chicken-karaage

Ingredients

• 10 pcs of chicken, 8 oz, Total 2000g. of chicken thighs
• 1.5 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1.5 tsp ginger (grated, with juice)
• 3 minced cloves of garlic
• 3 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1.5 Tbsp sake (or substitute dry sherry, Chinese rice wine, or skip it)
• 1.5 tsp toasted sesame oil
• Veg oil (Do not use olive oil)
• 6 Tbsp all-purpose flour (plain flour) (plus more, if needed)
• 6 Tbsp potato starch or cornstarch (plus more, if needed)
• lemon wedges
• Japanese mayo
• shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice)