Tori Karaage (Japanese fried chicken)
Succulent Tori Karaage fried chicken bites, made with simple Japanese seasonings and super crispy coating. Serve with Japanese mayo as an appetizer, or savoury snack.
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Servings: 3 - 4
Calories: 294kcal
Equipment
- Large frying pan/pot
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
- 300 g Boneless chicken thigh About 10.5oz, cut medium bite-size pieces.
- ½ cup Potato starch About 65 gram, Or Corn starch ( flour )
- ⅓ cup Plain Flour About 43 gram, Or All purpose flour
- 2-3 wedges Lemon To garnish
- Japanese mayonese/ regular mayonese To serve
- Oil for frying Vegetable or neutral flavour oil
- Shichimi Japanese chilli powder optional
Marinate for Chicken
- ½ tsp Ginger Paste
- ½ tsp Garlic Paste
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Soy sauce All-purpose soy sauce or light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Mirin
- ½ tsp Black pepper
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into bite size pieces. Add chicken pieces in a large bowl and add all the ingredients in the marinate list.
- Mix all the ingredients and rub it to chicken pieces well. Set aside and marinate for 30 mins.
- Mix the marinated chicken pieces with the potato starch and plain flour mix. Coat the chicken pieces well and toss the excess flour out before frying.
- Heat the oil into high heat about 350° F. Add the coated chicken pieces and deep fry for 2-3 mins until the chicken starts floating on the oil. Remove from oil and set aside for 4-5 mins.
- Then reheat the oil to high heat and deep fry the wings again till the color changed into crispy golden brown. ( Double frying make the chicken more crispy)
- Transfer the fried chicken pieces to the serving plate.
- Garnish with Lemon wedges and serve with Japanese Mayonese. Serve immediately while hot.
- Sprinkle Japanese Shichimi chilli pepper mix on the Mayonese. ( Optional )
Notes
- Mirin - is a Japanese cooking rice wine, ideal for this tori karaage recipe. If you cannot find it, you can use sake or dry sherry wine instead.
- Mirin substitute - If you are making halal or non-alcohol karaage, you can skip adding mirin to this recipe. Or you can also try it with halal mirin.
- Japanese soy sauce - You can either use regular all-purpose Japanese soy sauce or Chinese light soy sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 923mg | Potassium: 331mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 78IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 2mg
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