Karaage

Name: Karaage
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams chicken thighs boneless, skin-on cut into 1 in. pieces; 1 clove garlic grated; 1 Tbsp ginger grated; 2 teaspoons granulated sugar; 2 servings lemon for serving; 79 milliliters potato starch; 2 Tbsps soy sauce use tamari to make it gluten-free; 2 servings vegetable oil for frying; 1 Tbsp ake

Need From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up ake, granulated sugar, soy sauce use tamari to make it, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing

Instructions

Add the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sake and sugar to a bowl and whisk to combine.

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Soy Sauce

Garlic

Ginger

Sugar

Sake

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the chicken, then stir to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

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Whole Chicken

Add 1 inch of vegetable oil to a heavy bottomed pot and heat until the oil reaches 360 degrees F. Line a wire rack with 2 sheets of paper towels and get your tongs out.

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Cooking Oil

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Paper Towels

Wire Rack

Tongs

Pot

Put the potato starch in a bowl

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Potato Starch

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Bowl

Add a handful of chicken to the potato starch and toss to coat each piece evenly. Fry the chicken in batches until the exterior is a medium brown and the chicken is cooked through.

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Potato Starch

Whole Chicken

Transfer the fried chicken to the paper towel lined rack. If you want the chicken to stay crispy longer, you can fry the chicken a second time, until it's a darker color after it's cooled off once.

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Whole Chicken

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Paper Towels

Serve with lemon wedges.

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Lemon Wedge