🇯🇵 Japanese

Karaage

Name: Karaage
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 700 g thighs, bite-size Chicken; 1/2 tsp Salt; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; 1 tbsp grated Ginger; 1, wedges Lemon; 3 tbsp Soy Sauce; for deep frying Neutral Oil; 1 tbsp Sake; 1 cup Potato Starch

🇯🇵 Japanese

Soy-ginger marinated chicken fried twice for a shatter-crisp crust — Japanese fried chicken that needs only lemon.

Prep 20 min Cook 15 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Chicken700 g thighs, bite-size
Salt1/2 tsp
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Ginger1 tbsp grated
Lemon1, wedges
Soy Sauce3 tbsp
Neutral Oilfor deep frying
Sake1 tbsp
Potato Starch1 cup

Optional extras

Mayonnaisefor serving
Black Pepper1/2 tsp

Instructions

1
Marinate chicken pieces in soy, ginger, garlic and a splash of sake 20–30 minutes.
2
Toss in potato starch (or cornstarch) until well coated.
3
Fry at 160°C for 4–5 minutes; rest.
4
Fry again at 180°C 1–2 minutes until deep gold.
5
Serve with lemon wedges and mayo.

Chef's tip

The double fry is what makes karaage glassy — don't skip the rest between fries.

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