Tonkatsu

Name: Tonkatsu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 4 pork loin cutlets, 2cm thick; 2 eggs, beaten; 100g plain flour; 150g panko breadcrumbs; 500ml vegetable oil for frying; 4 tbsp tonkatsu sauce; 1 tbsp Japanese mustard; 300g white cabbage, very finely shredded; 1 tsp salt

Japanese breaded pork cutlet fried until deeply golden and served with shredded cabbage and tonkatsu sauce.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Asian

Ingredients

4pork loin cutlets, 2cm thick

2eggs, beaten

100gplain flour

150gpanko breadcrumbs

500mlvegetable oil for frying

4 tbsptonkatsu sauce

1 tbspJapanese mustard

300gwhite cabbage, very finely shredded

1 tspsalt

Instructions

Make shallow cuts along fat edge of each cutlet to prevent curling.

Season cutlets with salt and pepper.

Dredge in flour, dip in egg, coat firmly in panko — press panko in well.

Heat oil to 170C in a deep pan.

Fry cutlets 4-5 minutes each side until deep golden.

Drain on paper towel, rest 2 minutes before slicing into strips.

Serve over shredded cabbage with tonkatsu sauce and mustard.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

416

Protein

10.5g

Fat

18.6g

Carbs

52.5g

Fiber

3.7g

Sodium

715mg

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