Kaki furai (カキフライ)

Place of origin	Japan
Associated cuisine	Japanese cuisine
Main ingredients	Oysters panko flakes
Similar dishes	Ebi furai kakiage tempura
Media: Kaki furai (カキフライ)

Kaki furai or kaki fry ( Japanese: カキフライ, romanized: kaki furai) is a Japanese dish consisting of panko-breaded deep-fried oysters. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The oysters used in the dish are either Crassostrea gigas ( Pacific oyster) or Crassostrea nippona ( Iwagaki oyster). ^{[4] [5]}

Preparation

The dish is prepared by coating raw oysters with flour and then covering them with panko flakes, a type of bread crumb. ^[3] The oysters are then deep-fried at about 180 °C (360 °F) for roughly two minutes, at which point, they should appear golden brown. ^{[1] [3]}

Variation

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White kaki furai variation [1]

In 2019, the government of Hiroshima Prefecture came up with a variation of the dish in which the bread coating remained white. ^[1] This was done by frying the oysters at a lower temperature, about 120 °C (250 °F), for a few minutes. ^[1]

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