Tonkatsu

Today, I'm gonna talk about one of my favorite Japanese food, Tonkatsu. I love cooking it, too!! It is very popular in not only Japan, but also many countries. We can have Tonkatsu in Sydney as well because almost of Japanese restaurants in Sydney have this menu. Some of you might have eaten it before...：-)

The ingredients are;
Sliced pork meat and salt, pepper, bread crumbs, egg, flour.
As desired, some vegetables, (in the picture case, chopped cabbage) and lemon.

How to cook

1. Make incisions on fiber using tip of knife.
2. Pound meat with meat mallet of with the back of the knife. (Do not pound meat too thinly.)
3. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the meat.
4. Put egg, flour, bread crumbs in 3 separate shallow trays.
5. Dredge flour on both sides of the meat. Pat excess flour off then dip into beaten egg.
6. Spread meat onto bread crumbs. Cover top of meat with crumbs and press.
7. Start frying when oil temperature reached 180C. When meat starts to brown, reduce oil tempurature to 160C. And continue to fry slowly.
8. When small bubbles form on top of the oil, increase oil temperature back to 180C. This insures its crispness.
9. Drain oil on net.
10. Cut into bite size. Move meat to plate.

Before you eat this, you can put any sauce you like on it!! My recommendation sauce is sweet Miso with mastard sauce!!：P

Posted by Daichi