Japanese

Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork)

Name: Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 lb pork shoulder, cut into cubes; 2 onion; 2 carrots; 2 potatoes; 1 tbsp neutral oil; 3.5 cups water; 3.5 oz Japanese curry roux; 6 cups cooked jasmine rice

Haruka @haruka_sendai

Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Easy

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb pork shoulder, cut into cubes
2 onion
2 carrots
2 potatoes
1 tbsp neutral oil
3.5 cups water
3.5 oz Japanese curry roux
6 cups cooked jasmine rice

How to cook it

Heat the oil in a heavy pot and brown the pork over medium high heat, then add the onions cut into wedges and cook until they soften, about 5 minutes.
Add the carrots and potatoes in large chunks and the water, bring to a boil and skim, then cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
Turn off the heat and break in the curry roux, stirring until it dissolves completely so it does not go lumpy.
Simmer gently over low heat, stirring often so the bottom does not catch, until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.
Spoon the rice onto plates and ladle the curry beside it. Roux blocks are on every Thai supermarket shelf, which is why this is the Japanese dish families actually cook at home; most contain wheat and milk, so check the box.

Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork) carries dairy, gluten, and soy. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 560 kcal
Protein: 20 g
Carbs: 70 g
Fat: 22 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 5 g
Sodium: 770 mg
Saturated fat: 8 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Kare Raisu (Japanese Curry Rice with Pork) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.