Signature dish
Dentucky Fried Chicken
Zaiyu Hasegawa · 1978 · Den, Tokyo
A deboned chicken wing stuffed with glutinous rice and a filling that changes with the season, fried and handed over in a red-and-white striped takeaway box printed with Hasegawa's face.
Why it works
Deboning presses the collagen-rich skin directly against the rice, so in the fryer the skin renders and dries into a crust while the enclosed rice steams in the wing's own moisture and stays soft.