First, a definition of karaage (pronounced like "karate", except you substitute a hard "g" for the "t"): it's a type of fried chicken that's famous in Japan for both its simplicity of execution and complexity of flavours. It's a lightly battered bird, mainly using potato starch as a coating, that crisply covers nugget-sized pieces of chicken thighs, breasts, necks and wings that have been marinated in mixtures of soy sauce, ginger, salt, garlic, fruits and other highly secretive ingredients that gives off a taste explosion that dribbles down your chin with every bite.
