The best Zangi (Hokkaido Fried Chicken) in Sapporo
Also spelt zangi, ザンギ, ざんぎ and Hokkaido karaage. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Number 1.Chugoku Ryori Hotei (Honten
- Open
- 11am to 2.30pm, 5pm to 9pm, irregular days off
- Where
- Sapporo 19L Building 1F, Minami 1-jo Nishi 9-chome 5-1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Order the zangi B set, four fist-sized pieces with mini mapo tofu and the sour dipping sauce. It fills by 11.45am on weekdays, so arrive at opening or wait outside.
What to orderZangi B teishoku (four pieces plus small mapo tofu)
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Number 2.Grand Izakaya Fuji (Susukino)
- Open
- 5pm to 11.30pm, later at weekends, shut Sundays
- Where
- Fuji Kaikan Building, Minami 5-jo Nishi 4-chome 7-3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Sixty years in the Fuji Kaikan building, and the Fuji zangi is the plainest version in Susukino, which is the point. Sundays and public holidays are dark, so plan it for a weeknight.
What to orderFuji zangi
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Number 3.Kitchen Yarimizu Shoten (Nishi 18-chome)
- Open
- 11am to 3pm, 5pm to 10pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- Bay Slance Water 1F, Minami 1-jo Nishi 19-chome 1-251, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Take the three-way tasting set so you get the sauce zangi, which is the one to come for. Sundays and holidays shut, and lunch fills with hospital staff.
What to orderZangi tabekurabe teishoku (soy, salt and sauce zangi)
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Sapporo Zangi Honpo (Susukino)
- Open
- 4pm to 10.30pm, from 11am weekends, shut Tuesdays
- Where
- G4 Building 1F, Minami 6-jo Nishi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Nine flavours sit on the board, so take the zan-mori four assortment rather than guessing. Eighteen seats only and Tuesdays are dark. The half-chicken wants booking ahead.
What to orderZan-mori 4 (four assorted zangi)
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ZANGI Ichiban (Hokuno Building, Sapporo Station)
- Open
- 11.30am to 2.30pm and 5pm to 11pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- Hokuno Building B1, Kita 4-jo Nishi 1-chome 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
The mixed set puts thigh, breast and white fish zangi on one tray, with rice and miso refilled free at lunch. Saturdays are evenings only and Sundays shut.
What to orderMix teishoku (thigh, breast, white-fish zangi, sasami katsu)
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Zangi Udon Ikkyu (Tanukikoji Honten)
- Open
- 11.30am until the noodles run out, about 6pm
- Where
- Kowa Building No.21, Room 101, Minami 2-jo Nishi 1-chome 5-1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Ask for the oyako bukkake, zangi and a soft egg tempura over hand-cut udon. Cash only through a ticket machine, and they shut the moment the noodles go.
What to orderOyako bukkake (zangi and egg tempura on bukkake udon)
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Taishu Sakaba Oreryu Honmaru (Odori)
- Open
- 11.30am to 1.30pm, 5pm to midnight, shut Sundays
- Where
- Showa Building B1, Odori Nishi 5-chome 8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
A basement drinking shop where the ganso zangi comes heaped over rice in a bowl and the beer is 200 yen. Sister shop Ni-no-maru sits on the same floor. Sundays it stays shut.
What to orderGanso zangi (the heaped zangi bowl)
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Zangi Senmonten Oboro (Toyohira
- Open
- 11am to 6pm weekdays only, shut at weekends
- Where
- Toyohira 4-jo 3-chome 3-30, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Buy the sweet vinegar zangi, five small pieces, thin crust, cleaner than most. Weekdays only, and the shop closes altogether when it is off doing department store fairs.
What to orderAmazu zangi (sweet-vinegar zangi, five pieces)
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Chuka Ryori Kashu (Tanukikoji 4-chome)
- Open
- 11am to 9pm, afternoon break, shut Mondays
- Where
- Minami 3-jo Nishi 4-chome 21-8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
A 1959 room where the zangi comes small, breast meat, ten or more to a plate with hot mustard beside it. Mondays are shut and some Tuesdays as well.
What to orderZangi (plate of breast-meat pieces with karashi mustard)
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Hirochan Sapporo Shio Zangi (Sumikawa Honten)
- Open
- 11am to 9pm, open daily
- Where
- Ichinomiya Building 1F, Sumikawa 5-jo 3-chome 1-20, Minami-ku, Sapporo
Shio zangi sold by weight from the deli case, and it is worth asking for it fried to order, roughly ten minutes. Takeaway only, so eat it in the park uphill.
What to orderShio zangi (salt zangi, by weight)
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Zangi Senmonten Ichi (Shin-Kotoni)
- Open
- 11am to 7pm, open daily
- Where
- Inside Lucky Shin-Kotoni Yonbandori, Shin-Kotoni 8-jo 10-chome 1-22, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Ask for the happy zangi, the dark soy one that took the karaage grand prix. It sits inside a supermarket with only a few eat-in seats, so treat this as a car errand.
What to orderHappy zangi (dark soy)
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Tohomeishu Hanten (Nishino)
- Open
- 11am to 9pm, shut Tuesdays
- Where
- Cielo Nishino 1F, Nishino 2-jo 3-chome 1-1, Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Locals drive out here for the karaage set, eight fist-sized pieces heaped up. Leftovers go home in a bag, which you will need. Shut Tuesdays, and it is a walk from Hassamu-Minami.
What to orderTori no karaage teishoku (eight fist-sized pieces)
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Chuka Shokudo South Villa (Nan-en
- Open
- 11am to 6.30pm, later Fridays, shut Sundays
- Where
- Naebo-cho 12-chome 1-40, Higashi-ku, Sapporo
The karaage three set is the order, and the crust here shatters rather than crunches. There is parking for about ten cars, no station nearby, and Sundays are dark.
What to orderKaraage 3 teishoku
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Shokusai Tamana (Shiroishi)
- Open
- 11am to 7pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- This1 Building 1F, Nango-dori 1-chome Kita 1-19, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo
Both styles come in the tokumori tray, the plain one and the marinated one, and they are not the same thing. Cash only, no seats, so ring ahead or wait ten minutes.
What to orderZangi tokumori (both zangi styles plus tebakari wings)
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