Air Fryer Chicken Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken) / 鶏の唐揚げ - ノンフライヤーレシピ
Looking for an easier or healthier way to make chicken karaage at home? Skip out on the deep frying and use an air fryer to make crispy, juicy Air Fryer Chicken Karaage!
Servings: 2
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1-1.5 lbs boneless, skin-on chicken thighs cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/2 tsp salt
- ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp potato or corn starch more if necessary
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour more if necessary
- neutral flavored cooking oil spray
Marinade
- 1 knob ginger grated
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and season with salt & pepper.
- Put the chicken into a bowl or bag along with the marinade ingredients (soy sauce, sake, sugar, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil) and mix well.
- Marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes but 1-2 hours is best.
- In a separate bowl, combine potato starch and plain flour.
- Coat the marinated chicken in the flour mixture. Coat well and evenly but lightly (see the tip section above).
- Place the chicken in the air fryer on top of the wire rack and apply a coat of oil spray. Make sure that there's NO dry potato starch/flour spots left.
- Set the air fryer to 395 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. Flip the chicken halfway through (5-6 minute mark).
- Enjoy immediately! You can eat this plain with rice, with a squeeze of lemon, or with some Japanese mayo.
Notes
Recipe by Hikari Murakami