Tonkatsu is a popular japanese dish consisting of breaded, deep-fried pork chops and it’s surprisingly easy to make. Besides being served on its own, u can turn it into katsu don- a bowl of rice topped with tonkatsu and a mixture of onion & eggs.
Tonkatsu Recipe Ingredients
- 2 Pork chops – marinate in soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil & pepper
- panko [Japanese breadcrumbs]
- flour seasoned with salt and pepper
- 1 egg
- oil for fying
Method
- I prefer to put the flour and panko on separate flat plates to ease preparation
- First of all, coat the pork chops with seasoned flour. Shake off excess flour
- Then dip it in the egg mixture
- Lastly coat liberally with panko
- Deep-fry the porkchops until they are cooked and the panko has turned golden-brown
- Place on kitchen towels to absorb excess oil.
- Once they are cool enough to handle, slice into bite-sized pieces.
You can serve tonkatsu with japanese mayo or tonkatsu sauce. You can substitute the pork with chicken meat – it’s then called chicken katsu instead LOL
I love to have katsu don as a comfort food. The crispy pork, the warm fragrant rice and the wonderful taste of eggs with onions was exactly what I needed on that Sunday evening for I’d been horridly sick the whole week (barely ate) and had to clear my backlog of work during the weekend… *mmmm*
Katsu Don Recipe Ingredients
- 2 Tonkatsu Pork Chops – sliced into bite-sized pieces
- 2 bowls of japanese rice (short-grain rice)
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup dashi
- 2 onions – quartered and sliced
- 4 eggs
Method
- Make the sauce by placing the dashi, mirin, sugar and soy sauce in a pan. Cook till sugar has dissolved.
- Put onions in the pan and boil till onions are soft and transparent (not mushy) and sauce has reduced.
- Crack the eggs into a bowl and break the yolks. Don’t beat the eggs, just stir them around until they are partially mixed.
- Turn the heat down to low and pour the eggs into the pan. Let sit for about 4-5 minutes (the eggs shouldn’t cook through, but remain slightly gooey).
- Place hot steaming rice in bowls and pack the rice in a bit. Then place tonkatsu slices on top of the rice.
- Pour the egg/onion/sauce mixture over the top. *Enjoy*
