Japanese fried chicken recipe

Ingredients

• 1 kg chicken thigh fillets, skin on
• 2 tbsp shoyu
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp sake
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
• 1 cup vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• 120 g katakuriko or potato starch, plus extra if needed
• 50 g coarsely grated burdock root
• 80 ml rice vinegar
• 80 ml niban dashi
• 2 tsp usukuchi shoyu (light Japanese soy)
• 2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
• 2 tsp fresh or bottled yuzu juice or lemon juice
• 3 drops of sesame chilli oil or sesame oil
• 1 slice of fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp honey
• 1 cup black or toasted sesame seeds (optional)