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Kakiage Vegetable Tempura
This vegetable tempura or Kakiage (かき揚げ) is a light and crispy Japanese fritter made with onions, carrots, green beans and mushrooms held together in a delicate matrix of tempura batter. In this guide to making kakiage, I'm going to show you all the secrets to making this ultra-crisp Japanese appetizer.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 6 kakiage
Calories: 75 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- vegetable oil (for frying)
- 150 grams onions (~½ onion, peeled & sliced)
- 100 grams green beans (trimmed and cut into 1 ½-inch lengths)
- 70 grams carrots (½ carrot, julienned)
- 70 grams maitake mushroom (shredded)
- 80 grams cake flour (scant ⅔ cup)
- ½ cup club soda (cold)
- sea salt (for serving)
- ½ lemon (cut into wedges for garnish)
Instructions
- Add 1.5 to 2-inches of vegetable oil into a deep, heavy-bottomed pot and preheat to 355 degrees F (180 C). Prepare a wire rack by lining it with a few layers of paper towels.
- Add the onions, green beans, carrots, maitake mushrooms, and cake flour to a bowl and toss the vegetables in the flour.
- When the oil is ready. Add the club soda to the vegetables and stir using a folding motion with chopsticks to distribute the flour into the water. It should be barely mixed, and a few lumps of unmixed flour is okay.
- Scoop up some veggies and batter onto a wide spatula and shape it into a patty.
- Dunk the whole spatula into the oil and use chopsticks or another spatula to slide the vegetables into the oil. Repeat to make additional fritters.
- Fry the Kakiage until it's crisp on one side, and then flip it over and crisp the second side (it should take about 5 minutes in total).
- Drain the tempura well as you remove it from the oil, and then transfer it to your prepared rack.
- Serve on a sheet of paper, along with a side of salt and a wedge of lemon.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
75kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
16g
(5%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Sodium
17mg
(1%)
Potassium
184mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
2072IU
(41%)
Vitamin C
9mg
(10%)
Calcium
21mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6kakiage
Amount Per Serving
Calories 75
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 75kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 17mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 184mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2072IU | 41% |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 21mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.