Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken karaage. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bite-size pieces of chicken are marinated in ginger, sake, and soy sauce before being deep-fried in this Japanese-style Chicken Karaage. For chicken karaage, it's essentially bite-size chicken thigh dusted with flour and deep-fried in hot oil. With tender and juicy marinated chicken coated in a crispy shell, Karaage is a staple in Japanese home-cooked meals.
Chicken Karaage is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Karaage is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken karaage using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Karaage:
- Make ready 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- Get 3 tbsp sake
- Take 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 2 tsp minced garlic
- Prepare 2 tsp minced ginger
- Take Salt and pepper
- Get 1/2 cup flour
- Get 1/2 cup corn/potato starch
- Take Oil for frying
Karaage, is a deep-fried dish where a protein or vegetable is coated in potato starch and deep-fried until crisp. Chicken is the most common protein, but it's also made with seafood, such as blowfish. Karaage Chicken is one of the most popular Japanese dishes not only within Japan but abroad as well. The chicken is marinated with soy sauce, sake, ginger and mirin to give a touch of sweetness.
Steps to make Chicken Karaage:
- Cut chicken into bite size pieces
- Mix sake, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Add chicken and stir altogether. Put in the fridge to marinate for at least 30 minutes. The longer you leave it, the more flavourful it will be.
- Combine flour and corn starch in a bowl and start to coat the marinated chicken.
- Heat oil in deep fryer or in a pot on the stove at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. I recommend using a thermometer if you are not sure what setting on your stove is 350.
- Once the oil is ready, drop in the chicken and fry for 5-7 minutes, or until a darker golden brown.
- Once ready, put on paper towel to absorb the oil. That’s it, you’re ready to eat!
Chicken pieces are deep fried twice to make them crunchy on the outside and juicy inside - a little known secret outside of Japan! In a large bowl, combine the chicken, sake, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic. Add the egg and potato starch to the chicken. Karaage is Japanese style fried chicken (two words: kara age). It is a great appetizer for your drinks, kids (and adult) friendly dinner, and also a perfect small dish for your lunch box.
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