A Straightforward Recipe for Tonkatsu

Name: A Straightforward Recipe for Tonkatsu
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 slice Pork loin cutlet; 1 dash Pepper; 1 enough to immerse the pork Vegetable oil; 100 grams Flour (cake flour); 1 egg or less Egg; 100 grams Panko; 2 tbsp Ketchup; 100 ml Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I learned how to make this from my mother when I was in elementary school. My mother said she learned it from my grandmother when she was in elementary school, too. I'm sorry I'm not a daughter (I'm your son), Mom.

The first cutlet you fry when the oil hasn't heated up enough tends to not go well, but you'll just have to live with that. For 1 serving. Recipe by hmskpad

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

The first cutlet you fry when the oil hasn't heated up enough tends to not go well, but you'll just have to live with that. For 1 serving. Recipe by hmskpad

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Ingredients

1 serving

1 slicePork loin cutlet
1 dashPepper
1enough to immerse the pork Vegetable oil
Batter
100 gramsFlour (cake flour)
1egg or less Egg
100 gramsPanko
Sauce
2 tbspKetchup
100 mlJapanese Worcestershire-style sauce

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Steps

1

Lay the pork cutlet on a cutting board, and score the surface with a knife. Make the score pretty deep, almost cutting through the meat (This makes the cutlets cook through faster.)
2

Bash the cutlet with the back of your knife evenly. Season with pepper on both sides.
3

Make things ready to bread the cutlet. Arrange the flour, beaten egg, and panko in that order.
4

Coat the cutlet evenly with flour, pressing it onto the surface. Immerse the cutlet in the beaten egg so that the flour absorbs its moisture. Coat with as much panko as you want.
5

Put vegetable oil in a pan and heat over high heat. When you drop panko, it should sizzle and make crackling sounds.
6

Drop in the breaded pork in slowly. Be careful not to burn yourself. Turn over occasionally as it cooks.
7

When the surface has turned a deep golden brown, take it out and drain off excess oil on paper towels lined on a cutting board. If there's no redness when you cut through the meat, it's done.
8

I just mixed ketchup and Japanese style Worcestershire sauce for a cheap sauce. It should be black, not red - that's the right ratio.