Tag: Katsu Curry

  • Katsu Curry

    Katsu Curry

    Might as well already add this to your list of top five comfort foods. I actually saw this dish posted from an account I follow on IG and decided to give it a shot (probably the first time I’ve utilized social media in a healthy way) and I’m sure glad I did.

    The recipe and steps below is an amalgamation (fancy word for the day: check) of a couple of different recipes I found across the World Wide Web, which will be linked below. There were so many different ways to make and customize this.

    I’ve written down how I made it, going with the Katsu curry instead of sauce. Do keep in mind that I am only a budding amateur home chef lacking the consultancy of a talking mouse and this is intended as inspiration as opposed to a strict recipe.

    Happy cooking.

    Ingredients

    • For the protein
      • Chicken breast (Pork can be used as well)
      • Plain Flour
      • 2 Eggs
      • Panko Bread Crumbs
      • Vegetable Oil
      • Salt and Pepper
    • For the curry sauce
      • 1 Yellow Onion
      • 2 Small Carrots
      • 600ml Chicken Stock
      • 2 tbsp Katsu Curry Powder (Golden Curry cubes were used in many of the videos I seen but weren’t available locally)
      • Spring Onion

    Steps

    1. Butterfly the chicken breast (esentailly halving it) and pound both halves to thin them out.
    2. Season the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper.
    3. Set up your breading stations: one for flour, one for the cracked and beaten eggs and one for the Panko breadcrumbs
    4. Use the wet hand dry hand method to coat the chicken in flour, eggs and breadcrumbs in that order.
    5. Heat the vegetable oil and fry the chicken on both sides until golden brown.
    6. Slice the chicken and it’s ready to go.
    7. To make the curry, add some oil followed by the onions and carrots.
    8. Once onions and carrots have been cooked a little, add the chicken stock and let simmer.
    9. Add curry powder and let simmer for for some more time. The curry’s ready to go.
    10. Serve with rice and garnish with some spring onion.

    Linked below are the videos I used for inspiration and from where I learnt butterflying and the wet hand dry hand method.