Scratch-Made Japanese Chicken Curry

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

Steps

1. 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!
2. 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.
3. 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!