I am a huge fan of Japanese food (I am still very new to it but what I have tried is amazing). this is a post for a virtual baby shower/celebration for two red bowls . the theme was food served in bowls (such a great theme). I wracked my brain for a while and had several different ideas but I decided on this. I put a spin on the chicken katsu curry and served it with panko crusted popcorn chicken, and added some extra liquid to the sauce to make it more like soup and served it with udon noodles. basically its a hug in a bowl. I think you are going to love it. this virtual baby shower was planned by steph from I am food blog and Alana from fix feast flair. I love taking part in virtual parties as its so great to see what every one comes up with, its always amazes me how everyone seems to come up with something totally different. Cynthia gave birth to her little bowl (see what I did there) last week, so maybe all these shower recipes can give her quick ideas of dishes to make in the first few weeks of motherhood, I wish I could package this up and send it off. what an exciting time. at first I thought it would be fun to recreate one of Cynthia’s recipes and I was going to make her Taiwanese popcorn chicken as it looks incredible and then some how this creation popped into my head. 
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 cloves of garlic, diced
- 2 scallions (green and white parts sliced)
- 1 large carrot cut into thin strips
- 1 teaspoons of ground ginger
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 1 teaspoon of turmeric
- 1 teaspoons of cumin
- seeds from 2 cardamom pods ground
- 1 teaspoons of ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 1 litre chicken stock plus 200ml water
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 packet of udon noodles
- 4 boneless chicken thigh fillets
- panko bread crumbs
- egg
- flour
- coriander
- salt and pepper
to make the soup
fry the chopped onions in oil until soft then add the sliced carrots and scallions. I cut the carrots into thin batons. then add to the pan. add the garlic and saute for 1 minute then add the spices and stock and water and simmer then when the chicken is almost ready add the udon noodle.
to make the popcorn chicken arrange three bowls one with flour one with the bread crumbs and one with beaten egg. cut the chicken into small chunks and coat in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. then dip into the beaten egg and then into the breadcrumbs. once you have coated all the chicken using a deep fryer heated to 180c fry on each side for 2 to 3 minutes until crispy. add the sauce and noodles to a bowl and top with the popcorn chicken and some coriander and some chopped scallions.
links
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O&O Eats | Persimmon Cobbler
Nice! Perfect warming meal for cool fall days.
thankyou sarah x
This looks delicious Aimee – I love chicken katsu curry, seeing it made into a soup is amazing.
Lovely pictures – I’m a big fan of two red bowls as well, like yours it’s a great blog.
Thankyou xxx
this looks AMAZING aimee!! i am in love with curry udon and the popcorn chicken croutons are genius!
thanks for participating!
xo
Thankyou steph I’m so pleased you like it xx
mmmm love the colours and warmth – delicious! ^__^
Thankyou so much xxx
I just wanna say that this is such a WONDERFULLY TOUCHING & HEART-WARMING creative idea & gesture ! This is going to make the parents of ‘B3’ so HAPPY ! It’s stuff like this that encourages me to continue blogging (even though I often feel like saying, “yeah, that’s enough, time to stop …”). Yet I soldier on. And yeah, oh how I wish-wish-wished I could have been part of this magical sharing moment too !!! Great job, take care & nice meeting you … georgie @ http://www.icookstuff.com 🙂
Could this be any more wonderfully inventive, or beautiful? Popcorn chicken croutons! I love all of this, Aimee — thanks so much for being a part of this and for making my day!
I’m so happy you like it xxx
Wow! This katsu udon soup is incredible! Love veggies! I’m seriously so inspired right now. I need to add tomatoes to recipe and it would be perfect. Thx for sharing Aimee!
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Definitely, I will prep this katsu udon soup on the weekend for my family. My family loves healthy soups!
thankyou xx
Absolutely love your creative idea with katsu udon soup! Can I post it on my blog? Thanks for sharing!
thankyou so glad you like it x
This Udon looks delicious and hot! Its always better to have what makes you feel better special in times you feel sick.
thank you x
You know udon is one of my favorites. This is the ultimate comfort yummy bowl of deliciousness.
thank you x
Yum! Tried this yesterday! Super easy + tasty! ? Thank you for the recipe!
thank you x
You might be able to find dried udon in an Asian grocers, particularly if you can find a Korean one.
Love this recipe! Have made it many, many times.
thank you x