Karaage Chicken with Wasabi Mayo and Cucumber Slaw

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, sake, mirin, sesame oil, and fresh ginger.
  2. 2Prepare the crumb using crushed Doritos (Cheese Supreme flavor) and Cheez-It Supreme.
  3. 3Make the cucumber slaw with rice wine vinegar, caster sugar, salt, sesame oil, and sesame seeds.
  4. 4Take the marinated chicken and coat it in potato starch.
  5. 5Dip the chicken in egg.
  6. 6Coat the chicken in the Doritos crumb, pressing it in firmly.
  7. 7Fry the chicken in oil until audibly crunchy.
  8. 8Prepare the wasabi mayo by combining Japanese mayo, a touch of miso, lime juice, and wasabi (adjusting the amount to taste).
  9. 9Serve the Karaage chicken with cucumber slaw and wasabi mayo, optionally adding some togarashi.

Ingredients

  • Doritos
  • soy sauce
  • sake
  • mirin
  • sesame oil
  • fresh ginger
  • Cheez-It Supreme
  • cucumber
  • rice wine vinegar
  • caster sugar
  • salt
  • sesame seeds
  • chicken thigh
  • potato starch
  • egg
  • Japanese mayo
  • miso
  • lime juice
  • wasabi
  • togarashi

Equipment

fireoil

Tips

  • Press the Doritos crumb firmly onto the chicken.
  • Be safe with oil around a fire.
  • The vinegar element in the slaw helps cut through the richness of the fried chicken.