Dinner Tonight: Bean and vegetable Japanese curry
Served over rice or noodles, this dish is a veritable weeknight meal with restaurant appeal.
Dinner Tonight
March 11, 2026

Bean and Vegetable Japanese Curry

Bean and Vegetable Japanese Curry
Andrew Bui for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.

Recipe by Eric Kim | Total time: 45 minutes

In this lovely, warming curry, canned beans give you protein and a soft, starchy bite. Japanese curry is essentially a stew, so add to it what you like: Here, eggplant and spinach melt into the sauce, giving you roughage, then canned beans are stirred through for appearances and chew. Served over rice or noodles, this dish is a veritable weeknight meal with restaurant appeal, and freezes beautifully (see Tips).

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