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Top Tonkatsu Recipe

  • Servings: 4

A classic deep-fried pork chop hits next level with spiced sesame panko and umami egg wash. To add a starch, prepare white rice to package directions for 4 servings while working on the chops.

Recipe featured on Rachael Ray's Meals in Minutes. 

Ingredients

Sauce

  • ½ cup ketchup 
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce 
  • 2 tablespoons  Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Mirin
  • 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoon sugar, I use superfine
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice

 

Egg wash

  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 teaspoon sundried tomato paste or tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil 

 

1 cup AP flour

 

Breading

  • 1 ½ cups panko
  • 1 teaspoon EACH: granulated garlic and granulated onion

 

OPTIONAL for spicy coating: 1 teaspoon Japanese chili powder or ground cayenne

3 Tablespoons togarashi 7 spice or toasted sesame seeds and/or black sesame seeds

Directions

4 pork loin chops 6 ounces each, pound evenly with a mallet to tenderize leaving loin chops about ½ inch thick

About 1 pound or a small white cabbage  

2 tomatoes

Optional toppings for chops: shredded shiso leaf and finely chopped scallion or chive

 

Combine all ingredients for sauce in a small bowl.

 

Whisk up all ingredients for egg wash in a shallow dish.  Add flour to another shallow dish and panko and its seasonings to a third. 

 

Preheat oil over medium heat.  Line a baking sheet with parchment or foil and a wire rack.

 

Quarter, core and thinly shred or slice the cabbage and core tomatoes, cut into wedges, season with salt.

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