Beef Curry Rice (short-cut recipe)咖喱牛肉 (ビーフカレー)

by | Jun 26, 2021 | Asian, Beef, Fusion, Japanese

Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe

This is a short-cut recipe that surely gives you a good flavor of Japanese curry and at the same time saves you time.

Curry rice (beef, chicken, and others) is very popular in Japan. It also gained popularity around the world. Japanese curry is very different from its Asian counterparts. Unlike Thai or Indian curries, Japanese curry is relatively mild. It is a harmonious blend of curry powder, flour, and other spices, in which no ingredient stands out. The addition of flour makes it like French (European) roux sauce, which is thick and coats other ingredients very nicely. It is said curry was introduced to Japan by the British Navy back in 1800s. Its characteristics haven’t changed much over the last 150 years.

A typical Japanese curry roux includes butter, flour, curry powder, chili powder, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, and soy sauce….If you are new to Japanese curry, I would recommend you to take this short-cut recipe. To make it as simple as possible, I don’t even sauté the ingredients. I simply simmer all the ingredients together for 2-3 hours and add the commercially available curry roux block.

Beef Curry Rice 咖喱牛肉 (ビーフカレー)

Beef Curry Rice 咖喱牛肉 (ビーフカレー)

Instead of making the curry roux from scratch, this recipe uses the paste bought from grocers. The short-cut recipe saves your time but still offers amazing flavor.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 3 hrs 20 mins
Total Time 3 hrs 30 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine fusion, Japanese

Equipment

  • 10“ saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb stew beef chunks
  • 1 large or medium onion
  • 2 carrots (6oz) (no need to be accurate)
  • 2 medium golden potato (8oz) (no need to be accurate)
  • 2 pieces S&B Golden Curry paste

Instructions
 

  • Add the beef chunks and water to the saucepan. Heat to boil for 2-3 mins
  • Rinse the beef chunks and saucepan with clean water. Put the boiled beef back in the cleaned saucepan
  • Peel and cut the onion and carrots to 1" pieces. Peel and cut the potatos to 1.5" chunks
  • Add the vegetables to the saucepan. Add water to cover all the ingredients.
  • Heat to boil and scoop the scum. Turn the heat to low, and put the lid on.
  • Simmer for 2.5-3 hours.
  • Turn heat from medium to high. Add the S&B Golden Curry blocks, and stir at medium heat.
  • Simmer at low to medium heat for 15-20 mins. (Stir every 2-3 mins to prevent charring at bottom)
  • Taste and adjust with additional salt if necessary. Serve with precooked short-grain rice.

Video

Notes

-Beef could be replaced by other meat.
-Most curry recipes use mushroom and sauté the beef to bring out more flavor. I keep it as simple as possible. 
-There are several pre-made curry brand, all taste similar. 
-You can top fried pork cutlet or even ramen. 
Keyword beef and potato, beef and rice, beef curry, beef recipe, beef stew, curry rice, Japanese beef curry, Japanese curry, 咖喱, 咖喱牛肉饭, 咖喱饭, 日式咖喱, 牛肉土豆, 牛肉羹