Abura-age is a Japanese food product made from twice-fried soybeans. It is produced by cutting tofu into thin slices and deep-frying them first at 110–120 °C, and then again at 180–200 °C. Abura-age is often used to wrap inari-zushi, and is added to miso soup. It is also added to udon noodle dishes, which are called kitsune-udon because of legends that foxes like deep-fried tofu. Abura-age can also be stuffed, e.g. with nattō, before frying again. There is a thicker variety known as atsu-age or nama-age.
In Japanese mythology abura-age is the favorite food of kitsune and Inari.