The individuality of Hen Wingettes Karaage with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce is that every piece of karaage is a tiny lollipop hen comprised of a halved wingette. It is usually distinctive that you just eat this karaage hen by dipping it in a garlicky soy-flavoured sauce, slightly than marinating the hen items to provide a flavour to the fried hen like Japanese Fried Hen (Karaage Hen).
I by accident discovered Hen Wingettes Karaage on a Japanese on-line purchasing website. It was a bag of frozen karaage hen with the bone in, however the Japanese title for this meals caught my eye. It’s known as ‘Kōshien Hero Age’ (甲子園ヒーロー揚げ).
About Kōshien Hero Age
Kōshien (甲子園) is a spot in Nishinomiya, a metropolis of Hyōgo prefecture. It’s recognized for the well-known baseball stadium known as the Hanshin Kōshien Stadium (阪神甲子園球場) situated between Osaka and Kobe, the place the Nationwide Excessive College Baseball Championship is held each summer season.
Previous to the championship, highschool baseball groups in every prefecture undergo a contest to resolve the profitable group inside the prefecture. The group that turns into the winner represents its prefecture and participates within the nationwide championship at Kōshien Stadium.
These prefecture consultant college students are heroes to the individuals of the prefecture. To the gamers representing the prefecture, it’s a nice honour to have the ability to play baseball at Kōshien.
There have been many outlets that promote Hen Wingettes Karaage in Kōshien space. It’s mentioned that the phrase ‘hero’ initially got here from the Chinese language phrase for hen ‘jī ròu’ (鸡肉), and the sound modified to ‘hero’ in order that it might relate to the baseball hero. Isn’t it an exquisite story behind this dish?
Native Delicacy of Nishinomiya Metropolis
I haven’t had an actual Kōshien Hero Age in Kōshien, however having learn many articles about it, I bought the concept a karaage hen piece is comprised of a halved wingette with a small a part of the bone protruding. So, I made a decision to imitate the Kōshien Hero Age.
It’s principally a small model of Karaage Hen Lollipops, which is an ideal nibble to have whereas watching a baseball sport at Kōshien stadium.
In attempting to stimulate the Metropolis of Nishinomiya, Kōshien Hero Age Promotion Committee was established and made this distinctive karaage hen a neighborhood delicacy.
Every store produces a novel flavour of Kōshien Hero Age.
A few of them don’t appear to have a powerful flavour on them, with the intention to benefit from the hen with completely different dipping sauces, like my dish at the moment. others appear to have a powerful flavouring with out requiring a dipping sauce.
What’s in my Hen Wingettes Karaage in Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce
In contrast to my Karaage Hen and Karaage Hen Lollipops, I don’t marinate the hen earlier than deep-frying.
- Hen wingettes
- Salt & pepper
- Flour
- Corn flour/cornstarch
- Oil to deep-fry
- Cabbage items for serving (non-obligatory, not within the photograph).
As a result of the hen items should not marinated in soy-based marinade, I combined flour and corn flour/cornstarch to coat the hen, as an alternative of utilizing solely corn flour. It is because the flour provides a golden color when deep-fried, whereas corn flour makes the hen crunchy on the surface.
Dipping Sauce
- Grated garlic
- Hen inventory
- Soy sauce
- Mirin
- Sugar
You will need to grate the garlic very finely, as an alternative of utilizing a garlic crusher, in any other case the garlic bits keep on the backside of the sauce as an alternative of blending into the sauce. I used a Kyocera ceramic grater for the ginger and garlic per the photograph under. This is a superb grater and far simpler to make use of for garlic and ginger than the high-quality grater on the standard field grater. Please go to my put up Steamed Lotus Root Balls, which talks concerning the Kyocera grater.
Tips on how to Make Hen Wingettes Karaage in Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce
There are 3 main steps on this recipe – make a dipping sauce, make small lollipops from wingettes, and make Hen Karaage.
Dipping Sauce
- Put all of the Dipping Sauce components in a small saucepan and convey it to a boil.
- Let it boil for five seconds or so, then take away the pan from the warmth.
Make Lollipops from Wingettes
- Make an incision on the drumette-end of the wingette and separate the 2 bones.
- From the incision, lower the flesh between the bones by means of to the opposite finish.
- Discover the place two bones meet on the opposite finish and lower the connecting tissue and cartilage to separate the bones.
- Take away the flesh, the pores and skin, and the tendons hooked up to the tip-end of the halved wingette and expose about 1cm/⅜” of the bone.
Making Hen Wingettes Karaage and Serving
- Mud the hen items in flour and corn flour.
- Deep-fry the hen items for about 3 minutes.
- Serve hen with cabbage items if utilizing, with a bowl of dipping sauce.
I added cabbage items on the facet as a result of they go very nicely with the dipping sauce.
In contrast to regular Karaage Hen, you dip the hen within the sauce and eat it. The garlic-flavoured soy-based sauce with a touch of sweetness is so scrumptious.
Hen Wingettes Karaage with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce just isn’t solely a most important dish however an ideal finger meals. You may eat it in a single chunk. It’s so tasty that you just can’t cease consuming them!
Yumiko
Watch How To Make It
Hen Wingettes Karaage with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce
Every bit of Hen Wingettes Karaage is comprised of halved wingettes. It’s a tiny lollipop hen, which is ideal as finger meals. In contrast to my Karaage Hen and Karaage Hen Lollipops, I don’t marinate the hen items earlier than deep-frying. You eat the hen with a garlicky soy-flavoured dipping sauce. Watch the video.
Do not forget to see the part ‘MEAL IDEAS’ under the recipe card! It provides you an inventory of dishes that I’ve already posted and this recipe that may make up an entire meal. I hope it’s of assist to you.
Recipe Sort:
Appetiser, Major, Facet
Delicacies:
Japanese
Key phrase:
hen wing recipe, fried hen, karaage hen
Serves: 20 items
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Substances (tbsp=15ml, cup=250ml)
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10
hen wingettes
(observe 1) -
½
tsp
salt -
¼
tsp
pepper -
1½
tbsp
corn flour/cornstarch -
1½
tbsp
flour - Oil to deep-fry
Dipping Sauce
Serving
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Cabbage
lower into giant bite-size items(non-obligatory)
Directions
Dipping Sauce
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Put all of the Dipping Sauce components in a small saucepan, combine nicely.
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Convey it to a boil and prepare dinner for about 5 seconds, then take away from the warmth.
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Switch the sauce to a serving bowl.
Making Hen Wingette Lollipops
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Take a wingette and begin from the tip that was hooked up to the drumette (observe 3).
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Make an incision between the 2 bones and separate the bones.
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Ranging from the incision, lower the wingette straight by means of between the 2 bones to the opposite finish. You might need to seek out the hole between the 2 bones to separate the 2 halves.
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Take away the flesh and tendons across the wing tip finish of the halved wingettes and expose about 1cm/⅜” of the bone.
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Repeat for the remainder of the wingette. You need to have 20 hen items.
Making Hen Wingettes Karaage
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Sprinkle salt and pepper over the hen items.
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Combine flour and corn flour/corn starch and coat the hen items completely with the flour combination.
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Put oil in a deep frying pan or a pot to 2cm/¾” deep and warmth it to 180°C/356°F.
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Gently place the hen items within the oil. It’s essential to fry them in batches in order that the oil just isn’t overcrowded.
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Fry for 1½ minutes. Flip them over and prepare dinner additional 1-1½ minutes (observe 4).
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Switch the hen to a tray layered with a mesh tray, or a few sheets of kitchen paper.
Serving
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Place cabbage items on the facet of the serving plate.
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Place Karaage hen items leaning in opposition to the cabbage, pointing the bone finish upwards.
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Serve with a bowl of dipping sauce.
Recipe Notes
1. My wingettes weighted 416g/0.9lb in whole. I couldn’t discover a store that sells simply the wingette portion of hen, so I purchased a pack of hen nibbles at a grocery store. The pack contained 10 wingettes and 10 drumettes. I used the drumettes in different dishes, similar to Simmered Winter Melon with Hen Drumettes and Simmered Hen Drumettes in Candy and Bitter Sauce.
2. I used a Japanese model broth paste known as ‘shantan‘ (シャンタン). It’s also possible to use the Lee Kum Kee model powder which you can purchase from grocery store.
3. One finish of the wingette is linked to the wing tip and the opposite finish is linked to the drumette. The drumette facet of the wingette bones are thicker and you’ll see two bones clearly (see the video).
4. Relying on the dimensions of the hen piece, the cooking time varies barely. When the hen is cooked by means of, you’ll really feel its mild weight once you choose it up, in comparison with the raw hen.
Meal Concepts
A typical Japanese meal consists of a most important dish, a few facet dishes, a soup and rice. I attempt to give you a mixture of dishes with a wide range of flavours, colors, textures and make-ahead dishes.
Though Hen Wingettes Karaage is ideal as a finger meals, I picked it as a most important dish in at the moment’s Meal Concepts. However I stored the nibbly type all through the meal set. With exception of miso soup, you possibly can just about eat them with fingers.
Relying on the kind of sushi rolls you choose, you might need to change Facet dish 2. For instance, in case you are having California Rolls, you might not need to serve Wasabi Avocado Dip because the sushi incorporates avocado. Equally in case you are serving Spicy Tuna Rolls, you might need to keep away from Anchovy and Tofu Dip.
