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Karaage

Marinated chicken in potato starch, fried twice, lemon squeezed over.

Karaage
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Fried twice

40 minutes · serves 3 · Easy

What you need

  • 600g chicken thigh, skin on, in large bite pieces
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 2 garlic cloves, grated
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 6 tbsp potato starch
  • Oil for frying
  • Lemon wedges

What you do

  1. 1Marinate the chicken in everything but the starch for 30 minutes. Longer is not better — it goes salty.
  2. 2Drain, then toss each piece in potato starch and shake the excess off hard.
  3. 3Fry at 160C for 90 seconds. Lift out and rest 4 minutes. They will look underdone. They are.
  4. 4Fry again at 190C for 45 seconds, until deep gold and loud.
  5. 5Salt, lemon, and eat them within five minutes.

Air fryer

30 minutes · serves 2 · Very easy

What you need

  • 400g chicken thigh
  • Soy sauce
  • Ginger
  • Garlic
  • Potato starch
  • Oil spray

What you do

  1. 1Marinate, coat in starch, spray well with oil.
  2. 2200C for 14 minutes, turning once. Crisp, not the same, still worth it.