Vegan Tempeh Karaage Recipe(Japanese Fried Dish)

This is Japanese style tempeh dish, Vegan Tempeh Karaage. Marinate the piece of tempeh in homemade sauce and fry it. Simple but super tasty recipe!

Karaage is a Japanese deep fried dish and usually cooked with chicken. Karaage is not only for chicken, it's also a great way to cook tempeh for vegan/vegetarian.

Recommend this recipe for

• someone who is vegan or vegetarian and love tempeh
• someone who is a beginner for tempeh dish
• someone who is looking for an easy tempeh recipe

I made this so many times as it's our family favorite recipe.

Even if you are not so familiar with tempeh, don't worry, how to make it is super easy.

I will walk you through the ingredients and how to make it step by step, so hope you will stay with me until the end.

Ingredients for Vegan Tempeh Karaage

All you need is 3 ingredients.

• Tempeh
• Potato Starch　>> Use potato starch to make crisp skin. You can substitute flour or corn starch.
• Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce　>> This is homemade all-purpose sauce. Please see the instruction below.

How To Make Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce

With this sauce, any ingredients can be transformed into delicious karaage. This sauce is also great for stir-fry and chahan(Japanese fried rice).

Ingredients

• 400ml Soy Sauce
• 1 clove Garlic
• 1 clove Ginger

Instructions

1. Finely chop garlic and ginger with a food processor
2. Put soy sauce, chopped garlic and ginger in a bottle and stir
3. Leave it in the refrigerator for 2 days before using

If you don't have a food processor, chop finely with a knife.

You can store in the refrigerator for 2-3 months.

Glass Jar

I recommend to store the sauce in a glass jar and about 500ml would be a right size.

I use a glass jar, and since the lid is stainless, I can't get rid of the garlic smell on it. That's why I always use the same jar for this sauce.

If you don't like to have the smell on the lid, use the one with glass lid.

How To Make Vegan Tempeh Karaage - Step by Step

Now, let's make tempeh karaage with these ingredients above.

1. Cut tempeh　>> Cut tempeh into a small bite size
2. Put them in a bowl　>> Put tempeh in a bowl and pour homemade sauce over
3. Marinate　>> Mix them by hands and let them soak more than 10 mins
4. Coat with potato starch　>> Pour some oil to a frying pan, heat it over medium heat and place tempeh coated with potato starch
5. Fry　>> Fry on medium heat for 2 mins until golden brown
6. Fry the other side　>> Flip it over and fry another 2 mins

Your crispy and yummy tempeh karaage is done!

It's delicious even when it's cooled so this is staple recipe for when we go out for a picnic and it's also great for meal prepping.

The Best Way To Eat It

My recommendation is Rice Bowl!

Serve Japanese steamed rice in a deep bowl, place tempeh karaage on, and top with shredded nori. And add some green salad on the side then vegan tempeh karaage rice bowl is done! It's a healthy and beautiful lunch!

If you are tired of eating it as it is, here is another idea, vegan tempeh karaage with egg.

Heat dashi(soup stock) in a frying pan, put the tempeh karaage, pour the beaten eggs over and cook for a couple minutes. Put it on the steamed rice and ready to eat! This is also a delicious dish.

Thanks for Stopping By

I introduced Japanese style tempeh recipe. How did you like it?

If you make the garlic ginger soy sauce beforehand, it's quick to make this recipe. It's a great main dish and also an appetizer. I hope you will enjoy it with your family.

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