along with soy sauce, coated lightly with flour, and deep fried.
Deep fried chicken Karaage instructions
- Sand the chicken with kitchen paper to remove surplus water in the chicken. Remove the fat from the chicken by using a knife. Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces then put them in a zip-lock bag..
- Add 1/2 tbs of sake, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/4 tsp of grated garlic, 1 tsp of grated ginger and some black pepper into the zip-lock bag..
- Knead the chicken to season well and let it stand 30 minutes..
- Beat 1/2 egg in a cup and add it to the bag..
- Add 1/2 tbs of soy sauce and mix..
- Add 3 tbs of Katakuri-ko and mix again..
- Remove the chicken pieces from the bag and stretch any skin to cover the meat..
- Put half of the chicken pieces into vegetable oil heated to 170 degrees and deep fry it for 3 minutes..
- Take out the chicken from the oil, add rest of the chicken pieces deep fry for 3 minutes, then remove them from the oil..
- Heat the oil to 180 degree and fry the 2 portions of chicken pieces again 2 minutes each..
When the oil is hot (it's ready when you place a wooden spoon into the oil and you can see little bubbles), dip the chicken pieces in batches into the potato. Japanese fried chicken: two bite pieces of chicken marinated in soy, ginger and garlic, tossed in potato starch and deep fried until crispy. Chicken karaage doesn't differ from regular fried chicken too much - Japanese fried chicken is fried chicken, with seasoning tweaks. Karaage Chicken is one of the most popular Japanese dishes not only within Japan but abroad as well. The chicken is marinated with soy sauce, sake, ginger and mirin to give a touch of sweetness.
