Greetings my beautiful lovelies, it's Emmy. How are you? It's great to see you, and welcome back. Today, I'm going to be making one of my favorite little snacky snacks that I loved to get when I was living in Japan, and it is for kare pan. Kare means curry, and kare pan is a popular Japanese dish made with a crispy exterior and a soft interior, filled with a delicious curry filling.
Kare pan is a great snack or meal option because it's easy to make and can be enjoyed at any time of day. The best part about kare pan is that it's customizable - you can use your favorite curry sauce and fillings, so feel free to get creative and experiment with different flavors. To make kare pan, you'll need some simple ingredients like flour, water, and a bit of oil for frying. You'll also need some panko breadcrumbs, which give the exterior of the kare pan its crunchy texture.
Now, let's talk about how to make the curry filling. The filling is what makes kare pan truly delicious, so it's worth taking the time to get it just right. To make the filling, you'll need a few ingredients like meat (usually beef or pork), onions, carrots, and some kind of vegetable oil. You'll also need some curry roux blocks, which are available at most Asian grocery stores. Simply sauté the meat and onions in oil until they're browned, then add the curry roux blocks and a bit of water to create a sauce.
After an hour, you'll divide the dough into six equal pieces and shape each one into a ball. Then, you'll cover them and let them rest for 15 minutes. While the dough is resting, you can prepare your filling by cooking the potatoes, carrots, and onions until they're tender, then adding some curry roux blocks to create a sauce.
Once your dough has rested, you can roll it out and place about two tablespoons of filling in the center. Then, you'll draw up the edges and pinch them tightly to seal the kare pan. Make sure to leave a small seam at the top so that the filling can escape while cooking. Once your kare pans are sealed, you can fry them in oil until they're golden brown.
To make the panko breadcrumbs, you'll need some flour, water, and a bit of oil for frying. Simply mix the ingredients together to create a sticky dough, then shape it into small balls. When you're ready to fry your kare pans, crack an egg into a shallow dish and whisk it up with a fork. Then, dip each kare pan into the egg bath and roll it in the panko breadcrumbs to coat.
Now that we've got our ingredients and materials ready, let's talk about how to cook our kare pans. To fry your kare pans, heat some oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat until it reaches 320 degrees. Then, carefully place each kare pan into the hot oil and fry for two minutes on each side, or until they're golden brown.
Once your kare pans are cooked, remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon and drain off any excess oil on paper towels. Serve them warm, either on their own or with some steamed rice or noodles. And that's it! Your homemade kare pan is ready to enjoy.
I just saw my kid run by the window, running with a hammer. At least they're not scissors, but a hammer (laughing). Anyway, where was I? Ah yes, our kare pans. So, as you can see from these pictures, the finished product looks delicious. The exterior is crispy and golden brown, while the interior is soft and fluffy.
I'm gonna cut it in half, so you can see what it looks like inside. (kare pan crunching) Mm. It's such a wonderful combination of textures and flavors. The outside is crackly crisp, yet chewy and bready in the middle, slightly sweet, not greasy or heavy. And inside, we've got this beautiful curry that's moist - flavorful, slightly sweet, and tender. Got the tender potatoes, the tender carrots, sweet onions, and just the crumbled meat in there. It all just works so well together.
Alrighty my lovelies, now you too can make homemade kare pan. If you're slightly intimidated by the whole process, don't be, at least try making Japanese curry. It is so delicious. My children love it, it's easy, it's fast. You can have it with rice, you can even have it on a toast, or on top of udon noodles, which is my favorite.
But super simple, easy, and it's a great recipe to have in your repertoire. Alrighty my lovelies, thanks so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed that one. I hope you learned something. Oh, check out my website. I will include a printable recipe. And thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed that one. I hope you learned something! Please share this video with your friends. Follow me on social media, like this video, subscribe, and I shall see you in the next one. Toodee-oo!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(happy music)- Greetings my beautifullovelies, it's Emmy.How are you?It's great to see you, and welcome back.Today, I'm going to be makingone of my favorite little snacky snacksthat I loved to get whenI was living in Japan,and it is for kare pan.Kare means curry, pan means bread.We are making a curry-filled bread,and they're absolutely wonderful.A little kind of oval shaped pastry,that has panko breadcrumbs on the outside,fried nice and crispy and golden,and inside you have kare, or curry,usually made with ground pork or beef,with potatoes and carrots and onions.It is absolutely delicious.And pretty much everysupermarket you go to in Japan,there'll be a fried foods section.Fried -- deep-fried foods --was introduced to theJapanese by the Portuguese.And there's so many beautifully friedwonderfully tasty treats,including tempura,and ebi furai, and kare pan -- wonderful!You don't have to stink up your house.You don't have to have vats of oilthat you have to dispose of.You can just go to the grocery store,and purchase them freshly fried.And I would grab a kare pan,it was one of my favoritelittle lunchtime snacks.Curry, or kare as it's called in Japanese,is a delicious dish in-and-of itself.And it usually consistsof some kind of protein,cooked with potatoes and carrots,in a curry sauce that'susually mild in flavor.It's not so spicy.It usually doesn't have too much heat,although you can find spicy versions.The sauce tends to be almostlike a gravy in consistency.It's typically served with rice,eaten with a spoon, andis absolutely delicious.Most families I wouldsay make kare at home,using kare rue blocks,which you can find at the grocery store.You can find them here in the States --I buy them all the time.They're super handy to make avery quick, fast, tasty meal.And it's super easy to make.I have an old video, I'll puta link above, and down below.In the description, I'llinclude links to recipes,and videos I watched for inspiration.The dough recipe I'm gonna be usingwas inspired by Apron.Okay, let's go ahead and get started.There seems to be someconstruction in the neighborhood,so if you hear banging, sawing,that's just construction.(hammer banging)(laughing)Alrighty, so in this bowl Ihave 200 grams of bread flour.If you want conversions, Iwill put a link down belowto a printable recipe link on my website.That includes a handy-dandy converter.So if you're using volumetric U.S.,or you're using metric, youcan just click a button,and it'll convert it for you.Add a tablespoon and a half of sugar.1/2 teaspoon of salt.♪ Too doot ♪Whisk that together.And two teaspoons of vegetable oil.Now we're gonna add 120milliliters of milk,and I've warmed it up in themicrowave for about 10 seconds,just to take the chill off.♪ Boo doop ♪One teaspoon of instant yeast.(serene music)Mix that all together.Okay, so once it gets shaggy like this,kneed this to form a dough,until all the flour is absorbed,and the dough is niceand elastic, and smooth.Rub a little bit of oilall over the dough ball,so it doesn't stick.And now we're gonna cover this,and place this in a warmspot for about an hour,until it doubles in size.My handy-dandy ovenhas a proofing setting,so I'm gonna go aheadand place that in there,since my space is a little bit chilly.So while the dough is proofing,let me walk you through the stepsof what I did to create the filling.So in the skillet, on medium heat,you're gonna saute 3/4 ofa pound of ground beef.When that starts to cook up,you're going to add 1/2 of afinally chopped yellow onion.So continue stirringthat, and sautéing it,and sweating it up until the onionsstart to look translucent.Next, you're gonna add one medium carrot,that you finely diced, and1/2 of a large russet potatothat you've also finely diced.So as you're cooking this together,the goal is to soften the vegetables,and you may need to adda little bit of moisture.So I added one to two tablespoons,as I was cooking this,to make sure things were moist,but you don't want it to be too wet,so be careful not to add too much.So then cover it, and allowthings to steam up a bit,so that your carrotsand potatoes get tender.Add two curry roux blocks.I happened to have VermontCurry on hand.Any brand will do -- use your favorite.And again, you might have to adda couple tablespoons of waterto help the curry blocks melt.So now we have to let this cool completelybefore we add it to our dough.After an hour, you'regoing to divide the doughinto six equal pieces.Draw up all the edgesand pinch them tightly.Flip the dough over, andthen using your hands,in a cupping motion, go around and around,forming a ball of dough.And then cover them andallow the dough balls to restfor 15 minutes.Here is my cooled filling.Grab a ball of dough, and roll it out.And place about twotablespoons of filling inside.And then we're gonna draw up the sides,and pinch this closed.Pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch.We want this to be nice and tight.We don't want these toburst while we're frying.Now we've got a seamright down the middle,and fold it over, and then reverse it.And then give it a little bitof a roll to kind of seal it.So in this pan, I've gotsome panko breadcrumbs.They've got this greatcoarse texture to them.So in this pan here, I'mgonna crack a large egg.And whisk that up.Now we're going to take our little breads,and dip them into the egg bath,and then transfer theminto the breadcrumbs.And press the crumbs in there,so they get a nice coating.Place that onto a square of parchment.I'm gonna repeat thisfor the rest of these.And after these rest forabout half an hour....In this pan here, I'vegot a couple inches of oilthat is coming up to temperature.I'm getting it up to 320 degrees.(laughing) I just saw mykid run by the window,running with a hammer.At least they're not scissors,but a hammer (laughing).And we're going to drop our kare pan in,paper and all, everything.And then we gently slide the paper off.So the reasoning for the paperis to maintain the shape of the bread.Gently.We don't wanna overcrowd the pan,because then it'll reduce thetemperature down too quickly.We're gonna cook these fortwo minutes on each side,or until they're nice and golden brown.Ah, (laughing).(alarm beeping)Shh.Ah, these are looking beautiful.All right, this, yes.Beautiful.So a couple of my karepan have stretch marks,but don't we all? (laughing)I'm gonna cut it in half,so you can see what it looks like inside.♪ Din do do ding ♪(laughing) Looks like minegot a little over-proofed.Do you see how big and bubbly that is?I think it's still gonna taste delicious.Itadakimasu!(kare pan crunching)Mm.It's such a wonderful combinationof textures and flavors.The outside is crackly crisp,yet chewy and bready in the middle,slightly sweet, not greasy or heavy.And inside, we've got thisbeautiful curry, that's moist --(kare pan crunching)- - Mm, which is flavorful,slightly sweet, and tender.Got the tender potatoes,the tender carrots,sweet onions, and just thecrumbled meat in there.It all just works so well together.Alrighty my lovelies, now you toocan make homemade kare pan.If you're slightly intimidatedby the whole process,don't be, at least trymaking Japanese kare.It is so delicious.My children love it, it's easy, it's fast.You can have it with rice,you can even have it on a toast,or on top of udon noodles,which is my favorite.But super, simple, easy, andit's a great recipe to havein your repertoire.Alrighty my lovelies,thanks so much for watching.I hope you enjoyed that one.I hope you learned something.Oh, check out my website.I will include a printable recipe.And thanks for watching, Ihope you enjoyed that one.I hope you learned something!Please share this video with your friends.Follow me on social media,like this video, subscribe,and I shall see you in the next one.Toodle-oo, take care, bye (laughing).(gentle music)And yeah, bye.\n"
