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Kare Pan Recipe – Curry Bread

Jul 10th 2010
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Kare pan (curry bread), is a very famous Japanese snack which has been featured in many animes and dramas. It’s one of my favorite ways to eat curry. If you’re new to curry, kare pan is a great way to start! I had some left over curry from the night before, so I decided to make kare pan. You can eat it for lunch, dinner, or as a mid-day snack. I ended up eating too many and had to skip dinner…

For the filling, I used left over curry. Here’s my easy curry recipe if you need one. Make sure the curry is chilled or it will be hard to fill the dough. This kare pan recipe requires yeast so you’ll need to give it plenty of time for the dough to rise.

Ingredients:

2 cups bread flour
1/4 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup water
3 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoon melted butter
1 1/2 cup left over curry (chilled)
1 egg (beaten)
panko bread crumbs (about 1 cup)

Makes about 8 to 10 pieces (depends on size)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Mix 1 teaspoon yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 1/2 cup warm water and let it sit for 10 minutes. Then stir to dissolve.

Step 2: In a large bowl, mix the flour, yeast water, extra 1/4 cup water, salt, 2 teaspoon sugar, and melted butter together to form a dough. Knead for 5 to 10 minutes until smooth (you might have to add a little more flour). When smooth, place dough in large greased bowl. Cover and let it rise in a warm place for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 3: Punch down dough and divide into 8 pieces. Cover and let it rise again for 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 4: Beat one egg. Put aside. Mash the chilled curry until the chunks of meat and veggies are small.

Step 5: On a well floured surface, roll out the dough and put a large spoonful of curry in the center. Fold the dough over like a gyoza and pinch to seal (if you need to, you can put a little egg wash around the edge of the dough to seal it). Repeat this step for the other pieces.

Step 6: Dip each piece in the egg wash, then lightly coat with panko bread crumbs.

Step 7: Deep fry each piece at about 375 degrees F until golden brown on both sides (about 1 minute for each side).

Step 8: Place the kare pan on Tempura Paper or paper towels to drain the oil. Serve them hot or at room temperature and watch them disappear!

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http://twitter.com/hoikelll Aailyah Bernier

I made this once before, it was SO tasty but the curry filling made the dough wet and soft so it started leaking. How thick should the dough be?

http://twitter.com/melonmochi ~never~use~real~name

You also don’t want soupy curry (just in case that’s what you had). Your curry should be lumpy and not have so much water, like the consistency of mashed potatoes or potato salad (in terms of how much water should be present).

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I think the thickness of my dough was a little less than a 1/4 of an inch. Not too thin, not too thick. I guess it helps if the curry is cold and pasty, that way the dough stays dry =)
Eri

thanks, this looks fairly simple to do !

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You’re welcome! I hope the recipe works out for you!

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Oh my god, this was SOO unbelievably delicious!! Your recipe is ON TARGET!! I made this recipe following yours and let the bread rise for 8 hours (instead of 1.5 hrs) because I went to sleep and forgot about it. But, when I made the currry pan, the outermost layer was super crispy and about 1mm of crispiness, but the inside of the bread was very fluffy and yeasty! The inner filling depends on what kind of curry was used, but WOW, this was one of the tastiest curry pan I have had (better than the ones at the Japanese convenient stores)!! Thank you for sharing this fantastic recipe!

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You’re welcome I’m glad you liked the recipe!!

Yaono

Thank you so much for this recipe, I just made it and it worked out great!
I am glad I found this website because your recipes are easy to understand! Other Curry Bread recipes seemed impossible for me, but this one worked on the first try! Thanks again!

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Yay~ glad the recipe worked for you ^_^