Tonkatsu / Chicken katsu. This is my family recipe for Chicken Katsu - Japanese style fried chicken. Can also be used to make Tonkatsu, just use pork cutlets instead of chicken. Serve with white rice and tonkatsu sauce.
Serve remaining sauce on the side for dipping.
Juicy chicken or pork cutlets in an incredibly crisp layer of golden-brown bread crumbs, with a sweet-and-savory sauce and a side of crisp shredded cabbage and steamed white rice, is a simple and delicious weeknight meal, whether you buy it at the food court or fry it in your own kitchen.
Chicken Katsu is Japanese fried chicken cutlet with bread crumbs or panko.
You can have Tonkatsu / Chicken katsu using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tonkatsu / Chicken katsu
- It's of Chicken breast 500g (it can be other meat too).
- You need 100 g of flour.
- You need 2-3 of eggs.
- You need 1 cup of bread crumbs.
- It's of salt and pepper.
- It's of oil for deep frying.
Chicken katsu is served with a tonkatsu or katsu sauce. This recipe is better than Japanese takeout! Created in Japan but loved worldwide, chicken katsu is a simple breaded and fried chicken cutlet, served with a sweet katsu sauce. (Here we include instructions for a homemade sauce, but you can. Chicken Katsu is chicken fillet breaded with flour, egg, and Panko (bread crumbs), then deep fried, just like Tonkatsu.
Tonkatsu / Chicken katsu instructions
- Cut chicken into slices. Thicker or thinner, completely to your taste! But no more than 1/2 inch thick..
- Salt and pepper chicken and let it rest for 10 mins.
- Coat chicken with wheat flour, then egg, then bread crumbs.
- Deep fry for 2-3 min, if thin. 4-5 minutes if thick..
It is a comfort food rather than a healthy Japanese food, but if you use cuts like chicken breasts or tenders instead of thighs, it can become a little lighter fare. Chicken katsu (Japanese chicken schnitzel or chicken cutlet) is usually served with the sweet and savory tonkatsu sauce, finely shredded cabbage and cucumbers. You can eat it either with steamed rice, ramen or prepared chicken katsu don. It is a comfort food widely popular in Japan. Awesome Chicken Katsu is a crispy breaded chicken breast seasoned and dipped in Panko then lightly fried in oil until the crust becomes a golden brown.
