Curry Chicken and Rice

time from prep to serve is about 2 hours

• 1.5 lbs of boneless dark chicken
• 2 onions
• 2 carrots
• 3 yukon gold potatoes
• 1 apple
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 knob of ginger (1 tsp when grated)
• 4 cups chicken stock
• honey 1 tbsp
• soy sauce 1 tbsp
• ketchup 1 tbsp
• curry roux 1 package (I use S&B Golden Curry Hot which is a bit too hot...)
• white rice
• fukujinzuke 福神漬け

Prep the Ingredients

Cut the onions into wedges.

Cut the carrots rangiri 乱切り style.

Cut the potatoes into eighths and soak for 15 minutes.

Trim excess fat from chicken and cut diagonally 削ぎ切り (sogigiri) style. Salt and pepper the chicken.

Peel, quarter, and grate the apple.

Grate the ginger.

Cooking

Saute the onions in a bit of oil for 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and grated ginger.

Add chicken and cook until pink is gone.

Add chicken stock and apple, honey, soy sauce, and ketchup. Add carrots and potatoes. Simmer covered for 15 minutes. Skim scum off the surface while cooking with a strainer. Keep cooking until a wooden skewer can go through the carrots and potatoes.

Add the curry roux by putting two cubes in a bowl with a ladle of soup broth and dissolving with the help of a spoon before pouring back into the pot. Cook another 5-10 minutes.

Serve with white rice and fukujinzuke.