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Chaos Kitchen: Mother’s Day Japanese Curry

by A. Kristina Casasent Chaos Kitchen

Cartoon gray tabby cat on a kitchen counter beside a steaming pot of curry

Happy Mother’s Day! This week we have a Japanese Curry recipe, accompanied by cute critter pictures. If you didn’t read last week, check out the story behind the curry!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there – Grandmas, step-mas, pseudo-mas and just those that have stepped in and been the maternal influence in someone’s life.

As has become tradition this year, today’s blog has the recipe from last week’s story of Carter and the Mother’s Day Fetch Quest – Japanese Curry!

Our Critters

Our critters are doing well. Dante was practicing to go into the moving business during class this week.

Dante standing on the back of a moving truck's lift gate between two people

Aki decided having a Mini American as a little brother is okay – especially when he plays with Beleth so neither harasses her.

Aki the calico cat lying on a dog bed beside Dante

Beleth and Dante, of course, insist they are innocent of any wrongdoing or mischief. Honest!

Beleth the tabby cat and Dante posing side by side, looking innocent

Crokell and Frank (our robot vacuum/mop) are also good pals with a deep understanding of each other.

Crokell sprawled asleep on the floor beside Frank the robot vacuum

And we took some pictures of random birds around the neighborhood.

Yellow-crowned night heron walking across a neighborhood lawn
Two ducks resting in the grass

Japanese Curry Recipe

Usually with Japanese curry, you make a roux with the base spices that hardens into blocks of spicey goodness, like you might buy in the store. I didn’t want the gluten or extra butter, so I just added the base spices like I might do while making vindaloo.

Japanese Curry Ingredients

Curry Base Spices (dry)

  • 6 tablespoons Japanese curry powder (like S&B)

  • 1 tablespoon garam masala

  • 1 tablespoon hot chili powder

  • 1 tablespoon powdered ginger

  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder

Curry Spices (wet)

  • Beef stock or Bone stock

  • 3 tablespoon soy sauce

  • 3 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

  • 1 tablespoon honey

Meat and Veggies Ingredients

  • 2 pounds of ground beef

  • 2 tablespoon avocado oil

  • 3 medium white onions (sliced)

  • One bunch of carrots (cut up)

  • 6 red potatoes (cut up)

The Basics

  • Salt and Pepper

Pot of chopped potatoes, carrots, and meat topped with curry spices

The Instructions

All the meat and veggies get salt and pepper before being cooked.

I used a big cast iron pot.

First, heat the oil and brown the beef.

Pull the beef out and carmalize the onions – doesn’t have to be brown, yellow is enough.

Add the beef and carrots.

Then add all the dry spices. Use enough stock that you can cook the rawness out of the spices.

Add the cut up potatoes and cover the contents with broth and other wet ingredients.

Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.

Reduce and simmer until carrots and potatoes are done.

Serve over rice and eat with an oversized spoon.

(Not sure why about the spoon – that’s just how it was served in Japan.)

Chaos Critters Tip and Question of the Week

Chaos Tip

If you want curry make sure you have all the spices. A little spice goes a long way, but the wrong spice can clear your nose! Or even the house!

Critter Question of the Week

When is the last time your critter decided you were a chair? How did you handle it?

~Anna and Tod