Best Japanese Fried Chicken Recipes

KARAAGE (JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• In a shallow baking dish large enough to hold the chicken, combine ginger, garlic, sake, soy sauce and sugar. Toss chicken pieces in marinade to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours.
• Fill an aluminum or thin stainless steel pot (best for quick temperature adjustments), with sides at least 5 inches tall, with about 3 inches of peanut oil. Heat the oil to 350 degrees. Place several layers of newsprint or paper towels on a sheet pan.
• While the oil heats, place a wire rack over a second sheet pan. In a bowl, combine potato starch, salt and pepper. Remove one piece of chicken at a time from marinade, and tuck in any jagged bits or skin as you roll it in starch mixture to coat. Rest it on the rack. Repeat with all chicken pieces.
• Gently shake off excess potato starch before cooking each piece of chicken. Fry 3 or 4 pieces at a time, keeping oil temperature around 325 degrees (temperature will fall when you add chicken) and no lower than 300 degrees. Fry for about 3 minutes, or until golden. Remove from oil using a wire-mesh spoon or long chopsticks, and cool on newsprint or paper towels.
• When all the chicken has been fried once, increase the oil's temperature to 375 degrees. Fry chicken pieces a second time, keeping the oil between 350 and 375 degrees, until the crust is deep golden brown, about 1 minute. Drain on newsprint or paper towels. This second frying makes the coating stay extra crisp, even if you don't serve it immediately.
• Serve hot or at room temperature, with a lemon wedge, and lettuce and cucumber slices for a cool, fresh contrast, if you like.

CHICKEN KARAAGE (JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, sake, and ginger in a large bowl. Add chicken; turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and let marinate in the refrigerator, about 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place cornstarch in a large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken; seal bag and toss until chicken is coated with cornstarch.
• Fry chicken in batches until juices run clear and it is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels or on a wire rack.

JAPANESE-STYLE DEEP FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together eggs, salt, pepper, sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, and bouillon. Add chicken pieces, and stir to coat. Cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Remove bowl from refrigerator, add potato starch and rice flour to meat, and mix well.
• In a large skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C). Place chicken in hot oil, and fry until golden brown. Cook meat in batches to maintain oil temperature. Drain briefly on paper towels. Serve hot.

JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN (CHICKEN KARAAGE)

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken, cut off any excess fat and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and the pepper. Using a sharp knife, score the chicken, especially in fibrous parts of the meat. Use the point of the knife to poke small holes in the chicken, then cut the chicken in bite-size (1 1/2-inch) pieces.
• In a mixing bowl combine the chicken, sake, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix well, rubbing the marinade into the chicken. Marinate for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Add the egg slowly to the chicken while mixing with your hands. Add the cornstarch and lightly toss to coat the chicken. In a medium saucepan heat the vegetable oil over medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer reads 335 degrees F. Fry the chicken, a few pieces at a time, until golden brown, about 10 minutes (the internal temperature of the meat should be 165 degrees F). Shake off any excess grease. Cool and reserve the oil for another use. Plate the chicken and garnish with lemon wedges to serve.

KARAAGE (JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Mix garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sake, mirin, sesame oil, black pepper, cayenne, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Place chicken in the marinade and mix until thoroughly and evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 10 hours.
• Set up your dredging station: Place a wire rack over a foil-lined baking sheet. Add potato starch to a wide, shallow bowl.
• Remove chicken from the refrigerator. Stir to coat with marinade. Toss 2 or 3 pieces at a time in the potato starch until evenly coated. Shake off any excess starch and place chicken on the wire rack. Repeat to dredge remaining pieces.
• Tap the rack on the baking sheet to remove any loose chunks of starch, then transfer the baking sheet and rack of chicken to the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Without crowding, lower chicken carefully into the hot oil in batches. Fry, tossing occasionally, until cooked through and the outside is crunchy and browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Repeat with remaining chicken.

KARAAGE (JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN) WITH HONEY MAYOSTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix 1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon honey, garlic, and ginger together in a bowl. Add chicken; turn to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.
• Whisk egg in a bowl until smooth.
• Pour panko bread crumbs into a shallow bowl. Dip chicken pieces in whisked egg and roll in panko until coated.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cook chicken in batches in the hot oil until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain excess oil.
• Mix Japanese mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons honey, Dijon mustard, mirin, and 1 tablespoon soy sauce together to make sauce. Pour sauce over chicken.

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).

TEBASAKI (JAPANESE-STYLE DEEP FRIED CHICKEN WINGS)

Steps:

• Make a cut along the bone of each chicken wing.
• Lightly coat the chicken wings with the flour.
• Shallow fry (at 300°F) the chicken wings in 1cm of vegetable oil over a low heat for 8 minutes or until they are light brown.
• Remove the wings and turn up the heat on the pan (375°F). Add the wings and fry for a further 2 minutes until crisply. Remove and place on a paper towel.
• Mix the sake, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, and garlic powder and heat, either in a bowl in the microwave or on the stove in a pot. Coat the wings with the sauce.
• Season with salt and pepper, and coat with the white sesame seeds.

JAPANESE-STYLE FRIED CHICKEN RICE BURGER RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Put chicken thigh in a bag, add soy sauce, sake, mirin, garlic, ginger and marinate in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
• Put potato starch powder and sift flour in the bowl and mix well.
• Heat frying oil to 350°F (176°C) add chicken and fry.
• Make mustard mayonnaise. Put mayonnaise, honey, japanese mustard, and miso in a bowl and mix well.
• Make Rice Buns. Put rice in a container. Wrapped in seran wrap, press with a small tool to shape it. In the same way, create three more.
• Put the sesame oil in a frying pan and cook rice buns. After they become golden, take them out.
• Green leaf on one side of chicken, cover with mayonnaise, put the rice bun on top,
• Enjoy!

JAPANESE CHICKEN KARAAGE (FRIED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Cut chicken meat into a bite sized pieces.
• Sprinkle a teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon of Japanese Sake on the meats, knead them, and leave it about 30 minutes.
• Sop up the Sake with paper towels and put the meats, all spices, and flour into a plastic bag.
• Knead the plastic bag until all spices and flour cover all meats.
• Fill a pan with vegetable oil for deep frying and heat it up with middle flame. When the pan is heated up enough, put the meats into the pan.
• If your pan is big enough(about 30 cm diameter), you can put them all at once (Don't put only a few pieces; it will make only the surface of meat char).
• Notes: If you see bubbles as soon as you put a wooden chop stick into the oil, this is too hot. If you see them after 2 seconds, it's just the right temperature. After deep-frying the meat about 7~8 minutes, make the flame stronger.
• When the chicken fried beautifully brown, take them out of the pan onto paper towels.
• In addition If you sprinkle lemon juice on the chicken, it tastes better.

CHICKEN KARAAGE : JAPANESE-CHINESE STYLE FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• (you can use another kind of oil; I just prefer peanut oil) Cut up the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces. You can take off the skin if you like, though it does make the chicken crispier. Put the chicken pieces in a bowl. Add the grated ginger, soy sauce and sake, and mix well. Let marinate for a minimum of 1/2 hour, and up to about 1 hour (not too long or the salt in the soy sauce will toughen up the chicken.) Heat the oil. Toss in enough cornstarch into the marinated chicken so that each piece is completely coated. Fry the chicken pieces a few at a time until a deep golden brown. Drain well, and eat with a squeeze of lemon juice.

JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN KARAAGE WITH ONION GINGER RELISH

Steps:

• Massage chicken pieces with 1/2 tsp salt (to remove any unpleasant smell) and wash under cold running water and pat dry.
• If using bone in chicken legs, cut thigh meat (not skin side)in several areas to make leg sections lay flatter. Using the dull side of knife, pound slightly to flatten more. If using boneless chicken thighs, pound lightly to flatten for quick frying.
• Combine marinade/coating mixture thoroughly in a large bowl and marinate chicken for 30 minutes. Because this coating is thick, it is best to use your hand to coat the chicken pieces. In Asia, we call these types of coating marinades as simply marinades since it does impart taste to the food being marinated.
• While chicken is marinating, make vinegar sauce by combining all sauce ingredients and set aside.
• Make relish by combining all relish ingredients and set aside.
• With ample oil (about 1 inch in depth) in a wok or deep fryer, heat oil to medium high. Fry chicken turning them occasionally and adjust heat for even frying. They are done when nicely browned and crunchy, and no longer red in the center. This takes approximately 30-40 minutes for bone-in leg sections and about 15-20 minutes for boneless thigh sections. Timing will depend on how high the temperature is.
• Remove and cut in bite size pieces using a cleaver for bone in chicken or cut in bite size pieces using a regular kitchen knife for boneless chicken. Usually one leg section will yield 4 to 5 cut sections. Arrange on large platter and drizzle vinegar sauce over the chicken pieces and arrange a mound of relish on top.

DELUXE JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken and dry pieces with paper towel.
• Mix all other ingredients and pour over chicken. Place in covered container and marinate in refrigerator overnight.
• Deep fry.

KARA-AGE - JAPANESE STYLE FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Grate the ginger and squeeze it over a bowl to extract it's juices. Add the sake or wine and soya.
• Cut the chicken thighs into four chunks and rub well with the marinade, then set aside in the marinade for 30 minutes.
• Heat the oil slowly for 165-170oC/330-340oF. Pat the chicken dry on paper towel. When the oil is hot, dust the chicken generously with cornflour and lower the pieces into the oil. To maintain the oil temperature, do not add too many chicken pieces at once. Deep fry the chicken pieces for 4-5 mins, until crisp, golden and cooked through.
• Halve on chicken piece to make sure it is cooked inside. Drain the rest of the chicken, then serve hot or cold.
• Garnished with salad leaves.

IRON CHEF WINNER'S JAPANESE PAN-FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Remove excess fat from chicken.
• Remove hard end tips of mushrooms, and cut into halves or fourths depending on size.
• Destem and remove seeds from peppers; cut into 4-6 pieces if bell peppers are used.
• Heat a non-stick fry pan over medium-high heat until hot; add chicken skin side down, and cook until skin crisps and turns golden.
• Turn chicken and cook other side until brown.
• Add mushrooms and peppers to pan.
• When meat is cooked done, add the mirin and the soy sauce; turn chicken and vegetables frequently.
• Remove chicken when sauce thickens; cut into bite-size pieces.
• Arrange all on a platter.
• Serve sansho pepper and shichimi togarashi as table condiments.

JAPANESE-STYLE DEEP FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together eggs, salt, pepper, sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, and bouillon. Add chicken pieces, and stir to coat. Cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Remove bowl from refrigerator, add potato starch and rice flour to meat, and mix well.
• In a large skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C). Place chicken in hot oil, and fry until golden brown. Cook meat in batches to maintain oil temperature. Drain briefly on paper towels.
• Serve hot.

JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• For the marinade:.
• Combine the chicken, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar and scallions in a bowl, and mix thoroughly. Marinate the chicken overnight for at least 12 hours.
• For the slaw:.
• Shred the cabbage, and then combine the shredded cabbage with the vinegar, pepper, salt and sugar until the cabbage is thoroughly coated.
• For the chicken:.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade, and coat completely in the cornstarch. Rest the chicken in the cornstarch for 20 minutes to ensure it adheres completely.
• Heat the oil over medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 350 degrees F. Fry the chicken until it floats to the top and reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
• Drain the chicken on a wire rack set over a sheet try or on paper towels, and then season with salt and togarashi.
• Serve with the cabbage slaw and garnish with the scallions and kecap manis.
• Cook's Note:.
• Kecap manis is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce and gochugaru is a Korean red pepper powder.

JAPANESE-STYLE FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep heavy-bottomed pot until it reaches 350 degrees on a deep-fry thermometer.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together coating mix with water until a medium-thick batter forms. Working in batches, dredge chicken in batter to completely coat and add to hot oil. Cook, turning occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Meanwhile, dredge chiles in batter and add to hot oil; cook until crisp, about 1 minute.
• Transfer chicken and chiles to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Serve with slaw and steamed buns. Garnish with lime and cilantro, as desired.

JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN BENTO RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Cut chicken thigh to bite-size pieces and put in a plastic bag. Combine curry powder, sugar, grated garlic, grated ginger, soy sauce, and sake, and rub well. Marinate for 1 hour in the fridge.
• In a bowl, combine flour and potato starch, and mix well. Dredge marinated chicken in mixture, shaking off excess.
• Fry chicken until golden brown, then drain on a paper towel. Place into the bento box.
• Enjoy!

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.