Traditionally, tempura are usually pieces of crisp, light, airy coated, deep fried battered seafood or vegetables like sliced sweet potato with dipping sauce. The Japanese don't use it for chicken as their main diet is largely seafood hence whoever came up that ideal with using chicken was clearly targeting for Western diets. Of course Tesco must have cottoned on this & trying to be clever as Brits like chicken.
Tbh, would rather make my own tempura batter with fresh chicken breasts. Taste far much better with fresh tempura batter. The goal is a light, crisp coating that doesn't absorb oil when fried. You just can't get that quality with chilled ready meals especially ones that have batter. All the more reasons that any main supermarket ready meals can't beat your local proper take-away meals.
AVANTIME
1 Feb 16#8
These are really nice tbf.
higgles
1 Feb 16#7
gristle and lips ? 9)
i thought 100% means what they can get away with by as set down by law. a short search online seems to support this thought.
higgles
1 Feb 161#5
`Formed` chicken breast... mmmm you can really taste the beaks and feet.
rp1974
1 Feb 16#4
These are not that good,the usual chopped and shaped meat sadly.This replaced ultimate battered chicken strips that were great,using an actual strip of breast meat rather than this.I tried these once as I loved the previous ones,not a patch on them,think the price was the same too.
mamboboy to rp1974
1 Feb 161#6
I honestly find minced and chopped chicken nicer as long as it's not pumped with filler to bulk it out.
Mincing it gives you the ability to add seasoning/spices and makes the meat juicier IMO.
Formed just means it's chopped and shaped so that they can make 100% accurately weighted amounts. It contains 100% chicken breast so won't have beaks and feet...
634miyamoto
1 Feb 16#3
Tastes nothing like the real thing, I can assure you - in fact, we don't have chicken tempura in Japan.
Hotmeal to 634miyamoto
1 Feb 16#9
Now now, don't lose your tempura.
brilly to 634miyamoto
1 Feb 164#10
if you dont have it in japan then whats the real thing you are comparing it against? :neutral_face:
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Ingredients:
Chicken (60%), Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Semolina (Wheat), Potato Starch, Salt, Wheat Protein, Sugar, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Flavouring, Yeast, Herbs, Bell Pepper, Maltodextrin, Cornflour, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Lemon Powder
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Tbh, would rather make my own tempura batter with fresh chicken breasts. Taste far much better with fresh tempura batter. The goal is a light, crisp coating that doesn't absorb oil when fried. You just can't get that quality with chilled ready meals especially ones that have batter. All the more reasons that any main supermarket ready meals can't beat your local proper take-away meals.
i thought 100% means what they can get away with by as set down by law. a short search online seems to support this thought.
Mincing it gives you the ability to add seasoning/spices and makes the meat juicier IMO.
Formed just means it's chopped and shaped so that they can make 100% accurately weighted amounts. It contains 100% chicken breast so won't have beaks and feet...