Chinese Chicken Curry Recipes

[cazzz1975]

Does anyone have a decent recipe that is similar to a good take away recipe for chinese chicken curry? I have tried a few on the internet and they are a bit hit and miss.

[ummmm]

Cazzz, I asked this question ages ago. I managed to make a decent one but it turns out that the curry sauce they use is just powder mixed with water (I think)

I'll see if I can find it...

[gingejbee]

Bit of a cheat (because it's not easy to replicate Chinese-style curry sauce yourself)...but I buy large jars of Chinese curry concentrate at the Chinese supermarket. Big dollop plus boiling water...sauce made, and tastes just like the take-away variety.

[ummmm]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Question1228752.html

[EcclesCake]

If you have a Waitrose near you then you can buy curry sauce cubes that are made in China. So I presume they will produce something similar to the curry you get from a Chinese restaurant.

[retrocop]

If you are lucky,as I am, to have a good Chinese supermarket/Hypermarket nearby I can highly recommend Goldfish Brand Authentic Chinese Curry paste.They come in 405gm plastic tubs or you can buy 5kilos of it.
This paste will make any meat,fish or veg taste exactly the same as a Chinese take away curry.I would wager that the take aways use this brand or something like it.
I cut up 2 or 3 onions into large chunks and fry in oil with the chicken or whatever you are cooking.I add the paste according in quantity to the thickness of the sauce you require with water.Simmer until meat is cooked through and add some peas a few minutes before ready to serve.I don't like the onions or peas to be over cooked but retain a little crunch.Sometimes I add a tsp of 5 spice powder during the frying process to give it a little more aniseed flavour but not necessary as the paste has it in any case.You can buy this past on lin if you can't source locally.It really does taste like a genuine take away chinese curry.Good hunting and Bon Appetite.

[retrocop]

Further to my last answer I have learn't from another link that Tesco apparently stocks Goldfish Brand Chinese curry sauce.

[cazzz1975]

hi ummm, did your curry thicken up in the end?

I had a look at that ginge but it has the dodgy "monosodium glutamate" added which Im not a fan of. same with the cubes eccles, lots of e numbers, im looking for a more natural recipe

[EcclesCake]

Sorry Cazz, I haven't bought them myself I just spotted them on the shelf as they seemed rather out of place amongst the more well known branded stuff.

[bednobs]

i find the japanese katsu curry sauce very similar

[ummmm]

As far as remember it did. Everyone scoffed it. Haven't made it since.

[rockyracoon]

My OH also reckons Goldfish Chinese Curry sauce tastes the same as a take away.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263414246

[hammerman]

Not Chinese but i've tried these several times and they're superb. I usually do them with some caserole beef in the slow cooker along with shallots, potatoes, carrots and any other veg you choose.

http://www.japanesekitchen.co.uk/curry-stew-sauces.html