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Chicken Katsu Curry

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An easy and authentic recipe for Chicken Katsu Curry which you can make at home from scratch. The chicken is coated with panko breadcrumbs for extra crunch, and the curry sauce contains a secret ingredient for the best flavour.

Ingredients

For the Katsu Curry sauce

For the Crumbed Chicken or Chicken Schnitzel

To Serve

Instructions

For the Katsu Curry sauce

  1. Heat the oil in a small saucepan.
  2. Sauté the onions and garlic with a sprinkle of sea salt until they have softened.
  3. Add the curry powder and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  4. Add the carrots and potatoes and give everything a good mix.
  5. Add the stock, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and sugar.
  6. Peel the apple and coarsely grate it into the sauce.
  7. Simmer gently for about 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
  8. Bring the saucepan to a rapid boil and quickly stir in some of the cornflour slurry until the curry sauce has thickened to your liking. You may not need all of it, or you may need to make more. 
  9. Taste the sauce for seasoning.

For the Crumbed Chicken or Chicken Schnitzel (For step-by-step photos, please see my recipe for Chicken Schnitzel)

  1. In a shallow bowl, add the flour.
  2. In a second bowl, whisk together the egg, mustard, salt and pepper.
  3. In a third bowl, add the panko breadcrumbs.
  4. To crumb the chicken, first coat the chicken in the flour, then dip it into the egg mixture, and finally cover it in the breadcrumbs. Gently pat the breadcrumbs into the chicken to ensure that it is fully coated all over.
  5. Heat the oil in a large saucepan, enough to shallow fry the chicken (about 1cm depth of oil).
  6. Cook the chicken in the oil until lightly golden on each side.

To Serve

  1. Thickly slice the crumbed chicken.
  2. Serve the chicken alongside some steamed Jasmine rice and spoon some Katsu Curry sauce over the rice and chicken.

Kitchen Notes

MAKE IT CHILD-FRIENDLY
Japanese curry powder, or any curry powder, can be a bit spicy for children. For this recipe, I generally use 2-3 teaspoons of curry powder for a mild taste. But curry powders vary in potency, so you will need to do a bit of trial and error.

MAKE IT VEGETARIAN
You can skip the Chicken Schnitzel and bulk up the vegetables in the Katsu Curry sauce for a vegetarian option. Vegetables which work well in this curry include:
* broccoli, cut into florets
* cauliflower, cut into florets
* green beans, cut into short lengths
* frozen peas

CONVERSIONS
To convert from cups to grams, and vice-versa, please see this handy Conversion Chart for Basic Ingredients.

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