Japanese Curry Rice

Name: Japanese Curry Rice
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 400g beef or pork, cut into chunks; 2 onions, sliced; 2 carrots and 3 potatoes, cut into chunks; Curry roux: 4 tbsp butter, 4 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp curry powder and 1 tsp garam masala; 1 grated apple and 1 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp each soy sauce, ketchup and Worcestershire-style sauce; Japanese rice and fukujinzuke pickles, to serve

カレーライス/KAH-reh RYE-soo/

Also known as: Kare Raisu, Karee Raisu, Japanese Curry and Rice, Japanese Beef Curry

About this dish

A thick, mild and slightly sweet curry sauce with tender beef or pork, potatoes, carrots and onions, served beside rice.

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Ingredients

🥩400g beef or pork, cut into chunks

🧅2 onions, sliced

🥕2 carrots and 3 potatoes, cut into chunks

🍛Curry roux: 4 tbsp butter, 4 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp curry powder and 1 tsp garam masala

🍎1 grated apple and 1 tbsp honey

🫙1 tbsp each soy sauce, ketchup and Worcestershire-style sauce

🍚Japanese rice and fukujinzuke pickles, to serve

Method

Serves 4

Fry the onions slowly until golden, then brown the meat.

Add the carrots, potatoes and about 800ml water and simmer until tender.

Make a roux by cooking the butter, flour and spices until fragrant.

Stir the roux into the pot with the apple, honey and sauces and simmer until thick.

Serve beside rice with pickles.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kare raisu came to Japan via the British navy in the late 1800s and is now one of the country's most popular home meals, often made from a roux block.

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