Japanese

Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)

Name: Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sake; 1 tbsp grated ginger; 2 garlic cloves; 1/2 cup potato starch; 3 cups neutral oil for frying

Yuki @yuki_1993

Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sake
1 tbsp grated ginger
2 garlic cloves
1/2 cup potato starch
3 cups neutral oil for frying

How to cook it

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and toss with the soy sauce, sake, ginger, and garlic; marinate 15 minutes.
Drain the chicken briefly, then toss in the potato starch until evenly coated.
Heat the oil to 340F and fry the chicken in batches until pale gold, about 3 minutes.
Let the pieces rest a minute, then fry a second time at 350F until deep golden and crisp, about 2 minutes more.
Drain and serve hot.

Watch how to cook Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 560 kcal
Protein: 33 g
Carbs: 9 g
Fat: 44 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 680 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Tori no Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.