Made byMarumiyaTokyo, Japan
Marumiya Butter Chicken Curry with Rice Microwave Meal 260g
This is a Japanese butter chicken curry in a box with the rice already in it, hot in about two and a half minutes in the microwave, with no fridge before opening and nothing to add.
Regular price $7.69AUD
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Product information
About
This is a Japanese butter chicken curry in a box with the rice already in it, hot in about two and a half minutes in the microwave, with no fridge before opening and nothing to add. It is Japan's lighter take on the dish: chicken in a tomato, butter and cream sauce with cumin and coriander, tangier and less rich than an Indian-restaurant butter chicken. Buy it for a quick hot lunch from the cupboard; if you want a rich, restaurant-strength butter chicken or a big dinner-sized serve, this is the wrong box.
On the pack: 丸美屋 バターチキンカレー (Marumiya, batā chikin karē).
What you're getting
- 260 g in two parts: a bowl of Japanese-grown rice, 160 g of it, and a 100 g pouch of curry that you pour over the rice before heating.
- Mild. There is chilli on the ingredient list, but it is not a hot curry.
- A light single serve, and the chicken comes in small pieces, fewer than the photo on the box suggests: think lunch, and a big appetite will want two.
- It keeps in the cupboard: the rice and the curry both store at room temperature, the curry in a sealed, heat-sterilised pouch, so nothing needs the fridge until you open it.
- Allergens: contains milk and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
- Also on the label: there is meat in it, chicken, so anyone who avoids meat should skip it. No wheat is on the ingredient list; that is as far as we can say on gluten.
Microwave or boiling water only: the bowl is not for an oven or a toaster oven. If you would rather try a Japanese dish you have not met before, the same range has rice bowls such as oyakodon, chicken and egg over rice.
Ingredients
Rice: Japanese-grown rice, acidity regulator.
Curry: chicken, tomato paste, margarine, sugar, cream, sautéed onion, cumin, garlic paste, salt, butter, curry powder, coriander, chilli, seasoning (amino acids), thickener (modified starch), emulsifier, flavouring.
Contains milk, soy and chicken.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Allergens
- Contains
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- Milk
- Soy
- Dietary notes
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Chicken is the meat in the curry, in pieces rather than as an extract, and the sauce carries butter and cream. It is not vegetarian, vegan, halal or kosher.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Details
- Maker
- Marumiya · Tokyo
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One box: 260 g, of which 160 g is rice and 100 g curry
Our guide
How to eat it
- Peel the lid off the rice bowl completely. A lid left half on can make the bowl burst in the microwave.
- Pour the curry pouch over the rice and spread it level.
- Rest the peeled lid loosely back on top.
- Heat it for about 2 minutes 30 seconds at 600 W, 3 minutes at 500 W or 1 minute 30 seconds at 1000 W. Set the time by hand: the automatic reheat button can overheat it.
- Take it out, lift the lid off and eat it from the bowl. It comes out very hot.
Good to know
- No microwave? Stand the rice bowl, lid on and lid side up, in boiling water for about 15 minutes, and the unopened curry pouch for about 5.
- In cold weather the rice can come out firm. That is not a fault: give it a little longer.
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In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
- What they like
Curry in a pouch plus rice you just microwave: it makes sense for anyone living alone.
レトルトカレーと、チンするだけで食べられるご飯が入ってる一人暮らしの人に理にかなった商品です
from monolog, a Japanese review site
- What they grumble about
It's a size a man could easily eat two of.
量は男の人だったら2個は食べれてしまうくらいの量です。
from necodaidocoro
- What they like
A little strong, but with chicken it isn't heavy, and the butter comes through.
少し濃いめですがチキンなのであまりくどくなくバターの味が効いて美味しい
from monolog
- What they grumble about
It isn't a rich butter chicken, so people particular about it may find it lacking.
濃厚なバターチキンカレーではないので、こだわりがある人には物足りない
from necodaidocoro
- What they like
It isn't hot, so even people who don't like heat can enjoy it.
辛くないので、辛いのが苦手な方でも美味しく食べることができます。
from necodaidocoro
- Mixed feelings
The filling has no real shape and it's small, so it doesn't look great, but it's easy to make and it tastes good.
具の形が無いことと、量が少なくて見た目がもう一つですが、簡単に作れて味は美味しいです。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they like
I keep some in for when I want something quick.
手軽に済ませたいとき用にストックしてます。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
There isn't much sauce, so mix it well or you're left with plain rice at the end.
ルーも実際そこまで多くないので、しっかり混ぜてから食べないと最後ご飯だけ残ってしまいます。
from necodaidocoro
- What they like
It was proper Indian curry!
本格的なインドカレーでした！
from monolog
- Good to know
It tastes like a spiced tomato sauce.
スパイスの効いたトマトソース、といった感じです。
from note.com
- What they like
I'm lazy by nature, so something done in one go in the microwave is a godsend.
ものぐさな性格なものでレンジで一発完結するこの手の商品はありがたいです
from monolog
- What they grumble about
It looks a bit dried out, so maybe not quite the butter chicken I pictured.
ちょっとカピカピしていますのでイメージしていたバターチキンとはちょっと違うかも。。。
from note.com
- Mixed feelings
Being cheap, it is a bit small, but I was surprised how proper the sauce was.
手頃な値段なので量的な物足りなさは否めませんが想像以上にルーがちゃんとしていたのに驚きました
from monolog
- What they like
It stores without taking up room and it's filling, so I buy several for the cupboard and to take to work.
嵩張らず保存できかつボリュームがあるので保存食や会社に持って行くように複数買ってます。
from amazon.co.jp
- What they grumble about
I'd love a bigger version.
大容量版もあったら嬉しいです
from monolog
- Good to know
To me it tastes a little sweet.
私には、少し甘い味に感じます。
from amazon.co.jp
- Mixed feelings
Not much filling, but the flavour was good.
具は少ないけど味が美味しかった
from monolog
- What they like
My child says it's tasty.
子供が美味しいと言ってます。
from amazon.co.jp
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The maker
Where it comes from
- Marumiya
- Tokyo
- Founded 1927
Marumiya began in 1927 with a furikake, the dry seasoning you shake over rice, and has sold meal sets built around packed rice since 1999. It added this butter chicken to its boxed-rice range in 2022 because customers had asked for a curry in it.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: marumiya.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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