🇯🇵 Japanese

Tempura

Name: Tempura
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: pinch Salt; 1 Eggs; 1 cup All-Purpose Flour; 3 tbsp for dipping Soy Sauce; 12 large, peeled Shrimp; 1/2, sliced Eggplant; 1, sliced Zucchini; 1, sliced Sweet Potato; for deep frying Neutral Oil; 2 tbsp for dipping Mirin; 1/2 cup for dipping Kombu Dashi

🇯🇵 Japanese

Feather-light batter around shrimp and vegetables, fried until lacy and pale gold — Japanese frying at its most elegant.

Prep 20 min Cook 15 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltpinch
Eggs1
All-Purpose Flour1 cup
Soy Sauce3 tbsp for dipping
Shrimp12 large, peeled
Eggplant1/2, sliced
Zucchini1, sliced
Sweet Potato1, sliced
Neutral Oilfor deep frying
Mirin2 tbsp for dipping
Kombu Dashi1/2 cup for dipping

Optional extras

Daikon Radish1/4 cup grated

Instructions

1
Pat shrimp and sliced vegetables very dry; chill.
2
Whisk ice-cold water into flour lightly — lumps are fine; keep batter cold.
3
Heat neutral oil to 170–180°C.
4
Dip pieces, shake off excess, and fry in small batches until just pale gold.
5
Drain on a rack; serve immediately with tentsuyu-style soy-dashi dip and grated daikon.

Chef's tip

Ice-cold, under-mixed batter and not overcrowding the oil are the whole secret.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Authentic Japanese Tempura Batter Recipe (Complete Guide) · on YouTube