Tempura Variation
[Kushi-age]
Servings: 4
IngredientsPreparation
  • 8 button onions
  • Salt
  • 8 large canned mushrooms
  • 16 shrimps
  • 1/4 pound [113 g] chicken meat
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] ginger juice or ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] sake
  • 2 green peppers
  • 1/4 pound [113 g ] white fish
  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] dashi
    or
    1/2 cup [125 mL] water
    +
    1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] monosodium glutamate
  • 4 tablespoons [60 mL] soy sauce
  • 4 tablespoons [60 mL] mirin or sherry
  • 4 tablespoons [60 mL] grated daikon or horseradish
  • Oil for frying
  • Cut both ends from onions and parboil in boiling salted water.
  • Drain mushrooms well.
  • Shell and devein shrimps.
  • Cut chicken into 1-inch [2.5 cm] squares about 1/3-inch [8 mm] thick.
  • Sprinkle with half of ginger juice or ground ginger and sake.
  • Cut green peppers lengthwise.
  • Remove stem and seeds and cut in pieces about same size as the chicken.
  • Cut fish about the same size and sprinkle with remaining ginger juice or ground ginger.
  • Arrange all on skewers.
  • Make batter with flour, beaten egg, water and the soy sauce as for vegetable tempura.
  • Have the oil heated on the table.
  • Dip the skewers in the batter and then fry as for fondue.
  • Dip in grated daikon and the dipping sauce before eating.