Chicken Katsu Kare Kare
Ingredients
Chicken Katsu: * Chicken breasts, pounded flat * Salt and black pepper, to taste * Flour, eggs, and panko (for coating) Kare Kare Sauce: * 3 cups water * 2 Tbsp annatto seeds * 2 Tbsp toasted rice flour* * 1 medium onion, diced * 5 garlic cloves, minced * 1 tsp fish sauce (to taste) * 1 tsp sugar (to taste) * 1 cup peanut butter (to taste) * 1.5 beef bouillon cubes (to taste) * Salt, to taste Vegetables: * Bok choy * Green beans * Chinese eggplant Optional Garnish: * Bagoong (Filipino shrimp paste) Instructions 1. Prepare Rice Flour: Blend uncooked rice into fine powder, then toast in a dry pan over medium heat until light brown, about 3–5 minutes. Set aside. 2. Make Kare Kare Sauce: Heat 2 Tbsp oil in a pot over medium heat. Sauté annatto seeds for 3–5 minutes to extract color, then discard seeds. Sauté onions with a pinch of salt for 5 minutes, add garlic, and cook 2 minutes. Add water, fish sauce, sugar, peanut butter, bouillon cubes, and rice flo...