Zangi appears as a signature dish in 1 Japan cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Zangi (Hokkaido Fried Chicken) · 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.
Where to eat in Sapporo:
- Sapporo Zangi Honpo
- Chinese Ryouri Hotei Honten
- Zangi Ichiban