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A white ceramic bowl filled with cooked Japanese chicken curry with cubed potatoes and carrots alongside white rice, sprinkled with black sesame seeds and furikake.

Rice Cooker Japanese Curry

Kaylie
Rice cooker curry is an easy way to make Japanese-style curry for a comforting and easy one pot family dinner. This convenient method combines chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, and Japanese curry roux in the rice cooker, making it a practical option for busy weeknights with less hands-on cooking and cleanup.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Japanese
Servings 6 servings
Calories 212 kcal

Equipment

  • rice cooker This recipe was tested in a 6-cup rice cooker. Make sure your rice cooker has sufficient capacity for all the ingredients, and never fill it beyond the manufacturer's recommended limit.

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken cut into bite size pieces
  • 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • ½ white onion, chopped
  • 110 grams Curry roux, mild I use S&B brand, use half of the 12 serving packet
  • 2 ½ cups water
  • white rice for serving

Instructions
 

  • Place the cut chicken, vegetables and onion in the rice cooker pot.
  • Break up the curry roux into small pieces. Add the curry roux and water the the rice cooker pot.
  • Spread the ingredients out evenly so the chicken and vegetables have room to cook. Avoid filling the pot beyond your rice cooker’s recommended level.
  • Close the lid and select the regular white rice setting. Let the rice cooker run through its cycle.
  • Once the cycle finishes, gently stir the curry until the roux is fully incorporated and the sauce is evenly distributed around the chicken and vegetables. If the sauce needs a little more time to thicken, let it rest briefly on the warm setting.

Notes

This recipe was tested in a 6-cup rice cooker. Make sure your rice cooker has sufficient capacity for all the ingredients, and never fill it beyond the manufacturer's recommended limit.

Nutrition

Serving: 18gCalories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 20gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 121mgPotassium: 940mgFiber: 8gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 3602IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 6mg
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