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Apple Curry

Welcome back, Chefpo Jr. here! 
Today, we have a fantastic apple curry inspired by Pokémon Sword and Shield! In the game, you can camp out with your Pokémon and cook up a curry for them to enjoy. The curries come in many different flavors, but my favorite one is the apple curry. This curry is a delectable Japanese-style curry with a fruity punch. Filled with chunky vegetables, juicy chicken, and groovin' apple pieces, this curry will have you gobbling it down by the spoonful like a Munchlax. I like it spicy, but this curry works with any spice level, so be sure to adjust it to fit your needs. 

Apple Curry

Our curry
The curry from the game, pretty close, huh? Photo from Nintendo
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

Rice
  • 2 cups rice
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
Curry
  • 1 to 1 1/2 pounds chicken
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 large potato
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 1 apple
  • About 100 grams curry sauce cubes*
  • 2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 tablespoon sake
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups water
  • Red pepper powder (optional)
*Curry cubes are something like these two

Directions:

  1. To prepare the rice, add the turmeric into the rice while you cook it. It will turn yellow once it's done.
  2. Cut everything (onion, potato, carrots) into cubes except for the apples, which will be diced into smaller chunks.
  3. Marinate the chicken by putting the curry powder, sake, and salt together and let it sit for half an hour.
  4. While marinating the chicken, steam the potatoes and carrots. This will save some time later.
  5. In a pan, heat some oil and cook the chicken on both sides until the meat turns pale. It shouldn't be fully cooked.
  6. Take out the chicken and throw in the onions. 
  7. Once the onions are sauteed a little, put in the apples, chocolate, and curry sauce cubes.
  8. Add in 3 cups of water, one cup at a time. Cook this until the cubes are melted in.
  9. Add the potatoes, carrots, and chicken. Lower the heat and stir occasionally for about 10-15 minutes. At this point, add more water if needed.
Tips: Adding apple will help increase the sweetness. You could also substitute with applesauce. About 1 serving will do. Chocolate is technically optional but it makes the dish taste better. You can also do without steaming the potatoes and carrots first, but this makes it a little easier and you don't have to take so long cooking the potatoes and carrots in the pan.

Stepping aside from the Pokemon-styled apple curry, taking out the apple gives you a very classic Japanese curry. This has plenty of variations, such as this one, and it's worth checking them out. It is also worth noting that outside of Japanese curry, there are even more types of curry, with even more variations depending on if it's from South Asia, Southeast Asia, etc.

Bonus! We also made a birthday cake inspired by this curry and the Pokemon, featuring the new apple-themed Pokemon: Applin and Appletun. The decorations are made with colored fondant, and the cake is also decorated with super fancy fruit! Plus, the cake itself is delicious. Look out for our recipe for this cake in the future!
Just the fondant decorations
The cake!

-Chefpo Jr.

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