Japanese Recipe – Tonkatsu

    Tonkatsu (豚カツ)　has a long history since 100years ago. This Japanese style European cuisine is now popular as home cooking dish and can be found in most of the restaurant; ”katsu” came from katsu-retsu (cutlet) earlier, and become tonkatsu when using pork for the main ingredients.    

Ingredients:
       Pork Tenderloin cut into 1/4 inch slices
       2 eggs beaten
       1 cup Panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
       Flour
       Cabbage shredded
       Worcestershire sauce

Preparations:

Drain off excess water from pork with kitchen papers; make few slits in the cutlet. Sprinkle both sides of cutlet with salt and pepper, coat with flour. Dip in the beaten egg mixture, coat in panko bread crumbs. Heat oil in a wok to 350F, add in pork and deep-fry 5 to 7minutes until golden crispy on both sides. Drain on kitchen papers. Garnish with finely shredded cabbage and lemon wedges. Serve with Worcestershire sauce.