Owen's Chicken Katsu Curry

Cooking not only is something I really enjoy its a great mind relaxer for me. Its my place of enjoyment that helps me forget everything that is stressful and helps me to revamp myself in a way. Who says cooking needs to be a chore. If you make it interesting and fun it can be really calming and can be something great for the family to do.

Its been a couple of days since I have written on here about much. Tonight I did an awesome meal for my family and I. My son loves it. He has being eaten katsu curry since he was able to eat normal food which has been for awhile now.

So this will bring back so memories of Japan for you guys. I decided to go with a Japanese meal tonight for dinner.

Really simple meal again for those quick and easy meals if you don't have a lot of time. It only took literally 20 mins to make. With about 5-10 mins prep time. If you have children get them involved and not only will it cut the prep time in half but its a great teaching point and a great way to spend time with your family.

I didn't make the sauce myself this time around but I will make it at some point and get back to you. I would like to see how long it actually would take making the sauce myself.

If you would like to make it yourself here is a website to check out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chicken_katsu_curry_48890

Im sure there are other websites and if you find a better one let me know. I tried Food Network and some others but couldn't find it.

Also if you dont want to use chicken you can substitute with carrots, sweet potato and zucchini or whatever you prefer.

Ok, So here is basically what I did.

First I took a pot of water and put it on high heat to bring it to boil while I was preparing everything else (For the sticky rice)

I then took two fat chicken boneless, skinless chicken breast and fillet in half.

Next I took some bread crumbs put them in a pie dish. Two eggs lightly beaten in a container. Flour on the side.

Sprinkle chicken with flour and season with pepper and salt.

Then once you have done that. Put each slice in the egg batter and then the panko bread crumbs, preparing for cooking. At this point your water for the rice should be boiling and in goes the rice for 20 mins.

Also put oil in your deep frying pan on high heat for the chicken.

Next what you do is take the chicken breast dip them in the egg and then place in the panko bread crumbs covering the chicken.

After you have floured, egg dipped and put into the bread crumbs plus prepared your pan of hot oil your rice should have about 15 mins left on it. This is perfect because what I did was cook the chicken on each side for about 7 mins. So when the chicken was done the rice was too.

Something I forgot to mention was the curry sauce. I had a jar of katsu curry sauce and where there was about 5 mins left for everything I heated that in a pan. This made everything ready at the same time.

So with everything ready at same time this made it a lot better to eat instead of waiting on one or the other to finish. Now I know this isnt such a "healthy" meal but I had a craving and I wanted some Japanese. If you cant afford to go out all the time and get it this is a great replacement. It only cost me about £10, $15 and will feed a family of four.

The End Result

Serves 4

I hope you guys give it a try and enjoy it as much as my family and I did.

Let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas for this.