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Japanese Style Chicken Curry

Mild, apple-sweet Japanese curry simmers with chicken and vegetables until thick enough to ladle over a mound of rice.

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Japanese Style Chicken Curry

Yield6
Prep20 min
Cook35 min
Total55 min

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Method

5 steps

  1. 1

    Season the chicken chunks with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high and brown the chicken on a few sides, 4–5 minutes — you're after color, not cooking it through. Move to a plate.

  2. 2

    Drop the onion into the same pot and cook about 5 minutes until soft and a little sweet. Add the carrots, potatoes, broth, and grated apple. Bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits.

  3. 3

    Nestle the chicken back in, cover, and simmer gently 15 minutes until the carrots and potatoes are tender when you poke them with a fork.

  4. 4

    Turn off the heat. Break the curry roux into pieces, stir until fully melted, then simmer uncovered 5 minutes until the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon and look glossy.

  5. 5

    Taste for salt. Ladle over big bowls of steamed rice — Japanese curry wants the rice underneath, not mixed in.

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