Yamachan-Style Tebasaki (Nagoya's Chicken Wings)

Name: Yamachan-Style Tebasaki (Nagoya's Chicken Wings)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ½ tbsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp ground white pepper; ⅛ tsp garlic powder; ¼ tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder; 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 2 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sake (or dry sherry/wine, Shaoxing wine, or water); 1 tsp sugar; 1 garlic clove (smashed flat with the side of a knife); 1 pinch dashi granules (stirred in right before the flame goes out); 10 pieces chicken wings (the flat with the pointed tip still attached (V-shape), relatively small wings are recommended); 1 tbsp potato starch (katakuriko) (or cornstarch/tapioca starch); 1 tbsp unbleached cake flour (or all-purpose flour); cooking oil (neutral, for deep/shallow frying)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:25min

Enjoy the taste of Nagoya style tebasaki at home with these crispy Yamachan-inspired fried chicken wings coated in a sticky sweet-savory sauce and hit with a generous dusting of my homemade pepper blend.

Updated at: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:40:54 GMT