Karaage Chicken
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Karaage, pronounced kara-ah-geh, is a Japanese dish originating from China and made by deep frying small bitesize pieces of marinated chicken.

Although deep fried, karaage can still be part of a light dish and are a perfect combination with freshly steamed rice. If you make more than you need, simply pop them in a bento box and enjoy them for lunch tomorrow!

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Ingredients

How to prepare

  • Begin by cutting up the chicken into small bite-size pieces. If some pieces have the skin remaining, you can leave the skin on for extra crispiness and authenticity!

  • Slice up a large piece of ginger and a few cloves of garlic and add to a bowl with a little soy sauce and cooking sake. Add the chicken and allow it to marinade for approximately 30 minutes.

  • In a separate bowl, add your katakuriko starch powder. One by one, take the chicken pieces out from the marinade and roll them in the katakuriko powder until they are fully coated.

  • Heat up some cooking oil in a pan and gently deep fry the karaage for about 5 minutes until they are golden brown, crispy and delicious.
    Serve with a slice of lemon and Japanese mayonnaise and see what Ronald McDonald is missing with his chicken nuggets!

Tips and information

    • If you want to make karaage without the fuss, try using a ready made flour variety which includes all the ingredients in one pack. Simply marinade the chicken pieces in this flour for 5 minutes and then fry.
    • Although chicken breast can be used for this recipe, Japanese people generally tend to prefer chicken thighs as it has more flavour and is generally less dry.
    • Karaage tastes just as good when it is cold so why not try in a bento or at a summer picnic.
    • A similar variation on this dish, called Tebasaki is made in a similar manner, but from chicken wings instead.

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    Sarah May 13, 2012

    I’ve made a blog entry about this recipe. It was so easy to make and very delicious!

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    Here’s my photo blog entry for Karaage Chicken

    http://camerashake.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/recipe-of-the-day-karaage-chicken/

    Please visit if you have spare time :) Thank you!

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