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Scratch-Made Japanese Beef Curry

2021-01-31T00:30:07-05:00

Today we’re going to show you how to make our Japanese Beef Curry completely from scratch! This is a part of a series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

Super Sentai Tip

You can use any brand of curry powder you want! If you want to be more authentic, use S&B brand.

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 798

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

3192

For:

Japanese Curry Roux

✓

Ingredient

Amount

Vegetable Oil

3 Tablespoons

Flour

3 Tablespoons

Curry Powder

1.5 Tablespoons

Garam Masala

1 Tablespoon

Cayenne Powder(optional)

1/2 Teaspoon

Total

5 Items

Steps

Make the Curry Roux
1. Put a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil and flour to the pot. Mixing well.
2. Continue to cook this 5-15 minutes constantly stirring or until it reaches a peanut butter or almost a milk chocolate color.
3. Now remove it from the heat and add the the curry powder, garam masala, and cayenne powder. Mix it up well and set aside. This is our curry roux!
Pressure Cooking the Beef
1. Peel the ginger, and apple.
2. Then mince our ginger and garlic cloves. Roughly chop up the apple.
3. Slice onion up into large pieces.
4. Season stew meat all over with salt and pepper.
5. Turn the pressure cooker on saute mode and add the vegetable oil to it. Once hot add the stew meat. Brown the pieces on all sides about 7-8 minutes.
6. Now add the onions, ginger, garlic and apple. Saute for a few minutes or until the onions turn translucent. Then turn off the pressure cooker.
7. Add the beef bouillon cubes, water, worchershire sauce, soy sauce, and honey to the pot and mix well.
8. Now put on the lid and set the pressure cooker to high pressure for 30 minutes.
Cooking the Veggies
1. While the beef is cooking, let’s prep the rest of our ingredients. Peel carrots and the potatoes. Then cut them up into large bite sized pieces.
2. After the 30 minutes is up, release the pressure from the cooker and take off the lid.
3. Add the potatoes and carrots to the pot and stir well. Put the lid back on, and set the pressure cooker on high pressure for 5 minutes.
Putting it All Together
1. After 5 minutes, release the pressure from the cooker one last time. Take off the lid and add our homemade curry roux to the pot and mix it up well.
2. Now add the frozen peas and give it another good stir. Serve it up with rice and enjoy!

Quick Japanese Beef Curry

2021-01-31T00:30:06-05:00

Today we’re going to show you how to make our quick weeknight Japanese Beef Curry! This is a part of a series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

Minna-san Tip

I use curry sauce mix and curry roux interchangeably in this recipe.

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 786

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

3144

Steps

Pressure Cooking the Beef
1. Peel our ginger, and apple.
2. Then mince the ginger and garlic cloves. Roughly chop up the apple.
3. Slice onion up into large pieces.
4. Season stew meat all over with salt and pepper.
5. Turn the pressure cooker on saute mode and add the vegetable oil to it. Once hot add the stew meat. Brown the pieces on all sides about 7-8 minutes.
6. Now add the onions, ginger, garlic and apple. Saute for a few minutes or until the onions turn translucent. Then turn off the pressure cooker.
7. Add the beef bouillon cubes, water, worchershire sauce, soy sauce, and honey to the pot and mix well.
8. Now put on the lid and set the pressure cooker to high pressure for 30 minutes.
Cooking the Veggies
1. While the beef is cooking, let’s prep the rest of our ingredients. Peel carrots and the potatoes. Then cut them up into large bite sized pieces.
2. After the 30 minutes is up, release the pressure from the cooker and take off the lid.
3. Add the potatoes and carrots to the pot and stir well. Put the lid back on, and set the pressure cooker on high pressure for 5 minutes.
Putting it All Together
1. After 5 minutes, release the pressure from the cooker one last time. Take off the lid.
2. Take our boxed curry sauce and break it up into several pieces. Add it to the pressure cooker and mix it really well to dissolve the pieces.
3. Now add the frozen peas and give it another good stir. Serve it up with rice and enjoy!

Scratch-Made Japanese Chicken Curry

2021-01-31T00:30:05-05:00

Today we’re going to show you how to make our Japanese Chicken Curry completely from scratch! This is a part of a series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

A Shocking Tip

You can use any brand of curry powder you want! If you want to be more authentic, use S&B brand.

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 660

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

2640

For:

Japanese Curry Roux

✓

Ingredient

Amount

Vegetable Oil

4 Tablespoons

Flour

4 Tablespoons

Curry Powder

1.5 Tablespoons

Garam Masala

1 Tablespoon

Cayenne Powder(optional)

1/2 Teaspoon

Cooked Rice

Total

6 Items

Steps

Make the Curry Roux
1. Put a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil and flour to the pot. Mixing well.
2. Continue to cook this 5-15 minutes constantly stirring or until it reaches a peanut butter or almost a milk chocolate color.
3. Now remove it from the heat and add the the curry powder, garam masala, and cayenne powder. Mix it up well and set aside. This is our curry roux!
Prepping the Ingredients
1. Peel the carrots, potatoes, ginger, and apple.
2. Cut carrots and potatoes up into large bite sized pieces.
3. Slice onion up into large pieces.
4. Mince ginger and garlic. Finely chop up the apple.
5. Cut the chicken thighs into bite sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
6. Add oil to large pan over medium heat. Once hot add the chicken thighs. Brown the pieces on all sides about 7-8 minutes.
7. Now add our sliced onion and cook for a few minutes, or until slightly translucent.
8. Next add the ginger and garlic and saute for a few minutes.
9. Now add the chicken bouillon paste and water and mixing it well to dissolve the paste.
10. Add the carrots, potatoes, apple, soy sauce, worchestershire sauce, and honey. Mix well.
11. Once the pan reaches a boil, cover it with a lid. Turn the heat down to medium low. Cook for 15-20 minutes.
Finishing Up
1. After the time is up, the potatoes and carrots should be softened. Now take off the lid.
2. Now add some of the cooking liquid into our curry roux and mix it well until to loosen it up some.
3. Now add the curry roux to the pan. Mix well. Cook for a few minutes until the curry starts to thicken up. Turn off the heat and add the green peas. Serve it over some rice and enjoy!

Quick Japanese Chicken Curry

2021-01-31T00:30:04-05:00

Today we have a quick and easy weeknight dinner for ya. This is our quick Japanese Chicken Curry. This is a part of a series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

Hot Taxi Tip

You can use any brand of Japanese curry sauce mix you want! I refer to it as roux and sauce mix throughout the recipe

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 559

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

2236

Steps

Prepping the Ingredients
1. Peel the carrots, potatoes, ginger, and apple.
2. Cut carrots and potatoes up into large bite sized pieces.
3. Slice onion up into large pieces.
4. Mince ginger and garlic. Finely chop up the apple.
5. Cut the chicken thighs into bite sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
Cooking Time
1. Add oil to large pan over medium heat. Once hot add the chicken thighs. Brown the pieces on all sides about 7-8 minutes.
2. Now add our sliced onion and cook for a few minutes, or until slightly translucent.
3. Next add the ginger and garlic and saute for a few minutes.
4. Now add the chicken bouillon paste and water and mixing it well to dissolve the paste.
5. Add the carrots, potatoes, apple, soy sauce, worchestershire sauce, and honey. Mix well.
6. Once the pan reaches a boil, cover it with a lid. Turn the heat down to medium low. Cook for 15-20 minutes.
Finishing Up
1. After the time is up, the potatoes and carrots should be cooked through and softened. Now take off the lid.
2. Now break the curry roux block up into several pieces into a bowl and add some of the cooking liquid and mix it well until the blocks are mostly dissolved.
3. Now add the (mostly) dissolved curry block to the pan. Mix well. Turn off the heat and add the green peas. Serve it up with some rice, it’s curry time!

Scratch-Made Japanese Veggie Curry

2021-01-31T00:30:03-05:00

Today we’re going to show you how to make our Japanese Chicken Curry completely from scratch! This is a part of a series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

Bejitaburu-Man Tip

You can use any brand of curry powder you want! If you want to be more authentic, use S&B brand.

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 659

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

2636

For:

Japanese Curry Roux

✓

Ingredient

Amount

Vegetable Oil

4 Tablespoons

Flour

4 Tablespoons

Curry Powder

1.5 Tablespoons

Garam Masala

1 Tablespoon

Cayenne Powder(optional)

1/2 Teaspoon

Cooked Rice

Total

6 Items

Steps

Make the Curry Roux
1. Put a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil and flour to the pot. Mixing well.
2. Continue to cook this 5-15 minutes constantly stirring or until it reaches a peanut butter or almost a milk chocolate color.
3. Now remove it from the heat and add the the curry powder, garam masala, and cayenne powder. Mix it up well and set aside. This is our curry roux!
Prepping the Ingredients
1. Peel our carrots, potatoes, ginger, and apple.
2. Cut our carrots and potatoes up into large bite sized pieces.
3. Slice the onion up into large pieces.
4. Mince the ginger and garlic. Finely chop up the apple.
5. Cut up the green beans into thirds and the bell peppers into bite sized pieces.
6. Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise, then cut the halves in half again lengthwise. Now slice these quarters up into 1/2 inch quarter moons.
7. Cut the eggplant up into 1/2 to 1 inch cubes.
Cooking Time
1. Add oil to large pot over medium heat. Once hot add sliced onion and cook for a few minutes, or until slightly translucent.
2. Now add the ginger and garlic and saute for a few minutes.
3. Add the carrots, potatoes, and 1 cup of the vegetable broth. Cover with a lid and cook for 10-15 minutes.
4. Now add all of our remaining chopped vegetables, apple, the rest of the vegetable broth, soy sauce, worcherstershire sauce, and honey to the pot and mix well.
5. Bring to a boil then cover with a lid. Turn the heat down to medium low. Simmer for 10-15 minutes
Finishing Up
1. After the time is up, the potatoes and carrots should be softened. Now take off the lid.
2. Add the curry roux to a bowl and add some of the cooking liquid and mix well.
3. Now add the curry sauce to the pot. Mix well. Now turn off the heat, and add salt to taste. Serve it with some rice and enjoy!

Quick Japanese Veggie Curry

2021-01-31T00:30:02-05:00

Today we have a quick and easy weeknight vegetarian dinner for ya. This is our quick Japanese Veggie Curry. This is a part of a series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

One Crazy Tip

You can also use apple sauce here instead of the apple if you want!

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 615

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

2460

Steps

Prepping the ingredients
1. Peel our carrots, potatoes, ginger, and apple.
2. Cut our carrots and potatoes up into large bite sized pieces.
3. Slice the onion up into large pieces.
4. Mince the ginger and garlic. Finely chop up the apple.
5. Cut up the green beans into thirds and the bell peppers into bite sized pieces.
6. Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise, then cut the halves in half again lengthwise. Now slice these quarters up into 1/2 inch quarter moons.
7. Cut the eggplant up into 1/2 to 1 inch cubes.
Cooking Time
1. Add oil to large pot over medium heat. Once hot add sliced onion and cook for a few minutes, or until slightly translucent.
2. Now add the ginger and garlic and saute for a few minutes.
3. Add the carrots, potatoes, and 1 cup of the vegetable broth. Cover with a lid and cook for 10-15 minutes.
4. Now add all of our remaining chopped vegetables, apple, the rest of the vegetable broth, soy sauce, worcherstershire sauce, and honey to the pot and mix well.
5. Bring to a boil then cover with a lid. Turn the heat down to medium low. Simmer for 10-15 minutes
Finishing Up
1. After the time is up, the potatoes and carrots should be softened. Now take off the lid.
2. Break the curry roux block up into several pieces into a bowl and add some of the cooking liquid and mix it well until the blocks are mostly dissolved.
3. Now add the (mostly) dissolved curry block to the pot. Mix thoroughly. Turn off the heat. Serve it with some rice and enjoy!

Japanese Curry Roux

2021-01-31T00:30:00-05:00

This is the recipe for our general purpose Japanese Curry Roux. This is used in our series of Japanese Curry recipes. Check them out here: Japanese Curry Rice Series

Power-Up Tip

You can use any brand of curry powder you want! If you want to be more authentic, use S&B brand.

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 154

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

616

✓

Ingredient

Amount

Vegetable Oil

4 Tablespoons

Flour

4 Tablespoons

Curry Powder

1.5 Tablespoons

Garam Masala

1 Tablespoon

Cayenne Powder(optional)

1/2 Teaspoon

Total

5 Items

Steps

Make the Curry Roux
1. Put a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil and flour to the pot. Mixing well.
2. Continue to cook this 5-15 minutes constantly stirring or until it reaches a peanut butter or almost a milk chocolate color.
3. Now remove it from the heat and add the the curry powder, garam masala, and cayenne powder. Mix it up well and set aside. This is our curry roux!

2020 Holiday Gift Guide Extravaganza

2020-12-09T23:00:01-05:00

Need holiday gift ideas for all the food doodz in your life. Well look no further! Today we recap our 18ish favorite gifts for the holidays. From boba tea to tortilla blankets, we cover it all. Grab your eggnog and get toasty by the fire with the FoodDoodz. We think you’re gonna enjoy this one!

Episode

The List

Piestro Pizza Robot

$50,000

Is it real? Not really, but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t love to have a fresh made pizza robot. How cool is this? Sign us up!

https://www.startengine.com/piestro
https://www.piestro.com/

Little Caesar’s Pizza Franchise

$355,000

Our favorite pizza chain in America. Adam would be in hog heaven if he had free reign to grab a pizza “on the house” anytime he wanted… Second thought, that might not be great for his figure. He might need to switch to half coke half diet coke.

https://franchise.littlecaesars.com/

Taco Bell Franchise

$1.2M-$2.6M

This gift might be on the overly extravagant end of the spectrum. Though, I’m pretty sure eventually it would make sense given how many times a month the FoodDoodz make Taco Bell runs. If you do end up gifting one, invite us over and we’ll do a Live From Taco Bell episode!

https://www.tacobellfranchise.com/

La Pavoni Manual Pull Expesso Machine

From €649

Is there a coffee-head in your life? I promise you they don’t have one of these… or they would have already told you about it! Get the best machine and best expresso or latte outside of visiting Italy. Think of it as a gift for yourself that your loved one will make you!

https://www.lapavoni.com/en/domestic-line/lever-machines/

Dark Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

5lb bag $53.30

You may have seen me snacking on the giant green bag of beans while Adam eats one of our OMGmeals. Now you can get one of your very own!

https://nuts.com/chocolatessweets/chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/dark-chocolate.html

Deep Freezer

$150 and up

Have you ever wanted to meal prep like a boss, but you just don’t have the fridge space? Maybe you’d like to make enough breakfast burritos for an entire month and would love the convenience of just grabbing one out of the freezer every morning and throwing it in the microwave? This is your guy.

7 Cubic Feet Model
16 Cubic Feet Upright Frost-Free Model

30lb Box of Fries

$20.98

Already picked up a mondo freezer? Level-up your munchie game with the ultimate anytime snack. Always stay ready for someone saying “you know what would go good with this? Fries!”

Straight Cut French Fries

Lifetime Subscription to the Greatest Food TV Network Ever

That’s right, we don’t even charge you! Just click the link and hit “yes” when asked. Then you’re aboard the express train to flavor town.

FoodDoodz YouTube Channel

Italian Built Brick Pizza Oven

$1,000-$9,000

Alright, alright, this one sounds like a bit of an extravagant gift, but this is the gift that keeps on giving. Think about all the pizza parties you can force the recipient to throw! And hey, if they’re your neighbor, just walk on over and fire up the oven yourself (Cousin Eddy style). If they complain, just remind them who boosted their property value by installing a brick fired pizza oven!

https://fornoclassico.com/
https://www.fornobravo.com/
https://www.mugnaini.com/
Alfa Cupolino V70 27-Inch

Ooni Mini Outdoor Pizza Oven

$249-$599

The smaller sibling to the brick pizza oven. Ooni are the go anywhere cook anything pizza oven for the adventurous type. Just imagine taking this little guy down to the park or beach, firing it up with some trash you found floaing in the water, kicking back, and enjoying a few cold… sodas with a nice toasty Neapolitan pie. Mmmmmmmmm garbage flavored. Mmmmmmm.

https://ooni.com/

T’s Tan Tan Instant Vegan Ramen

$85 for 12

One of my favorite vegan restaurants on the planet now has instant ramen packs! I actually hand carried one of these boxes all the way home from Japan. Boy would it have been easier to just order from eBay…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2020-New-touch-Japan-VEGAN-NOODLES-Tantanmen-Instant-Cup-type-1box-12meals-/402196438076

Boba Tea at Home Kit

$50

Do you or someone you know love boba tea? That’s a yes for us. If not, join the craze at home with this kit. While you’re at it but their book. An entire book on boba!

Boba Kit The Boba Book - $17.59

Arby’s Deep Fried Turkey Pillow

$59.95

You know what they say about burying your head in the sand, right? Well, with this gift your loved ones can bury their head deep… up a turkey pillow’s backside. That’s right! Imagine all the great napping to be had. I can’t think of a more perfect plane ride companion!

https://arbysdeepfriedturkeypillow.com/

Hidden Valley Fridge with Lifetime Supply of Ranch

$900

Do you have a Ranch lover in your life? Well, what are you waiting for? Get ‘em a ranch to hold all that Ranch with the Hidden Valley’s new Fridge. It comes with a lifetime supply of product! I’m not sure how much that is… Guess it depends on how many buffalo wings you eat on game day. (Psst… Check out our Air Fryer Wings Recipe)

HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH SHOP

Tortilla Blanket or Pizza Hut Weighted Blanket

$20-150

Do you have someone in your life who’s in need of warmth on those cold winter nights? Dood, do we have the gift for you! The only question you need to ask yourself is “do they want to be a human burrito?” or “would they prefer to roll themselves into a human pizza roll?”

Tortilla Blanket
Pizza Hut Blanket

Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid

$70

Are you one of millions of people who’ve been introduced to the wonders of pressure cooking through the amazing Instant Pot? Maybe you’ve used our awesome Instant Pot recipes? Well now you can have one machine that does everything with Instant Pot’s amazing Air Fryer lid attachment. It’s only compatible with stainless steel inner pot models. So, make sure which type your gift recipient had before ordering.

https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/air-fryer-lid/

Philips Smart Pasta Maker

$250

Now this one is a really cool gift. Imagine a bread maker but instead of bread you get perfectly made fresh noodles. Fresh noodles anytime you want! How cool is this? From the reviews people seem to love this machine. So, you’re sure to have a hit with this gift.

https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/philips-smart-pasta-maker-plus/

Thanko Portable Hot Pot Maker

¥6028

Do you have a Chinese food or Asian food lover on your list? This is the gift for them. It’s a small, collapsible, portable vessel with a heating element to keep your hot pot broth boiling while on the go. This is amazing!

https://www.thanko.jp/shopdetail/000000003593/

Hot Sauce Holster

$15

Be ready for any unflavored food situation with your very own hot sauce holster. Guaranteed to be a hit with men who might already carry a knife or cell phone on their belt!

Tabasco Branded Holster Get a Custom One Made on Etsy

Taco Bell Beefy Fritos Burrito Copycat

2020-10-31T20:00:02-04:00

Taco Bell broke our hearts with their latest menu changes. We decided to lay down some raps and make a music video to show how much BFB meant to us.

RIP Beefy Fritos Burrito! RIP Cheesy Potatoes!

This recipe is our super simple copycat of Taco Bell’s now discontinued Beefy Fritos Burrito. Recipes for Taco Bell Inspired Ground Beef, Mexican Rice, and Taco Bell Nacho Cheese Sauce can be found by clicking these links.

Hot Tip

This recipe is dare I say, better than the original. :)

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 688.3

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

4129.8

✓

Ingredient

Amount

Taco Bell Inspired Ground Beef

6 Servings

Mexican Rice

2 Cups

Fritos

1.5 Cups

Taco Bell Nacho Cheese Sauce

6 Servings

Flour Tortillas

Total

5 Items

Steps

Make the Burrito
1. Lay a torilla down and slather as much of the nacho cheese as you want over it.
2. Add 1/3 cup of the rice on top of the cheese.
3. Scoop 1/6 of the beef on top of the rice.
4. Add 1/3 cup of fritos on top.
5. Roll the burrito up and enjoy!

Taco Bell Inspired Ground Beef

2020-10-31T20:00:01-04:00

This recipe is a super simple Taco Bell like ground beef recipe that is used in our Beefy Fritos Burrito.

Hot Tip

You can use our Taco Seasoning recipe or a 2oz packet of your favorite brand!

Episode

Ingredients

How much are we making?

Servings

* 213

Calories

Serving

Total Calories

1278

✓

Ingredient

Amount

Ground Beef

1 Pound

Taco Seasoning

4 Tablespoons

Tomato Sauce

1/2 Cup

Total

3 Items

Steps

Cook the Meat
1. Place a medium sized saute pan over medium heat.
2. Once the pan is heated, add the ground beef. Cook until the beef is well browned all over and is no longer pink.
3. Add the taco seasoning and mix it in well. Cook this for 2 minutes.
4. Now add the tomato sauce and simmer this mixture for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
5. Serve it in our Beefy Fritos recipe or in some crunchy tacos shells. Enjoy!