Cooking for just another adult the other night so I could get a bit spicier than normal. Wow! I used this curry powder I bought at Ranch 99. I can’t read the label but evidently it is HOT!
So vary the amount of curry powder depending on the heat of the curry powder and your desire. I think the regular chain-grocery curry powders are pretty mild.
The original recipe from Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen
Japanese Chicken Curry
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound of boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 3 Tbs sake
- 2 Tbs cornstarch
- 1 Tbs oil
- 1 large onion peeled and chopped
- 2 tsp Japanese curry powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 2 tsp soy sauce
Instructions
- Start your rice cooking, however much you'd like. (I often do extra so we can have fried rice later in the week.)
- Mix the sake and cornstarch together.
- Cut the chicken into 1" pieces and then add to to the sake and cornstarch mixture to marinate a bit, at least 10 minutes at room temperature and up to 4 hours she says in the refrigerator. I did about 20 minutes at room temperature.
- Heat the oil in a wok or non-stick large pan. Place the chicken in the pan, skin-side down if you have any skin. Let it cook a minute or two until the edges of the meat just begin to turn white. Use tongs (or chopsticks she says) to turn the pieces over and let them brown another minute or two on the other side.
- Push all the chicken to one side and add the onion pieces, lowering the heat a bit. Cook about 3 minutes then stir the onion and chicken together. Sprinkle the curry powder and salt over the onion and chicken. Add the stock and stir to break up any crusty bits on the bottom of the pan or wok.
- Set the heat so the broth simmers and cook another 2-3 minutes. Add more stock or water if it seems to be too dry. The onion pieces will fall apart and become part of the sauce.
- Add the soy sauce and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Taste and add the mirin if you need to. (I did not.)
- Serve over hot rice.
The author suggests you can serve leftovers cooled as part of a salad or pita bread filling. We had no leftovers.
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