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Salt Lemon Japanese Fried Chicken Thigh (Karaage) - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Salt Lemon Japanese Fried Chicken Thigh (Karaage).
We seasoned chicken thighs with salt lemon and make it into Japanese fried chicken (karaage). The richness of chicken thigh goes well with the flavor of lemon. The rice goes well and it is also easy to cook as a finger food with alcohol or for a lunch box. Please try a different karaage from the usual.
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Cook time

30 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Chicken thigh
    300 g
  • Lemon
    1
  • Seasoning
  • Cooking sake
    1 tbsp
  • Chicken soup stock (powder, cube, liquid)
    1 tsp
  • Salt
    1/2 tsp
  • Grated ginger
    1/2 tsp
  • Grated garlic
    1/2 tsp
  • Starch
    4 tbsp
  • Frying oil
    as needed

How to make

  1. Prepare. Grate the lemon zest with a grater.
  2. 1. Cut chicken thigh into bite-sized pieces.
  3. 2. Cut the lemon in half, squeeze with a squeezer, remove the seeds, and divide into 40 ml (1.35oz) portions.
  4. 3. Add Step 1, Step 2, lemon zest, and seasoning ingredients into a tray, rub well with your hands, cover with plastic wrap, and rest in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
  5. 4. Add Step 3, which has been wiped with a paper towel, into the tray with starch, and coat overall with flour.
  6. 5. Pour 1-inch depth of frying oil into a pan, and heat to 170℃ (340°F). Add Step 4 and deep-fry for about 7 minutes until cooked through, then remove and drain the oil.
  7. 6. Transfer to a plate and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the amount of salt to your liking. If the lemon juice is not enough, please add the extracted lemon juice. When added to your lunch box, please cook through the food, rest well to cool it down, and then stuff it into the lunch box. We used Japanese lemon this time. If you are concerned about fungicides on lemon, please use the lemon without fungicides.

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