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Chicken Katsu Curry (Scratch Japanese Roux)

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Curry is a full bowl; katsu fried fresh in a pan.
Kids: Kid portion is half; same full-flavour dish.
Ingredients
- 60 g (about ¼ cup) butter
- 50 g (about ⅓ cup) plain flour
- 2 tbsp Japanese curry powder (S&B)
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 onions
- 6 cloves garlic
- 20 g (about 2½ tbsp finely chopped) ginger
- 2 carrots + 400 g (about 2½ cups chopped) potatoes, 2 cm dice
- 1 apple, grated
- 4 cups (1 L) chicken broth
- 2 tbsp soy + 1 tbsp Worcestershire + 1 tbsp honey + 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 6 chicken thigh fillets, butterflied flat
- 2 eggs + 60 g (about ⅓ cup) flour + 150 g (about 2½ cups) panko
- neutral oil for shallow frying, rice, fukujinzuke pickles
Steps
- Roux: 60 g (about ¼ cup) butter in the bowl. Melt; add 50 g (about ⅓ cup) flour, cook lid cap off until biscuit-brown. Add curry powder + garam masala 30 sec. Tip out. 2 min/100°C/speed 1 8 min/120°C/speed 2
- Put onions, garlic, ginger in the bowl. Chop. Add 20 g (about 1 tbsp) butter, sauté lid cap off until golden. 5 sec/speed 5 10 min/120°C/speed 1
- Add carrots, potatoes, apple, 4 cups (1 L) broth, soy, Worcestershire, honey, paste. 20 min/100°C/reverse/speed soft
- Add roux. Thicken. 5 min/100°C/reverse/speed soft
- Katsu: flour, egg, panko the thighs. Shallow-fry in a frying pan 4 min a side until deep golden. Rest on a rack, slice. Serve on rice with curry.
- Portion & store: makes ~6 adult portions (1 cutlet + ~250 ml curry + rice); a kid portion is half. Curry: 2 × 4-portion containers. Fridge 3 days (curry); freezer 3 months (curry only).
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