唐揚げ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 唐揚げ is a noun read からあげ, referring to seasoned food coated with flour or starch and deep-fried.
• Basic usage: Specify chicken with 鶏の唐揚げ, and use 揚げたての唐揚げ for karaage that has just come out of the oil.
  • 弁当に鶏の唐揚げを入れた。 describes putting chicken karaage in a boxed lunch; 揚げたての唐揚げは外側が香ばしい。 says that freshly fried karaage has a savory, fragrant exterior.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 鶏の唐揚げ
  • の specifies chicken as the ingredient. 唐揚げ by itself is not limited to chicken in every context.
• 揚げたての唐揚げ
  • たて indicates the fresh state immediately after the frying action has been completed.
• 外側が香ばしい
  • が marks the exterior as the part whose quality is described, and 香ばしい conveys an appetizing roasted or fried aroma.