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Pieces of fried chicken atop iceberg lettuce drizzled with a soy based sauce and topped with sliced green onions.

Yurinchi Chicken

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We discovered this delicious Yurinchi Chicken dish at an Izakaya in Japan! So easy and so yummy! Enjoy as a main or as a snack to accompany some cold beer or sake!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 3 people
Calories 2894 kcal

Equipment

  • Deep fat fryer or deep frying pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lb Chicken thighs with skin ON
  • ½ cup potato starch add potato starch if needed
  • 24 oz vegetable oil or more if using a deep fat fryer
  • Nanami Togarashi to your taste
  • iceberg or romaine few leaves for serving
  • 4 green onions sliced for garnish
  • black pepper (freshly ground) optional

Yurinchi Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • ½ cup soy sauce
  • ⅛ cup sesame oil
  • ½ cup rice vinegar
  • chili oil a little to your liking

Instructions
 

  • Add the chicken thigh pieces (with skin on) and the potato starch to a large mixing bowl. Coat the chicken pieces with the potato starch and shake off the excess.
    Chicken pieces coated with potato starch being held by a blue silicone spoon
  • Heat up your vegetable oil in a deep pan or your deep fat fryer. Once the oil is HOT (around 350 degrees) place the chicken in the hot oil and fry until golden brown. You may need to turn the chicken over, and it should take between 5-10 minutes depending on how large the pieces of chicken are. Please adjust the time accordingly so that chicken is cooked to a golden brown! You may need to fry in batches so that the chicken isn't crowded when frying. Remove once cooked and drain on paper towels.
    Pieces of bite sized fried chicken on a kitchen utensil.
  • Meanwhile prepare your yurinchi sauce, by combining the yurinchi sauce ingredients (sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, and chili oil to your taste).
    Yurinchi sauce a soy sauce based sauce with spicy chili crisp in a white bowl with a spoon holding some of the sauce in the foreground.
  • To serve, place a few iceberg lettuce leaves on your plate, top with the yurinchi friend chicken, and a few spoonfuls of the yurinchi sauce. Sprinkle loads of green onions on top and some Nanami or Ichimi Togarashi for the finishing touch! A little freshly ground black pepper is also a lovely addition!
    Pieces of fried chicken atop iceberg lettuce drizzled with a soy based sauce and topped with sliced green onions with chopsticks on the left hand side.

Notes

You will absolutely love this Yurinchi chicken!  Serve alongside some rice with your best pair of chopsticks, and accompany with cold beer or sake!  Garnish with heaps of diced green onions and enjoy this taste of Japan in your home tonight!
Please note:  you will have a LOT of Yurinchi sauce using the quantities in this recipe.  You can easily halve the ingredients, or make using the recommended quantities and have extra Yurinchi sauce ready for another round of Yurinchi chicken!!!
The nutrition info assumes you will use all of the Yurinchi sauce. 

Nutrition

Calories: 2894kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 55gFat: 286gSaturated Fat: 49gPolyunsaturated Fat: 144gMonounsaturated Fat: 76gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 296mgSodium: 2411mgPotassium: 1014mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 395IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 4mg
Keyword Chicken, Fried Chicken
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