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Tempura (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood)

Zojirushi Recipe – <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood)

Tempura is arguably one of the most popular Japanese dishes in the US, along with Sushi. Any food can be deep fried and made into Tempura, but shrimp is one of the more popular ingredients. Enjoy Tempura with dipping sauce or just salt.


            	<i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood)  Ingredients

Ingredients (serves 4):
Tempura Batter:

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 Tbsp. sake (Japanese sweet rice wine)
  • 2 tsp. rice vinegar
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup corn starch
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 8 large shrimps, peeled, deveined, tail left intact
  • 12 green beans, trimmed
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 8 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed
  • 4 shiso leaves (perilla) or fresh basil leaves
  • Vegetable oil for frying

Dipping Sauce:

  • 1 cup ichiban dashi (see here)
  • 3 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 3 Tbsp. mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
  • 2 tsp. fresh ginger, grated
  • 1/2 cup daikon radish, grated

              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 1
1

In a large bowl, mix egg yolk, sake, vinegar and water and keep cold in the refrigerator.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 2
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In another bowl, combine flour, corn starch and baking soda and keep cold in the refrigerator.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 3
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Preheat oven to 200ºF or keep warm setting. Set a baking rack on a baking pan.

 


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 4
4

With a small knife, make 3 shallow slits horizontally across the inside curve of each shrimp and gently press shrimp flat on cutting board. This will prevent the shrimp from curling during cooking. Cut off the pointy tip of the tail of shrimp to prevent oil from splashing.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 5
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Fill a large saucepan about 1/3 to 1/2 full with vegetable oil, and heat to 350°F over moderate heat.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 6
6

Remove bowls from refrigerator and whisk in the flour mixture to the egg water. Do not over-mix; allow some lumps to remain. The batter should be thinner than pancake batter. Adjust with water if necessary to reach desired thickness.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 7
7

Hold the shrimp by the tail, lightly dust with flour (not included in ingredients), dip in batter and drop in oil one by one. Don't crowd the oil with foods while frying, or the temperature will drop and the food will absorb more oil. Turn with a tong once or twice and cook until golden, about 2 minutes. Transfer to the baking rack to drain and place in the oven to keep warm.

 


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 8
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Keep oil at 350°F and, using a skimmer, remove any residual bits of batter from the oil before adding the next batch. Fry the vegetables in the same manner, except for shiso leaves.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 9
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To fry shiso leaves, lay each leaf on top of the batter to coat only one side, then drop into the oil, battered-side-down, and fry without turning until underside is golden, about 1 minute. Transfer to the baking rack and keep warm in the oven.


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 10
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Make the dipping sauce. In a small saucepan, stir together dashi, soy sauce and mirin over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat.

 


              <i>Tempura</i> (Battered and Deep Fried Vegetable and Seafood) Step 11
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Serve tempura with dipping sauce. Add grated ginger and daikon radish to the dipping sauce if preferred.

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