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Chicken Breast is Popular Overseas
My Karaage and the Batter

Chicken Breast is Popular Overseas

Chicken breast meat is more popular abroad, and thighs are usually sold with bones. When I first came to Finland, I could hardly find thigh meat, so I used to make pork karaage.

Pork Karaage, No Sake, No Mirin

These chunky pieces of pork karaage are seasoned mouth-watering with a rich sweet&salty marinade of ginger and garlic. Cooked karaage-style.

However, after six months in Finland, I started to see chicken thigh in various supermarkets. To be precise, it may be that I finally discovered that thigh meat is sold in the market. The thigh is smaller than Japanese thighs and does not have the skin on it. Probably due to the different working procedure. But I am very grateful that I do not have to remove it from the bone myself.

My Karaage and the Batter

My karaage is sweetly seasoned. I have eaten fried chicken at many restaurants, but I think our karaage is the best. If you think sweet seasoning is not acceptable, please give it a try. The rumor got around that Ahi’s karaage was somehow delicious, and at my high school’s sports day, I packed a lunch box full of karaage and completed the lunch box by exchanging with my friends.

I think it depends on the family what they use for the batter. I’ve always been a fan of potato starch. After experimenting with different proportions, I think half potato starch and half flour is fine for the texture and many other reasons. I also have a recipe for making a crunchy batter. For more details, please see this article.

Batter for Karaage: The Ratio and How to Make It Crispy

The batter for karaage is flour or potato starch. You can change the crispiness by the ratio.This recipe is for a more crispy texture karaage.

Japanese Chicken Karaage, No Sake, No Mirin

Name: Japanese Chicken Karaage, No Sake, No Mirin
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 400 g chicken thigh (or chicken wing); 3 Tbsp soy sauce; 3 Tbsp brown sugar; 1 Tbsp water; 5 g ginger (1 slice, *1); oil (for deep fry); potato starch (for roll chicken in before frying); plastic bag; kitchen paper; frying tong

One of the most famous and popular Japanese foods is no doubt chicken karaage. Here’s a perfect and easy recipe, without sake and mirin!

Prep Time5 mins

Rest Before Cook30 mins

Cook Time20 mins

KeywordMeat Prep

Servings2 people

INGREDIENTS

ingredient

chicken thigh (or chicken wing) 400 g

seasoning

soy sauce 3 Tbsp
brown sugar 3 Tbsp
water 1 Tbsp
ginger (1 slice, *1) 5 g

for cooking

oil (for deep fry)
potato starch (for roll chicken in before frying)

tool

plastic bag
kitchen paper
frying tong

INSTRUCTIONS

preparation

Grind ginger.
Put soy sauce, brown sugar, water and ginger in the bag and mix well.
Cut chicken thigh to chunky pieces.
Put the chicken in the seasoning bag and mix with a massaging motion.
Let the chicken come in the fridge more than 30 minutes, for stronger seasoning let it rest overnight(*2).

cooking

For the crispy batter, you can check this recipe.
Batter for Karaage: The Ratio and How to Make It Crispy
The batter for karaage is flour or potato starch. You can change the crispiness by the ratio.This recipe is for a more crispy texture karaage.
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2021.07.06
Heat oil to 180 degrees.
Wipe the chicken with kitchen paper before the next phase.
Roll chicken lightly in potato starch and put it directly in the hot oil.
Fry for 3-5 minutes. Chicken is ready when the sizzling sound calms down and it has a nice brownish surface.
Drain the ready the chicken on kitchen paper(*3).
Serve nicely and it’s ready.
Here is the simple salty karaage recipe.
Juicy Salted Karaage: Season and Freeze as Meal Prep
Normal karaage is seasoned with soy sauce and sugar. This is simple salty taste, and also tasty. You can season and freeze it for meal prep.
pieceofoishi.com
2021.09.20
You can change the karaage taste with sweet sour sauce.
Karaage with Sweet Sour Sauce, Perfect Meal Prep
Normally, karaage is seasoned with soy sauce and sugar. This is simple salty taste, with sweet sour sauce. It's a perfect meal prep.
pieceofoishi.com
2021.09.20
Pork karaage is also delicious.
Pork Karaage, No Sake, No Mirin
These chunky pieces of pork karaage are seasoned mouth-watering with a rich sweet&salty marinade of ginger and garlic. Cooked karaage-style.
pieceofoishi.com
2020.11.02
Here you can find more seasoned meat recipe.
Easy & Juicy Meat Prep Archives - Piece of Oishi
Season the meat to make it tender and juicy, then freeze it to make really nice meat preps! Easy & juicy Prep meat recipes!
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NOTES

The seasoning is also delicious with garlic. Personally, I like fried pork with garlic and fried chicken without garlic.

Pork Karaage, No Sake, No Mirin

These chunky pieces of pork karaage are seasoned mouth-watering with a rich sweet&salty marinade of ginger and garlic. Cooked karaage-style.

After the preparation process, it is convenient to season the meat in the refrigerator and then freeze it. So that, it can be thawed and cooked immediately. When I buy meat, I season it with this and that before freezing.

Carefully wipe off the water from the meat. A thin coat of potato starch is all that is needed. If you do this process carefully, you will end up with crispy fried chicken.

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