Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Easy Crispy Japanese Chicken Tempura with chicken breast and homemade tempura batter.This Made with simple pantry-friendly ingredients and anyone can make at home. Serve with a delicious soy sauce dipping sauce. Incredibly delicious!
Printable Recipe ▶ khinskitchen.com/chicken-tempura
📃 Ingredients
▢Chicken and Marinade
▢300 g Chicken breast About 10.5oz
▢1 tsp Ginger Grated ginger or ginger paste
▢1 tsp Garlic Grate garlic or garlic paste
▢¼ tsp Salt
▢¼ tsp Black pepper or white pepper, freshly ground
▢2 tsp Soy sauce Japanese soy sauce or light soy sauce
▢4-5 tbsp Corn starch To dust the chicken strips
Tempura Batter
▢½ cup Plain flour About 70 gram, regular all-purpose flour, or cake flour.
▢½ cup Corn Starch About 70 gram, corn starch or potato starch
▢1 cup Sparkling water Or soda water, keep it cold ( see details in note )
▢1 Egg Whisked
▢½ tsp Salt
▢¼ tsp Black pepper Freshly ground
▢Oil for frying Vegetable or neutral flavour oil
Dipping Sauce
▢2 tbsp Soy sauce Japanese soy sauce or light soy sauce
▢2 tbsp Mirin Japanese rice cooking wine ( see details in note )
▢1 tsp Brown Sugar Or white sugar
▢1 tbsp Lemon juice Or lime juice, freshly squeeze
▢¼ tsp Ginger Finely grated
Instruction
Marinade
First, pat dry the chicken breast with paper towel and flatten it by gently pounding and season the chicken. Marinade for 15 minutes.
Then lightly coat each chicken strips in corn starch.
Make Tempura Batter
In a large mixing bowl, add plain flour, corn starch, salt, pepper, and mix it well. Pour the whisked egg and cold sparkling water in and stir it gently.
Dip each chicken strips in the batter and fry it in a pre-heated oil for 4-5 minutes until crispy.
Remove the fried chicken tempura from oil and set it aside
Serve immediately with soy sauce dipping sauce, shredded carrot, cabbage or choice of salad.
Make Dipping Sauce
Add all the dipping sauce ingredients, soy sauce, mirin, lemon juice, sugar and grated ginger in a small bowl. Mix until sugar dissolved.
#chickentempurarecipe #Japaneserecipe
Easy Crispy Japanese Chicken Tempura with chicken breast and homemade tempura batter.This Made with simple pantry-friendly ingredients and anyone can make at home. Serve with a delicious soy sauce dipping sauce. Incredibly delicious!
Printable Recipe ▶ khinskitchen.com/chicken-tempura
📃 Ingredients
▢Chicken and Marinade
▢300 g Chicken breast About 10.5oz
▢1 tsp Ginger Grated ginger or ginger paste
▢1 tsp Garlic Grate garlic or garlic paste
▢¼ tsp Salt
▢¼ tsp Black pepper or white pepper, freshly ground
▢2 tsp Soy sauce Japanese soy sauce or light soy sauce
▢4-5 tbsp Corn starch To dust the chicken strips
Tempura Batter
▢½ cup Plain flour About 70 gram, regular all-purpose flour, or cake flour.
▢½ cup Corn Starch About 70 gram, corn starch or potato starch
▢1 cup Sparkling water Or soda water, keep it cold ( see details in note )
▢1 Egg Whisked
▢½ tsp Salt
▢¼ tsp Black pepper Freshly ground
▢Oil for frying Vegetable or neutral flavour oil
Dipping Sauce
▢2 tbsp Soy sauce Japanese soy sauce or light soy sauce
▢2 tbsp Mirin Japanese rice cooking wine ( see details in note )
▢1 tsp Brown Sugar Or white sugar
▢1 tbsp Lemon juice Or lime juice, freshly squeeze
▢¼ tsp Ginger Finely grated
Instruction
Marinade
First, pat dry the chicken breast with paper towel and flatten it by gently pounding and season the chicken. Marinade for 15 minutes.
Then lightly coat each chicken strips in corn starch.
Make Tempura Batter
In a large mixing bowl, add plain flour, corn starch, salt, pepper, and mix it well. Pour the whisked egg and cold sparkling water in and stir it gently.
Dip each chicken strips in the batter and fry it in a pre-heated oil for 4-5 minutes until crispy.
Remove the fried chicken tempura from oil and set it aside
Serve immediately with soy sauce dipping sauce, shredded carrot, cabbage or choice of salad.
Make Dipping Sauce
Add all the dipping sauce ingredients, soy sauce, mirin, lemon juice, sugar and grated ginger in a small bowl. Mix until sugar dissolved.
#chickentempurarecipe #Japaneserecipe
