How to cook Tonkatsu (Deep-fried pork cutlet)!

When we want to eat a lot of meat in Japan, one of good choices is Tonkatsu (Deep-fried pork cutlet)

And Tonkatsu’s ‘katsu’ is as same pronunciation as ‘win’ in Japanese language.
So some people eat Tonkatsu when they want to win something.

Let’s cook Tonkatsu. It is easy.

・Ingredient (4 servings):
4 Pork (Loin) (each weight is about 130g)
a suitable amount salt , pepper

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1 egg
a suitable amount flour, Panko(bread crumbs)

a suitable amount salad oil
vegetables (Serve with your favorite vegetables. In Japan Tonkatsu is often served with thin-sliced cabbage.)
Sauce for Tonkatsu (In Japan we can buy Tonkatsu sauce. If you don’t have, mix Worcestershire sauce and ketchup(1:2).

How to cook:
1. Put pork on cutting board and make incision between lean and fat(three or four portion) to prevent meat from shrinking and curving.

2. Tenderize the meat with a meat mallet. (I don’t have a meat mallet so I use backside of a kitchen knife. The bottom of bottle is also useful.)

3. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides.

4. Prepare vegetables you like.

5. Coat meat with flour and shake off excess. (Plastic bag is useful .)

6. Coat egg and after breadcrumb it. (I usually use Panko that is sold at supermarket. You can use also breadcrumbs but texture is different.)

7. Deep-fry it until gold brown both sides at 170℃.

8. Cut Tonkatsu and put them on dish and add vegetables. Serve with Tonkatsu sauce.

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