Tonkatsu Don (21 March 2010)

Making Tonkatsu is probably the most easiest thing to make on earth! Well it looks difficult but it is actually very simple and it looks impressive.

Hijiki has come out with a home-made Tonkatsu substitute sweet sauce that I will share with you later. Hope you will like it! The portion is for your reference only. You could adjust the amount of ingredients according to your preference /taste.

Making the Tonkatsu Don
Ingredients:

• Some salt & pepper (to taste)
  
• Some pork fillet (depending on how many you want to eat :D)
• Some plain flour
• 2 eggs used as coat (nothing is wasted, you could fry the remaining eggs for your Tonkatsu Don)
• Some Japanese bread crumbs
• Vegetable oil for frying
• Cooked rice placed in a bowl
  

Making the home-made Tonkatsu substitute sweet sauce
Ingredients:

• 4 Tbsp soy sauce
  
• 1 Tbsp sesame oil
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1 Tbsp Japanese sweet cooking sauce

Heat the contents on low heat stirring constantly and stop when everything has dissolved.

Preparation:

(1) Wash the pork fillet and sprinkle salt and pepper.
(2) Coat the pork with flour. Dip the pork in beaten egg. Cover the pork with bread crumbs.
(3) Fry the pork in hot oil for a few min.
(4) Drain and remove the pork and place them on a paper towel.
(5) Cut each Tonkatsu into small pieces.
(6) Fry the remaining egg.
(7) Place the Tonkatsu and egg into the ice bowl.

(8) After that, it is ready to be served by pouring the sauce onto the Tonkatsu!