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Karaage Chicken (No Deep Frying)
From a video by CHEF'S LABO 自宅で出来るプロの味 · 5 min watch
Japanese fried chicken (karaage) prepared without deep frying by pan-frying in a small amount of oil after marinating in a savory mixture and coating with flour and corn starch.
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Source video — CHEF'S LABO 自宅で出来るプロの味 on YouTube
From the creator
Total time
15 minutes+
Hands-on
15 minutes
Servings
2 servings
Difficulty
EasyEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
Extraction confidence: high
Auto-generated from the video and rewritten in our own words. Double-check quantities against the source before cooking.
Ingredients
Ingredients scaled to 2 servings
- 300 g chicken thigh, boneless, cut into bite-sized pieces
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
- black pepper, to taste
- ½ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sake
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp garlic
- ½ tsp ginger
- ¼ tsp Toban Djan
- 1 egg
- tbsp all purpose flour
- corn starch, to taste, for coating
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
Preparation
- Step 1Combine the salt, sugar, black pepper, soy sauce, sake, oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, Toban Djan and egg. Add the chicken thigh and massage the marinade into the meat for at least 1 minute. Add the all purpose flour and mix until evenly coated. Mix the flour separately so the seasoning penetrates the chicken properly.
- Step 2Add corn starch to the coated chicken and mix lightly. Use one hand for tools and the other for the coating to keep hands clean. Leave a few minutes so the coating sticks together and does not separate after cooking.
- Step 3Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add the neutral oil. Slide the chicken pieces into the pan to prevent sticking together. Shake the pan occasionally to swirl the oil around. Cook until one side is browned, flip and brown the other side. Crowding the pan helps the oil spread and makes deep frying unnecessary.
- Step 4Remove the chicken and rest for 3 minutes on paper towel to drain excess oil. For a bigger batch, wipe the pan and use fresh oil for the next batch.
Notes
- Sugar, sake, egg help the chicken to stay juicy.
- This recipe isn't spicy. The chilli paste works as umami booster.
- Flour helps the seasoning to stick to the meat, and protect the chicken from drying.
- Mix flour separately. if you mix everything in once, the seasoning doesn't penetrate into the chicken.
- If you make bigger batch, wipe the pan and use fresh oil for the next batch.