Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Karaage at the Flat

Karaage
唐揚げ
The first time i had karaage was a truly memorable experience. I was riding through the streets of downtown Okayama, got hungry, went to a Happy's and decided on the crunchy looking chicken nuggets on a stick at the ready made food counter. However, those were no ordinary chicken nuggets. They were crispy on the outside and moist and tender on the inside. It was love at first crunch. From that point on karaage became one of my favorite snacks when out and about in Japan.

Today's dinner was quite a treat! My boyfriend and I made karaage, chahan (fried rice) and boiled cabage for dinner. I made simpe chahan with brown rice, eggs, salt, pepper, soy sauce and garam masala. But the real standout was the karaage--better than the best karaage I had during my year in Japan!
We marinated pieces of chicken in sake, soy sauce and grated ginger for half an hour, then we coated the pieces in cornstarch and fried them until they were crispy and brown in oil.

始めに,鶏肉を醤油と酒とおろした生姜に三十分漬けました。それから、コーンスターチを加えて,十分衣で包まれるようによく混ぜました。そして、黄金色でさくさくになるまで揚げました。
Crunchy and delicious karaage served with boiled peppers and cabage and chahan.
美味しくてさくさくな唐揚げ(ゆでたキャベツとピ−マンとチャーハンと一緒に食べました!)

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