{"id":439,"date":"2011-08-03T15:24:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T19:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2012-01-05T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T22:15:26","slug":"baos-curry-rice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/?page_id=439","title":{"rendered":"Bao’s Curry Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"

A staple of Japanese cookery, this comfort food is perfect any time of year.\u00a0 Recently, a lot of American grocers have started \"Curry!\"<\/a>carrying the roux, so it’s a really cheap and tasty dinner.<\/p>\n

Serves 4-6.<\/p>\n

8.2 oz\/120 g curry sauce roux, any heat level (half of the big box, or all the smaller boxes)
\n1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of excess fat and cut into bite-sized pieces
\n1 large carrot or 2 small, peeled and cut into 1\/4″ disks
\n2 medium onions, sliced
\n1 small red chili, or a generous pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
\n1 clove garlic, minced
\n1, 1″ knob ginger, minced
\n2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized chunks
\n27 oz\/800 ml chicken stock or water
\n1 bay leaf
\n2 tbsp ketchup
\n2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
\nSemi-sweet or unsweetened chocolate (optional)
\nHoney (optional)
\n1 tbsp grated apple (optional)
\nVegetable oil<\/p>\n

3 cups steamed white rice, for serving<\/p>\n

Heat the oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat.\u00a0 Add the chicken and stir-fry until it begins to brown; remove to a paper towel-lined plate.\u00a0 Add more oil if necessary, then add onions, carrots, and chili if using.\u00a0 Stir-fry until the vegetables soften and start to brown, about 5 minutes.\u00a0 Add garlic and ginger and stir-fry for one minute.<\/p>\n

Return the chicken to the pot and add the stock, potatoes, and bay leaf.\u00a0 Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes, taking care to skim any fat off the surface of the water.\u00a0 When the potatoes are tender, remove the pot from the heat, break up the packaged roux, and add it to the pot.\u00a0 Stir carefully off the heat until the roux has completely dissolved and you have a curry sauce, about 2 minutes.\u00a0 Stir in ketchup and Worcestershire.<\/p>\n

Return the pot to low heat, letting it simmer gently and stirring occasionally (do not let the bottom burn).\u00a0 After ten minutes, the sauce should have thickened up nicely.\u00a0 Taste!\u00a0 If you like it, brilliant, but this is the part where I adjust.\u00a0 I like a touch of sweetness in my curry (the boxes can be very one-dimensional), so I will add grated apple and a spoonful of honey to taste.\u00a0 Chocolate adds amazing depth if you have it, but make sure you taste the chocolate for sweetness before adding a little bit at a time.<\/p>\n

After adjusting the flavors to taste, let simmer for five more minutes, then plate up!\u00a0 Scoop enough rice to take up half of the curry plate, then pool the curry in the other half.\u00a0 Eat with spoon and enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A staple of Japanese cookery, this comfort food is perfect any time of year.\u00a0 Recently, a lot of American grocers have started carrying the roux, so it’s a really cheap and tasty dinner. Serves 4-6. 8.2 oz\/120 g curry sauce … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":95,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-439","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439\/revisions\/474"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}