Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu is a dish where sliced pork loin is dredged in flour, dipped in egg, and finished with a coat of panko bread crumbs. Pork is then deep-fried and served with tonkatsu sauce: sweet, savory, and slightly peppery brown sauce.

Course entree, Main Course

Cuisine asian, Japanese

Keyword panko readed pork, tonkatsu sauce, panko

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Servings people

Calories 588kcal

Cost $7.00

Ingredients

3/4 pound pork loin sliced into two pieces
1 cup panko Japanese bread crumbs
1/4 cup flour
1 egg well beaten with a tablespoon of cold water
salt and pepper
2 cups vegetable oil for deep frying

Home-made Tonkatsu sauce

2 tablespoon Worcester sauce
2 tablespoon ketchup
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Instructions

Gather ingredients.
Make the sauce by mixing the Worchester sauce, ketchup, and soy sauce in a small saucepan. Heat the sauce until everything is well-combined. Keep it warm.
Cut pork into either two large slices. The meat should be about ¼ inch-thick. Tenderize the meat if necessary and cut slits into any fat or membrane so the meat will not curl as it deep-fries. Lightly salt and pepper the pork.
Dust the pork in flour, dredge them in egg mixture, then press them onto panko bread crumbs. The pork should be covered completely in bread crumbs.
Heat the oil to 300 F and fry the pork one at a time, turning it as it brown's about 3 minutes total. Take the pork out of oil and dry it in an oil drying rack or paper towel.
Cut the pork into strips and serve them hot with home-made Tonkatsu sauce.

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