In a nutshell, they’re easy – a bed of rice with sushi seasoning, on top of that a dash of soy sauce, some chicken, some mayo, some pickled ginger, a bit of lettuce and tomato. The soy we splash into the rice, the mayo is squeezed directly on top of the chicken.
Then, depending on the quality of the result you want, you upgrade the individual ingredients.
We wanted it as close to the bought ones as we could, so the first stop was the local Asian supermarket for the trickier ingredients – Japanese mayo (it makes a HUGE difference – this is not the ingredient to skimp on) and good pickled ginger. Our usual supermarket provided the sushi rice and rice seasoning.
The first bowls I made we used crumbed chicken (bought from the deli, shallow fried), but after that I’ve just been putting in chopped up cooked chicken breast, which has been lovely. What I’m going to try this week is preparing the chicken in cornstarch and frying it. Considering KARA means ’empty’ and AGE means ‘fried’ I guess I have to do it like this to make it more authentic. And because Tracey says I have to.
This has been such a huge hit with the kids we’ve made it three times in twice as many days. And the thing is it takes hardly any time at all to prepare. Easy to make, and tastes great. Win. Win.
What a fantastic idea! I love, love, love Karaage bowls and not once have I ever considered taking the time to
make them myself. Definitely some food for thought… Thanks!
Sounds soooo yummy!
Thanks!
I tried this after you posted it, is now a staple in our house!
We had it again on the weekend, and still no end in sight. Love it.