Chicken Karaage: Chicken Karaage is a Japanese fried chicken recipe of bite sized chicken which are topnotch juicy with a crispy, crunchy outside coating.
Karaage is a Japanese cooking approach, in which various foods are deep fried in oil. This process involves the small pieces of meat being marinated and then coated in a mixture of flour and potato starch and then deep frying in oil.
Ingredients for Chicken Karaage:
- 300g of boneless chicken thighs with skin on
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of cooking sake
- 5g freshly grated ginger
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- ¼ cup of potato starch
- Salt
- Sugar
- Cooking oil
Preparation of Chicken Karaage:
- Cut down chicken: Start with cutting down the chicken into bite sized pieces of thick chunk, leaving the skin on for a little crispiness.
- Marination of the chicken: Make a mixture by adding the 5g of freshly grated ginger, 2 cloves of crushed garlic, 3 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of cooking sake, salt and sugar into a bowl and mix them until they are well combined. After that, add the chicken pieces and coat them well. Allow the marinated chicken to settle for 30 minutes.
- Adding the starch: After keeping the marinated chicken for 30 minutes, drain the excess water or liquid from the chicken and add ¼ cup of the potato starch and mix them well until the chicken pieces are fully coated.
- Frying the chicken: Take enough oil in a pan for deep frying and heat it around 180°C. Test the temperature of the oil by dropping some flour in the oil, if it sizzles then the oil is ready for frying. Pour the pieces into the hot oil and fry them until they are golden brown in colour. Remove and allow the chicken pieces to drain the excess oil on a paper towel.
- Serving: the chicken karaage can be served either hot or cold with a little squeeze of lemon juice on it and mayonnaise dips.
Tips:
- Chicken breasts can also be used instead of the chicken thighs, but thighs are more apt for this recipe as they are more succulent as compared to the chicken breasts. Chicken wings can also be an option for it.
- Karaage tastes good when it is cold.
- It can be served with rice or as appetizers.
- If the chicken karaage is being air fried or oven baking, make sure that there is enough oil coated on the top so that the chicken is colour changed into golden brown.
- It can be served with different types of dips like spicy mayo, garlic mayo, honey lemon or simply lemon juice squeezed on it.
This recipe is simple and easy to make and is a great food option for parties or any type of get together.
PREP TIME- 10 MINUTES
COOKING TIME- 25 MINUTES
SERVINGS- 3-4
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