Tebasaki (Japanese-Style Deep Fried Chicken Wings)

Name: Tebasaki (Japanese-Style Deep Fried Chicken Wings)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8 wings, 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 chicken wings; 1/4 cup flour; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon sake; 2 tablespoons mirin; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds

Submitted by Cypress

"An authentic Tebasaki recipe shared by the Nagoya International Center. Tebasaki are seasoned deep-fried chicken wings and are a specialty food of the Nagoya region of Japan. Honey can also be used instead of sugar. This doesn't make too much sauce, so make extra if you'd like. Also, mirin is a rice wine similar to sake. It has a lower alcohol content and consists of 40-50% sugar. There are a few kinds but any will do, and I'm sure most places will only sell one kind if any at all."

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photo by BarbryT

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 8 wings
Serves:: 2

ingredients

8 chicken wings
¹⁄₄ cup flour
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon sake
2 tablespoons mirin
¹⁄₂ teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon white sesame seeds

directions

Make a cut along the bone of each chicken wing.
Lightly coat the chicken wings with the flour.
Shallow fry (at 300°F) the chicken wings in 1cm of vegetable oil over a low heat for 8 minutes or until they are light brown.
Remove the wings and turn up the heat on the pan (375°F). Add the wings and fry for a further 2 minutes until crisply. Remove and place on a paper towel.
Mix the sake, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, and garlic powder and heat, either in a bowl in the microwave or on the stove in a pot. Coat the wings with the sauce.
Season with salt and pepper, and coat with the white sesame seeds.

Questions & Replies

We loved this and used the table to make 16 wings. I used 4 tea of dry sherry for the sake and reduced the mirin to 2 tbl.

baltisraul

Reviews

I couldn't get past the fried chicken wings by themselves. Delicious. I WILL try them with the sauce...sometime...but in the meantime the frying technique is a great discovery. 2017--given the number of times I have made these, they deserve 5 stars.

BarbryT
These turn out to be fairly sweet and it may just be the mirin that I'm using but if you've been to a furaibo, there's only really a touch of sweetness in their wings. I don't know what brings out the somewhat salty/tangy flavor in their wings so I'm still looking for a good tebasaki recipe.

adriankeith