Ingredients

  • 200 grams Chicken thigh meat
  • 1 in step 1 Cooking sake
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 1 dash Salt
  • 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Mirin
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp each (Optional) grated garlic, grated ginger
  • 1 Whisked egg
  • 1 dash Mayonnaise
  • 1 1:1 ratio mixture of cake flour and katakuriko (potato starch flour)
  • 1 Salt and pepper
  • 1 (Optional) garlic powder, herbs, etc

Method

  • Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
  • Pierce with a fork and massage in the ingredients marked (A) and set aside.
  • (Add enough cooking sake to cover).
  • Add the (B) ingredients and let sit for 10 minutes (or more than 1 hour if possible).
  • Lightly grease the oven's broiler rack with oil.
  • If unavailable, line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  • Dredge the chicken by alternating through the (C) mixture, (D) mixture, (C) again and finally (D), while preheating the oven to 250C.
  • Shake off the excess flour from Step 4 and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, and you're done.
  • Serve with a wedge of lemon (optional).
  • You can fry these in oil after they're baked for extra crispiness (this will add calories, though).