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Japanese fried chicken recipe
Photo: Lily Banse

Japanese fried chicken recipe

18 ingredients 25 min + 15 min 6 people openrecipes

This unusual version of Japanese-style fried chicken includes burdock root in the coating, and an addictive sweet and tangy sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

747
Calories
37g
Protein
31g
Fat
75g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Sake 1 oz (30ml) 39
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Burdock not in our table 0
Yuzu not in our table 0
Toasted Sesame Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken thigh fillets, skin on
  • kg shoyu
  • 2 mirin
  • tbsp sake
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • tbsp finely grated fresh ginger
  • 1 vegetable oil, for deep-frying
  • tbsp katakuriko or potato starch, plus extra if needed
  • 2 coarsely grated burdock root
  • 1 rice vinegar
  • tsp niban dashi
  • 1 usukuchi shoyu (light Japanese soy)
  • cup caster (superfine) sugar
  • 120 fresh or bottled yuzu juice or lemon juice
  • g drops of sesame chilli oil or sesame oil
  • 50 slice of fresh ginger
  • g honey
  • 80 black or toasted sesame seeds (optional)

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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