Hello. i am Masa.
This time I will share a delicious
Japanese style chicken recipe with you guy.
It calls Izakayu
chicken kara age
The name in Chinese is
居酒屋風唐揚雞肉.
This is the Japanese style deep-fried chicken.
In many japan-dramas,
you can find that “chicken kara age”
is a very popular appetizer in the Izakaya (Japanese pub).
It is good to go with beer.
I love chicken kara age too.
Actually, there are many different ways to make it.
The restaurants have their
own secret recipe of seasoning.
This time l will introduce a simple way
to make chicken kara age.
Rice and Miso soup are good matching choices.
You can also prepare the salad to balance a meal.
It will be also a great dish for packing into the lunch box.
Okay, lets get started.
2 pieces of chicken thigh
Remove the bones and cut off the sinew .
Cut into 6 or 8 pieces, depend on the chicken thigh size.
Suitable size can keep the chicken juice, so don’t cut it too small.
Remove the skin of the ginger, the spoon can help you do it easily.
Grate the ginger. Use the tinfoil when you grate ginger, it can simplify the cleaning.
2 pieces of garlic
Grate it.
Clean~
The following, i will show you how to season the chicken.
One tip here, don’t add in too much Mirin and soy sauce.
If you add in too much of them,
the chicken will become charring when deep-frying.
If you want the strong taste, you can add in more salt.
Sake 3 table spoon
Mirin 1/2 table spoon
Salt 1/2 tea spoon
Soy sauce 1 table spoon
Sesame oil 1 tea spoon
Grated ginger 1/2 tea spoon Grated garlic 1/2 tea spoon
Mix it
Add in the chicken and mix well.
Marinate for 15 to 20 minutes.
Okay. The chicken absorbed enough favor already.
Now we can add in the flour.
The are two ways to coat the chicken.
Method 1, take the chicken out of sauce, and sprinkle a bit of flour on the chicken. Then deep-fry it immediately.
This method makes the chicken being crispy and soft inside,
the mouth-feel like Japanese style deep-fried tofu.
Method 2, add the flour into the chicken and sauce.
Mix well until you can’t see any flour and the batter should cover all the chicken.
It makes the coating of chicken become crunchy, increasing the crispness and satiety.
I use method 2 to make chicken kara age this time.
I have prepared both the cake flour and potato starch.
Cake flour brings crunchy texture,
and the potato starch brings crispy texture.
So I will use both of them in order to get the balance.
Cake flour 3 table spoon
Mix it
Potato starch 3 table spoon
Mix it gently so the skin can stick to the chicken
Okay, start to deep-fry it.
I will deep-fry the chicken twice.
First time place the chicken in 160°c oil until medium-well,
The chicken will continue to be cooked with the retained heat.
Then, use 180°c oil deep-fry the chicken till become golden brown and crispy.
Make sure the chicken reaching room temperature before deep-frying.
It helps you to avoid charring the chicken before well-done.
First, check the oil tempeature
The best way to know the temperature of oil is using the cooking electronic thermometer.
If you don’t have the thermometer, you can use the following method to check the temperature.
Put a little bit of batter into the hot oil, if the batter floating slowly (quickly), the oil almost reach 160°c (180°c).
Place the chicken into the oil,
don’t place too many at once in order to keep the oil temperature.
Remove when it turns to crispy and golden.
Deep-frying the rest of them.
Rest for 4 to 5 minutes. The chicken will continue to be cooked with the retained heat.
Raise the temperature to 180°c. Put a little bit of batter into the hot oil, if the batter floating quickly, the oil almost reach 180°c.
put the chicken back in for about 45 seconds to extract excessive oil.
Deep-frying twice is the tip for gaining crispiness while not getting too oily.
Drain on paper towel, and decorate it.
Finally, very tasty ....
( forgot the Chinese name again..>.<)
Chicken kara age finished.
Arr..
This is my favourite Izakaya dish.
Add some lemon juice will be a good choice.
Japanese : i ta da ki ma su
Umm... very juice, flavorful and crispy.
It smells great..
My mouth is filled with the meat juice.
It tastes really good, I can't stop to eat it
It is prefect to go with the beer.
Arr... so happy ^3^
Drink in moderation. It feels so good.
It is also good to eat with the rice and Miso soup. That will be the great idea for lunch or dinner.
So that it is good to share with your family, kids must love it so bad
Remember the feed-frying tip, you can make the super juice chicken kara age too.
You must try when you have time.
Thank you for watching.
^.^