Japanese Beef Curry
Japanese Beef Curry
I have not had Japanese Curry in over 11 years, it is excellent! And I just happen to have a friend in Udon Thani that found Japanese Curry paste in the Tops there and I had them ship 4 packages down here to my house in Nakhon Si Thammarat. I made this last night 19 Jan 2017 as written, and wow is it good!
Ingredients
- 500 grams beef, cut into 3/4 inch cubes, (1 lb)
- pepper, to taste
- olive oil, as needed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 2-3 potatoes, cubed
- 2 1/2 cups beef stock, fresh or from powder
- 100 grams Japanese Curry paste, this is 1/2 of a standard package
- cooked rice, for serving
Instructions
- Prepare the veggies and the meat. There is no need to add any salt to this, the curry has plenty in it already.
- Season the beef with pepper to your liking. In a pot, heat a splash of olive oil and add the beef, just brown on all sides, no need to cook through. Remove the beef from the pot.
- Same pot, add olive oil if needed and cook the onions and garlic until soft and translucent, then add the potatoes, carrot, and beef. Add the stock and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until the beef is tender and the vegetables tender. I am using Thai beef so give it plenty of time to get tender.
- This is the curry I used, a well respected Japanese brand and this is a import item.
- This is half of the package, 100 grams.
- And it does in fact look like a candy bar.
- Add the curry to the pot and stir to mix in, it dissolves rather fast and simmer for 10-15 minutes and the curry will thicken.
- Serve in a bowl with a scoop of rice on the side.
Notes
The box of curry is 160 Baht, you will use half that for a cost of 80 Baht. The beef, this is local sourced, not from Tesco, can range in price from 150 to 260 Baht/kilo. 500 grams would be 75 to 130 Baht. I will use the 130 figure for this. For 6 servings, this is about $1.03 per serving. If you make this with beef you get at a lower price, this would be less than $1 per serving.
Variant: Top with chopped pecans and raisins.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
Variant provided by good friend, Jerry Juliana.
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I made this last night, 19 Jan 2017, and it is an excellent Japanese curry! I followed the recipe as written. Since I am using local Thai beef, I had to simmer longer to get tender beef. Highly recommended and is on my Go-To list.