karaage
Karaage means deep fried food with no batter in Japanese, so you could also call fried fish Karaage. However, if it is not specified, it usually means chicken. You can get Karaage absolutely anywhere in Japan. Izakaya, Japanese bars, serve a lot of little appetizers (like Tapas restaurants), and Karaage is a staple dish there. Hot delis in supermarkets have freshly fried chicken pieces for people to take home. Even convenience stores today sell Karaage for snacks (7-11 is everywhere in Japan too.) From japanesecooking101.
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prep time
15 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Deep Fry
yield
4 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 4 - chicken thighs
- 2 tablespoons sake
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic, grated
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- - salt and pepper
- - oil, for deep-frying
How To Make karaage
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Step 1Cut a chicken thigh into 3-4 pieces.
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Step 2In a medium size bowl, mix sake, soy sauce, salt, garlic and ginger with chicken. Let it sit for 1/2-1 hour.
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Step 3Mix flour, corn starch and some salt and pepper in another bowl.
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Step 4Coat marinated chicken pieces with flour mixture.
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Step 5Heat oil at medium high heat (350F).
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Step 6Deep fry for 5-8 minutes depending on the size of meat.
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