Chicken wing pirikara/fried chicken wing 日式炸鸡翅
An easy to make and popular Japanese bar (Izakaya) food. A great dish for sports events and the dinner table.
Equipment
- 10“ frying pan
- large zip bag
Ingredients
- 1.5 pound chicken wing (no need to be accurate)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 4 tbsp starch or all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup oil
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp mirin or cooking wine
- 1.5 tbsp sugar
- 0.5 tsp chili powder (chili oil) (optional)
Instructions
- Gently cut the chicken wings to leave two shallow marks.
- Sprinkle salt and ground pepper.
- Put all the seasoned wings into the zip bag. Seal the bag, shake, and set side for 20-30 mins.
- Add the starch/flour to the zip bag, seal, and shake for 2-3 mins to make sure all chicken pieces are coated.
- Put the frying pan on the stove top. Turn heat to high. Add the oil.
- Once the oil is hot, turn heat to medium. Add the chicken pieces.
- Fry for 1-1.5 mins and flip. Repeat this process, and make sure each side is fried for about 4 mins.
- Take all the chicken pieces out, and pour the oil to a separate bowl for future use.
- Put the pan back on the stove. Turn heat to mediuem. Add soy sauce, mirin (cooking wine), and sugar.
- Once the sauce starts bubbling, add all the wings. Flip the wings to make sure all pieces are coated with sauce.
- Put the wings to a plate. Sprinkle sesames to decorate.
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Notes
-You can adjust the amount of chili powder you add to suite your preference.