chinese-style pork curry rice
- Serves: 5
- Calories: 735 kcal
- Total Time: 1 h 35 m
- Prep: 1 h 15 m
- Cook: 20 m
- Japanese: Chūkafū-karē-raisu

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ingredients:
- 400 g pork tenderloin or belly
- 450 g onions
- 6 garlic cloves
- solid curry blocks (for 5 servings)
- 600 ml Chinese soup stock or chicken broth
- 160 ml water
- 2 tablespoons salad oil
- a little salt
- a little pepper
- 2 tablespoons potato starch (katakuriko)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 5 servings steamed rice

step 1:
Cut the pork into 2.5 cm pieces.

step 2:
Peel the onions and cut in half. Cut each half into 2.5 cm wide slices. Slice the garlic cloves thinly.

step 3:
Put the salad oil in a pan and add the sliced garlic. Sear on low heat until you smell the odor of them cooking.

step 4:
Add the pork and sprinkle a little salt and pepper on top. Sear the pork on medium heat until it turns a brownish color.

step 5:
Add the onions and sear until they become soft.

step 6:
Add Chinese soup stock (or chicken broth) and the 160 ml water. Bring to a boil.

step 7:
Change to low heat. Split apart the solid curry blocks and add. Stir until well mixed and simmer for 5 minutes.

step 8:
Dissolve the potato starch in the 2 tablespoons water. Add the dissolved potato starch to the pan. Stir a few times until it becomes creamy.

Serve over the steamed rice.
comment:
This dish is easy and quick. The creamy curry sauce suits steamed rice very well and the taste is very delicious. Even though it's called “Chinese-style”, it's served only in Chinese restaurants in Japan.

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