DEEP FRIED CHICKEN WITH SAKE AND GINGER

Ingredients:
Large chicken fillets - 4
Sake - 1/2 cup
Light soy sauce - 3 tbsp
Fresh ginger juice - 2 tbsp
Shallots -4 
Wheat flour
Oil for deep frying
Pickled ginger

Method:

• Mix the sake, soy sauce, ginger juice and finely chopped shallots together in a bowl.
• Wash the chicken and pat dry on absorbent paper.
• Cut into bite-sized pieces. 
• Place in the bowl with the sake marinade and mix thoroughly. Marinate for at least one hour.
• Drain the chicken and pat ddry on absorbent paper.  dust with flour.
• Heat the oil in a deep, heavy based saucepan.
• Cook the chicken in the hot oil until golden brown and cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.
• Drain on absorbent paper.
• Serve immediately garnished with pickled ginger and a dipping sauce.