Japanese Fried Chicken ( KARAAGE )

One of the favorite meal for a kid must be fried chicken.
This recipe is Japanese fried chicken "KARAAGE" which is marinated and fried.
You can taste the soy sauce, garlic and it is crunchy very very  addicted!!
Cook a big portion and freeze leftover for lunch!
You can toast it in the toaster oven before packing it and it will only take a few min.

Prep Time: 10 Min
Cook Time: 20 Min
Marination: 3-6 Hour

This recipe portion is for 8 people


Ingredients,

Marination 
6 Chicken thighs (about 1.5 lb) I recommend Skin less Bone less Chicken thighs
2 Garlic clove
1 table spoon of grinned Ginger
2 table spoon Sake
2 table spoon Soy sauce
2 tea spoon Chicken Bouillon
2 tea spoon Sesame oil
Optional :White pepper and Salt to taste

Frying 
1/2 cup Katakuriko (Potato Starch)
Oil

From the left, Sake, Soy sauce, Chicken bouillon, Sesame oil, White pepper, Salt, Potato starch( Katakuriko)

1. Grind garlic and ginger and mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Wash chicken and cut it in to 2 inch peaces.   

   

   Chicken size compared to table spoon

3. Mix the chicken in the ingredient bowl.
4. Marinate it for 3-6 hours in the refrigerator.  
5. After its marinated, put oil in a large pan or a deep fryer (enough oil to keep chicken under the surface) heat it medium low. 
6. Drain the liquid and put Katakuriko ( potato starch) on the surface. This will make the chicken crunchy, make sure you cover the surface but don't put too much on. 
   
7. Fry it for 7-10 min on medium low. When color changes to brown it is done!
8. To keep it crunchy make sure you get as much oil out from the fried chicken. 
   
    

 Serve for Dinner: You can serve it with lemon on the side. 

 Pack it for lunch: After its cooled down put it in the freezer.  In the morning, toast it in the toaster oven for few min and it will be crunchy! Do not microwave it, it will make it greasy and less crunchy.