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Zangi (Hokkaido Fried Chicken) is a signature dish of Japan; we have verified places to eat it in Sapporo. Hokkaido's take on karaage. Start with where to eat Zangi (Hokkaido Fried Chicken) in Sapporo.
Hokkaido's take on karaage. Bone-in chicken marinated overnight in garlic, soy, ginger and a touch of sesame oil, then double-fried for a crisp shell and juicy interior.
Zangi traces partly to Chinese karaage that arrived in Hokkaido through Chinese cooks after World War 2, and partly to a Kushiro chicken-restaurant menu (Toriyoshi, 1960) that codified the marinade. By the 1970s, zangi was the Hokkaido home-cooking standard and a Sapporo izakaya staple; today it competes with miso ramen for the Hokkaido household-food crown. Sapporo Zangi Honpo and Chinese Ryouri Hotei are the two reference shops, with Hotei's zangi-on-rice (zangi-don) the cheap-eat icon.
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