Japanese Chicken Katsu Curry with Rice recipe
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 4 large chicken breasts
- plain flour, for coating
- 4 eggs, beaten
- (Panko) bread crumbs, for coating
- vegetable oil, for deep-frying
- steamed rice, to serve
for the vegetable curry :
- 2 tbsp butter
- half a large onion, chopped
- ¼ lb carrots, boiled and chopped
- ¼ lb potatoes, boiled and chopped
for the Katsu curry sauce:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- half large onion, chopped
- 3 Granny Smith apples, chopped
- 2¼ pints water
- 2 bananas, chopped
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp ground turmeric
- ½ tbsp hot curry powder
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 15 fl oz chicken stock
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp ground black pepper
Preparation and Cooking Instructions:
- First make the katsu curry sauce. In a large saucepan, heat together the butter, garlic, onion and apple, mix together and fry briefly.
- Add in 1¼ pints water, then the banana, honey, turmeric, Madras powder and ketchup. Bring to the boil.
- Add in the stock.
- Mix together the remaining water with the cornflour. Add to the curry mixture with the salt and black pepper.
- Cook for 20 minutes, stirring now and then.
- Strain the sauce into a bowl and reserve it.
- Cut slashes in each chicken breast fillet.
- Coat the chicken breast fillets first in flour, then beaten egg then breadcrumbs.
- Heat the vegetable oil for deep-frying in a wok or deep fat-fryer.
- Deep-fry the chicken breast fillets one at a time in the vegetable oil for 3-4 minutes until golden and crisp. Remove the chicken breast fillets with a slotted spoon or frying basket and drain on kitchen paper and keep warm in a warm oven.
- Meanwhile, prepare the vegetable curry. Heat the butter in a heavy-based saucepan. Add in the onion, carrot and potatoes and fry for 2-3 minutes until the onion has softened.
- Pour in the reserved katsu curry sauce and cook for 4-5 minutes, bringing to the boil.
- Slice the chicken into even strips and serve with the vegetable curry and steamed rice.