Easy Tonkatsu

I found myself jonesing for some tonkatsu and rice for dinner.  I made that happen. It's surprisingly easy and inexpensive to make.

This recipe only covers making the tonkatsu, not the rice.

Equipment

This is the stuff that I used to make this.  Your milage may vary.

• Chef's Knife
• For cutting the pork cutlets.
• Measuring spoons
• Measuring cups
• Three wide, shallow dishes
• For dredging the pork cutlets.
• Serving bottle
• Like a ketchup bottle, for the tonkatsu sauce.
• HDPE cutting board.
• You don't wanna work with pork on a wooden cutting board.
• 5 quart Dutch oven
• You'll fry the pork cutlets in this.

Ingredients

• The Tonkatsu
• 1/2 lb (227g) thin cut pork loin cutlets.
• I bought a thicker single cutlet from my butcher, then carefully sliced it in half for two 4oz (113g) cutlets.
• 1 large egg
• I used an equal amount of egg beaters.
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup panko break crumbs
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper.
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• The Tonkatsu Sauce
• 4 tbsp Ketchup
• I used no sugar added Ketchup.
• 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp Red wine

Preparation

• Tonkatsu
1. With a chef's knife, gently score--but do not cut through--one side the pork cutlets.
2. Season both sides of the pork cutlets with salt and pepper.
3. Coat the pork cutlets...
• Coat both sides of the pork cutlets with flour.
• Coat both sides of the floured pork cutlets with egg batter.
• Coat both sides of floured, egged pork cutlets with panko crumbs
4. Fry pork cutlets in dutch oven over medium-high heat until panko crumbs are a nice golden brown and the pork is cooked.
• Flip the cutlets over with tongs as necessary to fry both sides.
• This should only take a couple of minutes per side.
5. Rest fried pork cutlets for 1 minute or so before slicing in to pieces and plating with your choice of accessory foods.
• I recommend 3-4 oz (85-113g) of medium grain white rice.

• Tonkatsu Sauce
• Put the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and red wine in a serving bottle.
• Shake the hell out of it to mix.
• Squeeze the mixed sauce out over plated tonkatsu to your own spec.

Nutrition

• Calculated nutritional value of the dish and serving sizes, only the Tonkatsu, not the tonkatsu sauce.

Nutrition Facts
Servings 2.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 263
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 11 g	16 %
Saturated Fat 1 g	5 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 57 mg	19 %
Sodium 723 mg	30 %
Potassium 4 mg	0 %
Total Carbohydrate 15 g	5 %
Dietary Fiber 0 g	1 %
Sugars 0 g
Protein 28 g	56 %
Vitamin A	3 %
Vitamin C	0 %
Calcium	4 %
Iron	12 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.