How to Make Perfect Chicken Tempura

Chicken Tempura.

You can cook Chicken Tempura using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Tempura

1. Prepare 500 g of Chicken Breast OR Tenderloin Fillets.
2. You need 1 of small piece Ginger *grated.
3. It's 1 clove of Garlic *grated.
4. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce.
5. It's 1 tablespoon of Sake (Rice Wine).
6. You need 1 teaspoon of Sesame Oil for flavour *optional.
7. It's 2-3 tablespoon of Plain Flour.
8. Prepare of Oil for frying.
9. Prepare of <Tempura Batter>.
10. You need 1 of Egg.
11. Prepare of Cold Water.
12. It's 1/4 cup of Plain Flour.
13. You need 1/4 cup of Potato Starch Flour.

Chicken Tempura step by step

1. Cut Chicken Fillets into 3-4cm size pieces. Combine Ginger, Garlic, Soy Sauce, Sake (Rice Wine) and Sesame Oil in a bowl, add chicken pieces, massage, and set aside..
2. Place 1 Egg in 1/2 cup and add Cold Water to make it 1/2 cupful. Combine Flour and Potato Starch in a separate bowl, and the Egg and Cold Water, and mix lightly to make Tempura Batter..
3. Heat Oil to 170°C to 180°C. Coat the chicken pieces with Flour, dip into Tempura Batter and fry until batter is light golden and crispy. Take them out and lay them on a rack to drain the oil..
4. Serve with ‘Ponzu’ or ‘Tentsuyu’ (Dipping Sauce for Tempura)..