Japanese Curry with Peanut Butter 日式花生醬咖喱

When cooking Japanese curry, I always add some 隠し味, i.e. hidden flavours, such as apple puree, mayonnaise, katsu sauce, chocolate, coffee, and peanut butter is a very popular choice too! It helps to enhance the flavour of curry, especially when you are making your curry with curry roux which tastes quite bland. Try adding a spoon of peanut butter to your curry next time and you will be surprised! 

日本人煮咖喱時，一般都會加一些「隠し味」，即是隱藏的味道。常見的材料包括蘋果蓉、蛋黃醬、豬排醬、朱古力或咖啡等等，而花生醬亦是其中一款很受歡迎的配料！加入這些隱藏味道可以令咖喱味道更豐盛及有層次，特別是使用咖喱磚時，味道一般比較單調，只需加入一大匙花生醬已令香味大大提升，下次煮咖喱時不妨一試呢！

Ingredients 材料

Chicken Thigh 雞腿肉 2pcs 片
Carrot 蘿蔔 1pc 條
Onion 洋蔥 1pc 個
Curry Roux 咖喱磚 half box 半盒
Peanut Butter 花生醬 1tbsp 湯匙
 

Method 做法

1.  Slice chicken thigh, carrot & onion into chunk
     將雞肉，蘿蔔及洋蔥切成一口大小

2.  Heat sauce pan with oil, stir in onion & carrot and fry for a bit
     鍋中預熱加油，加入洋蔥及蘿蔔略炒

3.  Add water according to the instruction of your curry roux, add chicken
     加咖喱磚盒上指示分量的水，然後加入雞肉
4.  Cook until all ingredients are cooked & soft, turn off the heat and stir in curry roux
     所有材料煮熟及煮稔後熄火，加入咖喱磚攪勻
5.  When the curry roux is completely melted, add peanut butter and simmer for another 10 mins
     咖喱磚完全融化後，開小火，加入花生醬，煮10分鐘即完成

Tips 貼士

Feel free to use any other vegetables. I also love adding an onsen egg on top!
可以用其他喜歡的蔬菜喔！也可以再咖喱飯上加一隻溫泉蛋