
How To Make Kakiage Tempura Don
This Kakiage Tempura Don is a satisfying meal in a bowl! It has kakiage or crispy-fried vegetable strips and shrimp, topped with a homemade sweet-soy sauce!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1egg
- 1cupall-purpose flour,plus more for dredging
- ½cupcold water
- 1eggplant,sliced
- 2slicespumpkin
- 1green bell pepper,sliced
- 4shrimps,peeled, deveined
- ½onion,sliced
- ½carrot,sliced
- 1cupfresh Japanese parsley,fresh
- ⅛cupshrimp,dried
- oil,for frying
- 4tbspsoy sauce
- 5tbspmirin
- 2tbspsugar
- 1lbrice,cooked
Instructions
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Whisk the egg in a small bowl. Add flour and the cold water, and whisk to combine.
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Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator.
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To make the tempura, slice the eggplant in half lengthwise, then cut the bottom into 5 slices (be careful not to cut all the way through to the top).
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Add flour to a shallow dish.
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Coat the eggplant, pumpkin, green bell pepper, and shrimp in the flour, shaking off any excess.
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Heat the oil in a large pot until it reaches 350 degrees F.
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Dip the floured vegetables and shrimp into the batter.
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Fry the battered shrimp and vegetables until they float to the top and are golden brown in color.
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Use a slotted spoon to transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
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To make the kakiage, put the onion, carrot, Japanese parsley, and dried shrimp into a medium bowl.
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Add 2 tablespoons of flour and toss to coat.
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Pour the leftover tempura batter on the top and mix until evenly coated.
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Bring the oil in the pot back to 350 degrees F.
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Drop the kakiage by the spoonful into the oil and fry until golden brown in color.
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Use a slotted spoon to transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
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In a medium pan, combine the soy sauce, mirin and sugar, and bring to a boil over high heat for 2 minutes.
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Top the rice with kakiage and tempura and drizzle with the sauce.
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Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 1979.66kcal
- Fat: 38.71g
- Saturated Fat: 4.50g
- Trans Fat: 0.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 21.86g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 10.57g
- Carbohydrates: 364.43g
- Fiber: 20.45g
- Sugar: 66.79g
- Protein: 49.46g
- Cholesterol: 115.26mg
- Sodium: 1983.05mg
- Calcium: 466.98mg
- Potassium: 6447.93mg
- Iron: 20.35mg
- Vitamin A: 6569.92µg
- Vitamin C: 228.52mg
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