Name: Chicken amakara - sweet and sour with egg sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 700g boneless, skinless chicken breasts - cut into bite sizes; 60g katakuriko/potato starch; Ingredient A; 2 tbsp cooking sake or cooking white wine; 1 tsp white sugar; 1/3 tsp fine salt; For the seasoning sauce; 2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce; 150ml apple juice + 50ml water (or 40ml apple syrup + 160ml water); 2 to 3 tsp white sugar; 2 tsp vinegar (apple cider vinegar); For the egg sauce; 2 egg - hard boiled and chopped; 1/4 onion - finely chopped, soaked in water, then drained well; 60g mayonnaise; 1 garlic - grated; 1 tsp white sugar; 1/4 tsp fine salt

April 30, 2020

Chicken amakara – sweet and sour with egg sauce

Chicken amakara - sweet and sour with egg sauce

Persons

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Chicken amakara - sweet and sour with egg sauce

Ingredients

700g boneless, skinless chicken breasts - cut into bite sizes
60g katakuriko/potato starch

Ingredient A

2 tbsp cooking sake or cooking white wine
1 tsp white sugar
1/3 tsp fine salt

For the seasoning sauce

2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
150ml apple juice + 50ml water (or 40ml apple syrup + 160ml water)
2 to 3 tsp white sugar
2 tsp vinegar (apple cider vinegar)

For the egg sauce

2 egg - hard boiled and chopped
1/4 onion - finely chopped, soaked in water, then drained well
60g mayonnaise
1 garlic - grated
1 tsp white sugar
1/4 tsp fine salt

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, add all the egg sauce ingredients and mix. Chill in the fridge until the chicken is ready.
2. In a medium bowl add chicken and ingredient A. Marinade for 15 minutes at least.
3. Meanwhile, make the seasoning. In a small bowl add all the seasoning ingredients and mix. Set aside.
4. Add katakuriko/potato starch into a bowl with chicken and mix well to coat the chicken evenly.
5. In a frying-pan, heat 2 to 3 tbsp vegetable oil, place all chicken and cook. Flip once, cover and simmer for about 3 minutes.
6. Uncover and cook them until both sides are nicely brown.
7. Pour all the seasoning in one go over the chicken and mix the sauce evenly in the pan.
8. Transfer the chicken onto a serving plate and garnish with the egg sauce :-)

February 5, 2020

Chicken Yakitori

Persons

Prep Time

40 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients

4 chicken thighs and skin - cut into bite sizes
1 chicken breast - cut into bite sizes
1 or 2 leeks - cut into about 3cm and cut in half

For the sauce

80ml soy sauce
80ml mirin
30ml cooking sake or white cooking wine
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, add all the sauce ingredients and set aside.
2. Thread chicken pieces and leek on skewers and grill or broil, turning occasionally until lightly browned from both sides.
3. Reduce the heat to low and cover. Simmer for about 5 min.
4. Pour the sauce over the skewers and cook until the sauce has thickened, turning them a few times.
Serve hot!

March 25, 2019

Chicken Balls for snacks

Persons

Prep Time

40 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients

500g chicken breast - boneless
500g chicken thigh (or stick to chicken breast, marginally healthier) - boneless

For the seasoning

4 to 5 garlic cloves - finely chopped
1 carrot - finely chopped
1 to 2 onion - finely chopped
2 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
2 tsp paprika powder (no chili)
80g mayonnaise
10g mustard
1 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp garlic powder
55g potato starch / katakuriko

Instructions

1. Fill a cooking pot with water. Place the chicken in it. Once it has boiled, simmer for about 15 to 20min or until chicken is cooked.
2. Remove the chicken from the hot water and drain. Cut into bite size bits. Put the chicken into your food processor and process until it becomes crumbs.
3. Transfer chicken into a big bowl. Add all seasoning ingredients and mix to combine evenly.
4. Shape the chicken mixture into small balls and place in hot oil. Cook all sides, turning occasionally, until nicely and evenly golden. Transfer them to a plate lined with paper towels to drain the excess oil.
5. Serve with a mix of mayonnaise and soy sauce. Or any other sauce you like!

March 24, 2019

Chicken satay

Persons

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

50 minutes

Ingredients

800g to 1kg chicken thigh - cut into bite size pieces

For the seasoning

80g peanuts butter
65g coconut cream ( or mix 20g coconut powder with 50g water)
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp curry powder
2 garlic cloves - grated
1 tsp ketchup
2 tbsp thai sweet chili sauce
1 tsp thai seasoning sauce (optional)

Instructions

1. In a medium size bowl, add all the seasoning ingredients and mix well to combine. Marinate the chicken for at least 5 hours (approx) or leave it overnight.
2. Cook on a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat for about 15 to 20min, or until lightly charred and golden, turning regularly.

Notes

It did not include the tiem to marinate the chicken.

April 28, 2018

Chicken and eggplant stir-fry

Persons

Ingredients

650g boneless, skinless chicken breast - cut into bite sizes
6 tbsp flour (approx) to coat the chicken
2 eggplants (about 500g) - cut into bite sizes

- Ingredient A -

1 dried chili
4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
4 tbsp soy sauce
35g brown sugar
2 tbsp cooking white wine
2 tbsp mirin
100ml water

Instructions

1. In a skillet, heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil and fry eggplants stirring often, until evenly cooked and lightly browned. Transfer to a plate lined with a paper and set aside.
2. Toss the chicken in the flour to coat, shake off any excess. In the same skillet, add chicken and fry them until chicken is no longer pink. Put the eggplants back to the skillet, add the ingredient "A" to season, continue cooking. Bring it to boil and, once it is boiling, reduce the heat to low and simmer about 5 mins.