Learn how to make Japanese curry from scratch with Shota Nakajima This is a chicken version from the finale menu from top chef season 18 finale menu #Topchef #Curry
The ONLY recipe where u don't use cubes and stuff, SUPER EASY, probably THE best recipe out there. It's always the ones with less recognition having the BEST recipe, thank u sooo much
Since I discovered I suffer from gluten sensitivity 3 years ago, I never had curry rice again. Today I made this recipe. I used tapioca starch as the thickening agent instead of flour and I also added a bit of honey for flavor. It was so delicious. Better than store bought. Thank you so much for this recipe, now I’m able to eat curry rice again ☺️
I see you figured out how to cook and plate rice! LOL! Seriously, Top Chef production gave everyone access to stoves, fryers, blenders, ovens, even pizza ovens, but no, they didn’t let you use a rice cooker to cook rice. You should have been the winner! You are my winner!
I made this tonight for my family and it was really good. Used grated pear instead of apple, and omitted the cardamom (didn’t have any on hand) and it was still amazing. Used a bit of dark soy to deepen the colour. Wish I had some scallions or chives to garnish with. So good. Thanks for the recipe!
Made this tonight. So good. Great balance of flavors: I had no idea that the sweetness came from apple and banana. I eyeballed the spice mix, which turned out great, and having had Japanese curry before I know it tasted the way it should, but maybe give a rough ratio of spices for those that might not have the experience? Thank you for the recipe, this is going into the family catalogue.
There are a few comments asking about the curry spice blend measurements. I will share what I tried. I toasted these in a skillet let them cool and then ground them up in a mortar and pestle 7g whole coriander seed 6g whole cumin seed 6g whole cardamom seed (shelled) 6g Szechuan Peppercorn 4g allspice (if you can't find allspice, try mixing cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg) I then added Ground Turmeric to that spice mix. 16g turmeric I used about 3 tablespoons of that mixture in the curry to about 2 liters of stock.
@@letXeqX You're welcome. I have since made adjustments to the spice blend. Here are the changes I made: Cut back the peppercorns to 5g Added and toasted: 6g fenugreek seeds 2g fennel seeds 1/2 star anise pod 3 cloves For the stock, I blended 1l of dashi and 1l of chicken. I tend to prefer spicier curries so I added habanero powder to the seasoning blend to suit my taste.
I just watched the finale and thought "I wonder if Shota has that curry recipe available somewhere" and here it is. All your food looks so delicious. Thank you
I made this today and it was delicious. Used skinless chicken thighs and eyeballed all the measurements and it turned out great with sweet and umami flavours. Thanks!
My man. Japanese curry is a favorite of mine. There was an Italian (yes, Italian) restaurant in the little rural Japanese city I lived in that served a "3 day" Japanese curry that I adored. I've never found a recipe I like, so I'm going to try yours.
Can you please tell us more about your Beef Tongue Braising technique that you did in the finale for the Beef Tongue curry? Also 2 paws up for the Dodger cameo at the end!
The ingredients in this appeal to me so much! This looks so delicious! This is the first one that I feel I could actually make! Love the Japanese culture history lessons you are giving us. Please keep doing lots of these entertaining videos!
I miss eating Japanese curry a couple of times a week - and the golden curry stuff isn’t cutting it anymore. I’m definitely making this, though I’m a bit concerned I won’t get the spice ratio correct. Thanks for sharing this!
I guess any citizen of this world with a japanese background knows how japanese curry is close to one’s heart. I’m japanese brazilian and my obasan curry was a plate of love and confort and taste. 😋
I have been looking for a good, simple ans easy Japanese curry recipis. And I come across this recipis. I will definitely try this, thanks for sharing.
This is my first time watching. I heard about you from a comment you made about profit-sharing at your restaurant. This looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it out for myself!
Shota your inspiring me to learn more not only about the Japanese cuisine but it's cultural and language to. I gave that up a little while ago but I definitely want to start getting back to that. Thank you 🙏
This looks amazing, chef! Pure comfort food! I definitely want to make your recipe. We usually use the Japanese Curry bricks, but need to try all these ingredients together. Thanks for making this video!
This look delicious on top chef, and it looks delicious still now! I've been branching out of my cooking myself, so I'm excited to try this. You've come a long way since we are in high school, my man! Keep it up, chef!!!!
Thanks, I'm glad you showed us how so quickly, and efficiently. It looks great. I'm going to try that banana and ginger and stuff in it, I never had that before, Ha! Thanks man.
Chef Shota please help with the amounts of each ingredient for us novices. I’ve never had Japanese curry and I’d love to make this for my family. Also, any thoughts of a cookbook?
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Thank you for this! My 4year old has been begging me for curry-don. I checked out a box of Golden Curry boxed sauce and the ingredients are gross. I told him I’d make it from scratch. No more processed and packaged food for us.
Hi Friend, I’m English, you said Worcestershire sauce pretty good. I really liked the video. I would never of thought of using banana. But I will try it. Best wishes.
I’m gonna try it! I just made some curry yesterday and I used butternut squash, golden apple and…hear me out…**pumpkin pie spice** and it turned out amazing.
Good balance using banana and carrot... tomatos are generally asid rate high levels when if you not use these fruit maybe a little bit can add sugar for the tomatos next time...
Would it be better to cook the tomato paste with the onion and carrots ? i was taught to do this with italian cooking by my aunt, so the tomato cooks out and deepens in flavour.
Yes! Gotta try this. Growing up we mainly used curry blocks, but I haven’t eaten much curry since I found out I was celiac. Is there a good non-wheat flour you would recommend as a replacement?
Loved the editing style. Reminds me of the, amusing, You Suck at Cooking channel. I love seeing great knife-work and I'm a little OCD on technique, especially if it's an lesser used ingredient or unique kitchen hack. But I don't necessarily need to see every onion diced and carrot sliced.
Honestly tomatos should cooking at first maybe can this so much the better... and a bit more oliv oil for the karamizasyon and flour.. you can use yogurt for making marine chicken.
The ONLY recipe where u don't use cubes and stuff, SUPER EASY, probably THE best recipe out there. It's always the ones with less recognition having the BEST recipe, thank u sooo much
This dude is on TV all the time, saying he has "less recognition" is a real stretch
Since I discovered I suffer from gluten sensitivity 3 years ago, I never had curry rice again. Today I made this recipe. I used tapioca starch as the thickening agent instead of flour and I also added a bit of honey for flavor. It was so delicious. Better than store bought. Thank you so much for this recipe, now I’m able to eat curry rice again ☺️
I see you figured out how to cook and plate rice! LOL! Seriously, Top Chef production gave everyone access to stoves, fryers, blenders, ovens, even pizza ovens, but no, they didn’t let you use a rice cooker to cook rice. You should have been the winner! You are my winner!
mine too!
I made this tonight for my family and it was really good. Used grated pear instead of apple, and omitted the cardamom (didn’t have any on hand) and it was still amazing. Used a bit of dark soy to deepen the colour. Wish I had some scallions or chives to garnish with. So good. Thanks for the recipe!
Did you add the banana as well? Can you taste the banana in the curry?
Yeah, I did, but I think it’s mainly for sweetness. With this much spice going on you won’t be able to taste the banana distinctly.
You are too much a gentleman and chef to say but you should have won Top Chef!
Absolutely!
Made this tonight. So good. Great balance of flavors: I had no idea that the sweetness came from apple and banana. I eyeballed the spice mix, which turned out great, and having had Japanese curry before I know it tasted the way it should, but maybe give a rough ratio of spices for those that might not have the experience? Thank you for the recipe, this is going into the family catalogue.
Ok wow I thought tomato and banana would be a terrible mix are you for real?
Could you share the ratios you used?
There are a few comments asking about the curry spice blend measurements. I will share what I tried.
I toasted these in a skillet let them cool and then ground them up in a mortar and pestle
7g whole coriander seed
6g whole cumin seed
6g whole cardamom seed (shelled)
6g Szechuan Peppercorn
4g allspice (if you can't find allspice, try mixing cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg)
I then added Ground Turmeric to that spice mix.
16g turmeric
I used about 3 tablespoons of that mixture in the curry to about 2 liters of stock.
Made this tonight. This was perfect flavor wise, thanks for working this out!
Thanks for this.
Glad that it worked out.
@@letXeqX You're welcome.
I have since made adjustments to the spice blend.
Here are the changes I made:
Cut back the peppercorns to 5g
Added and toasted:
6g fenugreek seeds
2g fennel seeds
1/2 star anise pod
3 cloves
For the stock, I blended 1l of dashi and 1l of chicken. I tend to prefer spicier curries so I added habanero powder to the seasoning blend to suit my taste.
I just watched the finale and thought "I wonder if Shota has that curry recipe available somewhere" and here it is. All your food looks so delicious. Thank you
Watching Top Chef, this was the dish I was most excited about. SO GLAD YOU SHARED IT!
I made this today and it was delicious. Used skinless chicken thighs and eyeballed all the measurements and it turned out great with sweet and umami flavours. Thanks!
Made this today and it turned out amazing even tho I was missing a few ingredients. The ultimate comfort food! Thanks, Chef Shota!
Thanks! Wish I could of seen 😁
Finished top chef a few days ago, googled you and heard about your CZcams channel! Subscribed. You’re the man. This looks delicious
My man. Japanese curry is a favorite of mine. There was an Italian (yes, Italian) restaurant in the little rural Japanese city I lived in that served a "3 day" Japanese curry that I adored. I've never found a recipe I like, so I'm going to try yours.
Can you please tell us more about your Beef Tongue Braising technique that you did in the finale for the Beef Tongue curry? Also 2 paws up for the Dodger cameo at the end!
I was so excited to see this on Top Chef because this is my families favorite dish!
Dodger: “Dad, what a silly question! I ALWAYS want a bite!!!”
The ingredients in this appeal to me so much! This looks so delicious! This is the first one that I feel I could actually make! Love the Japanese culture history lessons you are giving us. Please keep doing lots of these entertaining videos!
I like this style of video. Not a lot of drawn out bs showing how to chop onions or cut potatoes etc. Love the dog :)
Shota is the real winner! 🏆
I miss eating Japanese curry a couple of times a week - and the golden curry stuff isn’t cutting it anymore. I’m definitely making this, though I’m a bit concerned I won’t get the spice ratio correct. Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing your winning chicken (beef tongue) curry recipe. Keep cooking chef!
I loved seeing Shota on TopChef! Thanks for the JApanese Curry recipe
I guess any citizen of this world with a japanese background knows how japanese curry is close to one’s heart.
I’m japanese brazilian and my obasan curry was a plate of love and confort and taste. 😋
I have been looking for a good, simple ans easy Japanese curry recipis. And I come across this recipis. I will definitely try this, thanks for sharing.
Nice!! Thank you!! Now I can get away from using the golden curry stuff and get to making this from scratch!
Excellent editing. Easy to watch. Great recipe.
Grated carrot for Japanese Curry is genius.
This is my first time watching. I heard about you from a comment you made about profit-sharing at your restaurant. This looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it out for myself!
Shota your inspiring me to learn more not only about the Japanese cuisine but it's cultural and language to. I gave that up a little while ago but I definitely want to start getting back to that. Thank you 🙏
Amount of each ingredient would be amazing
This is not baking. You cook by tasting like your grandma does.
@@newvillagefilms thats how I pay taxes, pay for food and do science…
Thanks Shota! Love to you and Dodger! 🙌🏼
FINALLY...... someone is making the curry sauce from scratch... this is what I need
This looks amazing, chef! Pure comfort food! I definitely want to make your recipe. We usually use the Japanese Curry bricks, but need to try all these ingredients together. Thanks for making this video!
This look delicious on top chef, and it looks delicious still now! I've been branching out of my cooking myself, so I'm excited to try this. You've come a long way since we are in high school, my man! Keep it up, chef!!!!
How did you cook the tongue on the show? That looked amazing.
Yes!! Dying to know how the tongue was made!
Thanks, I'm glad you showed us how so quickly, and efficiently. It looks great. I'm going to try that banana and ginger and stuff in it, I never had that before, Ha! Thanks man.
Hands down youre the best! The winner!! I want to eat eveything you made on Top Chef. Hope you open a restaurant soon.
Chef Shota please help with the amounts of each ingredient for us novices. I’ve never had Japanese curry and I’d love to make this for my family. Also, any thoughts of a cookbook?
You always make the best videos shota! These recipes look amazing
You make me smile always Chef Shota! Thank you
first kimono mom's curry and now yours?? soon I'll have ALL the good curry recipes~
Yes! 😁😊
Lord all that oil from the chicken is going straight to your heart.
i usually make my own curry paste, but i've been thinking of trying with roux instead
Niceeee...i'm going to try and cook this. Thank you very much.
Oh my god, you just made me so hungry!
My winner right here! Happy to follow!!! Teach me Sensei!!!
You make it look so easy!!
that looks delicious. I have to make that soon. Thank you very much for this video!
Looks Epic! Loving the channel!
Love your videos. Been watching this one on repeat and finally going to make some curry not from a brick.
Hi Chef!
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I have made this multiple times and it is always a family hit. I'd love to see you cook a hearty winter soup/stew, something for the cold months!
SHOTTAAAAAA!!!!!!!
You da man
He really just gave his dog something with onions…
Thank you for this! My 4year old has been begging me for curry-don. I checked out a box of Golden Curry boxed sauce and the ingredients are gross. I told him I’d make it from scratch. No more processed and packaged food for us.
Hi Friend, I’m English, you said Worcestershire sauce pretty good. I really liked the video. I would never of thought of using banana. But I will try it. Best wishes.
I’m gonna try it! I just made some curry yesterday and I used butternut squash, golden apple and…hear me out…**pumpkin pie spice** and it turned out amazing.
Wow! Why have I been using the pre-made box curry??? Never again. Can’t wait to try. Thank you
Need measurements for curry powder
chef you make me smile. keep doing you
Would it be possible to share measurements on your spices?
Yes!!
Shota, this is a nice recipe. My spouse is Japanese and we usually just use the mix
美味しそう〜 これだけの手間をかけて作る自信がなく、今は普通のグロサリーでも箱入りルーを見る時があり、それで済ましてしまいますが、次回はチャレンジしてみます！
Top chef悔しいーでもFavorite chef 勝利おめでとうございます！
Question: Why do you oxidize the banana and apple?
Good balance using banana and carrot... tomatos are generally asid rate high levels when if you not use these fruit maybe a little bit can add sugar for the tomatos next time...
Great video editing!
Would it be better to cook the tomato paste with the onion and carrots ? i was taught to do this with italian cooking by my aunt, so the tomato cooks out and deepens in flavour.
thank you
Make the music more loud i can still here you
Hi Shota! Can you make your soy braised fish head from your quick fire win? Keep making videos! I’ve watched all of them! 😁
Banana?!? WHO KNEW. THANK YOU
Right?!
yay!
Yes! Gotta try this. Growing up we mainly used curry blocks, but I haven’t eaten much curry since I found out I was celiac. Is there a good non-wheat flour you would recommend as a replacement?
Dodger is a lucky dog 🐕 to get such delicious tastes, says my beagle, Babette.
Hey, Shota! Where do you get your stainless steel trays -- love that the colander fits inside of it!
Looks amazing! Just curious, why do the apple and banana need to be oxidized?
Shota let me do an audio mix on your videos! Couldn’t hear you over the music and cooking SFX.
Great!
You are the bomb.
Nice homey dish!
What's that spice grinder he's using? Looks really powerful
Loved the editing style. Reminds me of the, amusing, You Suck at Cooking channel. I love seeing great knife-work and I'm a little OCD on technique, especially if it's an lesser used ingredient or unique kitchen hack. But I don't necessarily need to see every onion diced and carrot sliced.
When I lived in Japan the curry was sooo good. Nobody where I am makes it like that and it makes me sad.
Ok I have as doubt… what does he mean by oxidizing the apple and banana? Can someone say??? Tysmmm
Oishii!! When we make it, we just use the spice brick. I’m sure it’s nowhere near as good as this. Thanks for sharing!
What does oxidizing the apple and banana mean? Does it just mean leave it out for a bit?
means to let it turn brown. bananas & apples turn brown (aka oxidize) if you leave them exposed/uncovered
I like how he's using an amazon basics product 😀
Liked when I saw the dog
Ek dink my maag sal behoorlik werk met daai appel ini kerrie.
What is the amount of each spices for the curry?
Does this recipe require pandan leaves 🍃 as an optional extra
Not required but recommended
Is the curry sauce the same for all Japanese dishes
On a scale from movie theater nacho cheese to cajun boil seafood, how spicy is this curry?
It's sweet lol
Can anyone explain why he oxidized the apple and banana? Genuinely curious
My only guess is that it’s softer and disintegrates into the sauce better than if it was as unoxidised?
Chef how do you oxidize the banana and apple? Mash it and leave it out? Pls advice, can't wait to make this.
Yea apples and bananas will turn brown after a while if left out after mashing probably a few mins at best.
@@xxgo0kst3rxx thanks!
Just like mom used to make
Worcestershire
Say it like wuster-sheer
Once-a-week meal now
Honestly tomatos should cooking at first maybe can this so much the better... and a bit more oliv oil for the karamizasyon and flour.. you can use yogurt for making marine chicken.
How much do I use of each spice?😅