Cheesy Baked Japanese Beef Curry Rice 焼きカレー
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Recipe type: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Quick Meals
Cuisine: Japanese
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Serves: 2
 
No fuss baked Japanese beef curry is the real deal. Sweet and spicy Japanese curry is love at first bite! Aromatic rice soaked in rich curry sauce, paired with juicy beef and melted mozzarella cheese.
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup short grain rice (Japanese rice)
  • 300 grams beef, thinly sliced
  • 2 cubes [easyazon_link identifier="B0011UGYLM" locale="US" tag="nomrec-20" localize="y"]Japanese curry[/easyazon_link]
  • 2 small onion or 1 large onion
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 500 ml water, divided
  • Grated mozzarella cheese (enough to cover the whole ramekin)
Instructions
Cook rice
  1. in rice cooker: use 1 cup rice + 1 cup water ratio or in [easyazon_link identifier="B00FLYWNYQ" locale="US" tag="nomrec-20" localize="y"]Instant Pot Pressure Cooker[/easyazon_link]: use 1 cup rice + 6 cup water ratio for 7 minutes
  2. Heat medium saucepan over medium high heat, add oil, onion, a pinch of salt and pepper, cook for a few minutes until soften
  3. Add minced garlic
  4. Add beef and cook until roughly 70% cooked
  5. Add 100 ml of water and deglaze saucepan by scrubbing the bottom with a wooden spoon (tons of flavors there!)
  6. Add the remaining 400 ml of water, wait until it is boiled
  7. Preheat oven to 425F
  8. Add 2 cubes of Japanese curry to saucepan, turn off heat and stir until curry cubes have completely dissolved, and taste!
  9. Put rice at the bottom of a [easyazon_link identifier="B00063RWT8" locale="US" tag="nomrec-20" localize="y"]cast iron skillet[/easyazon_link], beef curry over the rice, then cover the whole surface with grated mozzarella cheese
  10. Put [easyazon_link identifier="B00063RWT8" locale="US" tag="nomrec-20" localize="y"]cast iron skillet[/easyazon_link] into oven for roughly 15 minutes or until the cheese have fully melted and formed a nice crust
  11. Serve immediately!
Notes
Remember to taste the curry sauce before pouring it onto the rice.

Add another cube of Japanese curry or salt to your preference.
Recipe by NomRecipes.com at http://www.nomrecipes.com/baked-japanese-beef-curry-rice/