Japanese-style fried chicken with wasabi slaw recipe
Tender strips of breaded soy and mirin marinated chicken, served with a spicy wasabi slaw, this Japanese-style fried chicken dish is ready in less than half an hour. The perfect recipe for a mid-week supper.
See method- Serves 4
- 15 mins to prepare and 5 mins to cook, plus marinating time
- 375 calories / serving
- Dairy-free
- Healthy
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
- 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
- 4 chicken breasts, sliced into thin strips
- 125g (4oz) cornflour
- vegetable oil, for shallow frying
- cooked rice, to serve
For the slaw
- 2 tsp wasabi
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 200g (7oz) carrot, grated
- 200g (7oz) radish, cut into matchsticks
- bunch spring onions, roughly chopped
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- Energy
- 1580kJ 375.0kcal
- Fat
- 10g
- Saturates
- 2g
- Salt
- 1.5g
- Sugars
- 9g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 42.0gProtein 30.6gFibre 3.5g
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- In a bowl, combine the mirin, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. Add the chicken strips then set aside to marinate.
- Meanwhile, make the slaw. In a separate bowl, mix the wasabi, oil, lemon juice and soy, until the wasabi has dissolved. Add the carrot,radishand most of thespring onions(reserving the rest to garnish); toss.
- Scatter the cornflour on a large plate. Add the chicken strips and turn to coat. Heat 1cm (1/2in) of oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Cook the chicken, in batches, for 3-4 minutes, turning until cooked through and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper. Scatter over the remaining spring onions and serve with the slaw and rice.
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