Tempura And Tonkatsu Recipe: 59 Photos
Tonkatsu (Japanese Pork Cutlet) photos
FAQ
Tonkatsu are usually served as a set meal (teishoku) with shredded cabbage, rice, miso soup and pickles. Diners can usually choose which cut they want (hire or rosu) when ordering.
Chicken katsu is a chicken cutlet, prepared with Japanese panko breadcrumbs and fried to perfection. Tempura is a light, thin batter which is used in Japanese cuisine to fry your favorite vegetables and proteins.
Pork Katsu (also known as Tonkatsu) is a Japanese fried pork cutlet that's usually served with a sauce called tonkatsu sauce, a cabbage salad and steamed rice.
The simplest phonetic translation of cutlet to Japanese vocalizations is katsuretsu, which in turn is shortened to katsu. Add ton—the Sino-Japanese word for pork—to the front of that and you've got tonkatsu, or breaded fried pork cutlets (not to be confused with tonkotsu, which is pork-based ramen broth). * Got it?
This is how the name came about: ton means pig, and katsu is the abbreviation of katsuretsu. This, in turn, is the Japanese pronunciation of the English word Schnitzel, translated as Schnitzel. So, Tonkatsu is nothing but a pork Schnitzel. Nevertheless, the Japanese version is unique.