Kara-Age

Name: Kara-Age (Fried Chicken)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, grated; 1 teaspoon raw (demerara) sugar; 1 organic lemon; oil, for deep-frying; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boneless chicken breast or thigh; 1 egg; 1½ tablespoons soy sauce; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 5 tablespoons potato starch; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 2 cm (¾ in) ginger, grated; freshly ground pepper

Fried Chicken

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Tokyo Cult Recipes

By Maori Murota

Published 2015

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boneless chicken breast or thigh

Method

Cut the chicken into 4 cm (1½ in) pieces. Combine all the marinade ingredients in a bowl, add the chicken and mix well. Leave to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (or overnight). Stir the marinade and chicken again well before frying, as the potato starch tends to settle on the bottom of the bowl. Pour a 5 cm (2 in) depth of oil into a large saucepan and