Red or Green?

Q: “Would you like a red apple, or a green apple?”

A: “Yes.”

Tastes of Japan: Karaage

Karaage is Japanese fried chicken, popular in izakaya as it goes well as a side dish with beer, and also a good side in bento :)

Typically chicken thigh is used for this because it is juicier, and we had a packet of Karaage powder that we bought in Japan to coat the chicken. Then simply deep fry until golden brown…..it’s yummy ^o^

Some Chinese supermarkets sell karaage powder, but there are also many recipes online for making your own marinade / coating ;)

Another Japanese food that is yummy, and goes nicely with karaage, is tamagoyaki. This is egg beaten with sugar and a little salt for seasoning, and then it is rolled over as you cook it ^^

Tastes of Japan: Katsu Curry

A staple Japanese food that we make quite often at home is Japanese curry, but a variety that I like a lot is katsu curry :D

In the UK it seems that whenever you see “katsu curry”, either in a restaurant or as a make at home meal kit from a supermarket, it will usually be chicken-katsu curry.
I think proper katsu curry should use tonkatsu though, which is fried pork cutlet in breadcrumbs ;P

Another thing that me and Y’ have noticed here is that the curry part of the dish is only really a small(ish) amount of curry sauce, and the dish is mostly rice and the katsu.

So what we have made here is proper katsu curry :P
Japanese curry rice….lots of curry lots of rice, and with tonkatsu on top……yummy ^o^

To make this in the UK you can buy Japanese curry roux blocks in some supermarkets now, or at Chinese food shops.