Japanese Crispy Chicken Recipes

JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN (KARAAGE CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Pat chicken pieces dry with paper towel. Put the chicken and the Marinade ingredients into a ziplock bag or a bowl.
• Massage the bag well ensuring that all pieces are coated with the marinade. Marinate for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Heat enough oil in a deep pot or pan to 160°C/320°F (note 3). The depth of the oil should be about 3-4cm/1¼-1½".
• Meanwhile, drain excess marinade from the chicken, place the chicken pieces on paper towels to remove excess liquid, and put them in a bowl.
• Sprinkle over the corn flour and turn chicken to coat every piece with corn flour.
• Fry chicken in batches. Add several chicken pieces to the oil one by one and fry for about 2.5-3 minutes (note 4). You may want to move the chicken pieces around as they tend to stick to the bottom of the pot/pan.
• Take the chicken pieces out of the oil and rest for at least 3-4 minutes (note 5) on paper towels. Repeat with remaining chicken pieces.
• Skim any flour crumbs from the oil if there are any and increase the temperature of the oil to 190-200°C/374-392°F (note 3).
• Put the chicken pieces back into the oil in batches and fry for about 30 seconds to 1 minute until golden brown and crunchy. Repeat with remaining chicken pieces.
• Serve immediately with shredded lettuce and parsley for decoration if using.

JAPANESE CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut wings in half, dip in egg and coat with flour.
• Heat butter in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Fry wings until deep brown. Place in a shallow roasting pan.
• In a small bowl combine soy sauce, water, sugar, vinegar, garlic powder and salt. Pour over wings.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, basting wings with sauce often.

JAPANESE CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN - KARA-AGE

Steps:

• Cut chicken in bite size pieces. In a plastic container or large ziploc bag, combine grated ginger, garlic, soy sauce and Sake.
• Put the chicken in the marinade and mix chicken well. Put the chicken in the fridge for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a deep frying pan or a wok, heat vegetable oil to 180 degree Celsius or 350°F
• Dust the chicken with potato starch and fry in the oil until golden. To make them really crispy, lift chicken from the oil with chopsticks or tongs from time to time so that the chicken will be aired out (so to speak).

JAPANESE CRISPY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Marinade:.
• Mix all the ingredients together.
• Chicken:.
• Trim off all the yellow fat from the chicken.
• Prick it all over with a fork.
• Rub the salt and pepper into the chicken.
• Marinate the chicken for about 30 minutes.
• Heat the oil for deep frying in a wok or deep pan.
• Dry the chicken with the kitchen paper.
• Coat the chicken with the corn starch.
• Shake off any extra corn starch.
• Deep fry until nice and golden colour and cooked through.
• We can tell by how it feels, but you might check it with a skewer and see that no red juices are running.

CRISPY JAPANESE-STYLE CHICKEN BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix together the mirin, garlic, soy and ginger to make a marinade. Mix 1 tbsp of this into the mayonnaise, then cover and chill. Put the chicken in a large bowl, pour over the remaining marinade and leave at room temperature for 10 mins, or longer in the fridge if you have time.
• Spread the cornflour over a plate and roll the chicken pieces in it until coated. Heat 2cm oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Carefully add one-third of the chicken and fry for about 8 mins, turning occasionally, until crisp and cooked through. Lift from the oil, set aside on kitchen paper, then repeat with the rest of the chicken. Serve in the rolls with the mayonnaise and lettuce.

JAPANESE STYLE CRISP CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Clip wing tips off and discard.
• Separate wings at joints.
• Wash and drain well.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together salt, soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, grated ginger and minced garlic.
• Add chicken wing pieces into a large zip-loc bag.
• Pour soy sauce mixture over the wings, shake bag to coat well.
• Place bag in refrigerator and marinate for 3 to 4 hours or longer.
• When ready to use, drain well in a large sieve or a rack for at least 1/2 hour.
• In a mixing bowl, mix together flour and bread crumbs.
• Roll wing pieces in flour mixture until nicely coated.
• Deep fry in batches in hot oil in a WOK until nicely browned, about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring often.

JAPANESE/ORIENTAL/ASIAN CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Chop chicken into bite size pieces; put in a sealable bag.
• Mince ginger and garlic, put them inside the bag along with the soy sauce, oyster sauce, sake and sesame oil.
• Leave for 15 minutes for the flavours to get absorbed.
• Add the cornstarch to the bag, shake and mix well.
• Fry in heated oil, medium heat. when browned, turn over. at the very end, increase heat to high to get them as crispy as possible.
• Drain excess oil on kitchen paper, enjoy!
• Uou could add sliced scallions to this too.