new products

Ramen-flavored fried chicken

4 Comments
By Casey Baseel, SoraNews24

Like any convenience store chain in Japan, there’s a lot of tasty stuff on the shelves at branches of Lawson. The most tempting treat, though, is up at the counter, where you’ll find the packs of Karaage-kun fried chicken.

RK-1.jpg
Photo: PR Times

The delicious bite-sized morsels are always available in both standard and spicy “Red” flavors, and there’s also a constantly changing selection of seasonal flavors too. And while we enjoyed both the Black Hole and Final Fantasy Limit Break Karaage-kun that were previously available, we’re extra excited for Lawson’s latest innovation: ramen-flavored fried chicken.

For this amazing crossover, Lawson is teaming up with popular ramen restaurant chain Korakuen. Specifically, the new 216-yen Karaage-kun is modeled on the flavorful soy broth of Korakuen’s signature chuka soba-style ramen, which enhances the flavor of the noodle dish’s meat and vegetables, and also has a hint of menma (fermented bamboo shoots) for just the right touch of complexity.

The Korakuen ramen Karaage-kun is just one part of the team-up between the two companies, which will also see Korakuen ramen and stir-fry side dishes available in Lawson’s pre-made food corner. There’re even Korakuen ramen-flavored potato chips on the way as part of a tri-team effort with Japanese chip master Calbee for 168 yen.

RK-3.jpg
Photo: PR Times

Korakuen Karaage-kun is on sale now, and the ramen chips arrive on Dec 15, just in time to make Christmas especially merry.

Source: PR Times via Iza via Livedoor News via Otakomu

Read more stories from SoraNews24.

-- We hold a 14-nation taste test of Karaage-kun, Japan’s favorite convenience store fried chicken

-- Convenience store fried chicken gets approved as food for Japanese space program

-- Final Fantasy fried chicken on sale in Japan, best part comes before you take a single bite【Vid】

© SoraNews24

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

4 Comments
Login to comment

Strictly speaking Karaage kun isn't karaage, is it? It's chicken nuggets. In recent years, all of convenience stores have upped their game and now sell actual kara-age, i.e., pieces of chicken meat, not the reconstituted whatever goes in chicken nuggets. They also sell actual (southern) fried chicken.

So for Lawsons

kara-age = "Tori-kara"

fried chicken = "L chiki"

chicken nuggets = "Karaage kun"

1 ( +1 / -0 )

I miss eating Karage-kun. I remember my office building in Tokyo had a lawson in the basement and I would stop by every morning to grab two packs of those chicken RED spicy ones and a Salmon Rice ball. I ended up having high blood presure from eating too much but man i tell you they are soo addictive and delicious. I wish they would deep fry them in healthy oils so I can eat them daily then I would consider that again haha

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Yum

0 ( +0 / -0 )

> Korakuen Karaage-kun is on sale now, and the ramen chips arrive on Dec 15, just in time to make Christmas especially merry.

Imagine eating ‘ramen chips’ on Xmas day-how enviable...

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites