| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 10 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 slices pork loin or tenderloin, each about 1/2-inch thick and 5 ounces
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Flour for dredging
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups panko (bread crumbs)
- Vegetable oil for pan frying
- Shredded Napa cabbage, for serving
- Lemon wedges, for garnish
- Tonkatsu sauce, for dipping
Instructions
- Slash the fat rimming one side of the loin cutlet to keep the meat from curling when deepfried. Pound to flatten to about 1/4 inch. Salt and pepper both sides of each cutlet. Dredge each in flour, then dip into beaten eggs and press into bread crumbs to coat both sides.
- Heat a large skillet with about 1/2 inch of oil until hot. Lay 1 or 2 cutlets in the hot oil. Deep-fry until golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes, turning them once or twice. Drain the cutlets on paper towels and cut the pork into bite-size strips that can be eaten with chopsticks.
- Arrange the pork on a platter lined with the shredded cabbage, and garnish with lemon wedges. Serve the sauce on the side for dipping, or pour it over the pork and cabbage.
- Prepare the recipe for Pork Tonkatsu, using 4 turkey cutlets, each about 1/2inch thick, in place of the pork loin.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 209 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 22 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 1 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 98 mg |
| Sodium | 216 mg |
Reviews
Easy, delicious recipe. Grandkids eat chicken Katsura all the time but since I don’t eat chicken this recipe is a winner.
Oh come on now, it’s a fried piece of pork. Seriously.
Pork was moist and tender. Some of the breading came off the pork in done spots, but overall delicious. We’ll definitely be making again!
So easy and moist grandkids loved it
Delicious, a great meal any time
Ree drummers
Ree drummers
Didn’t provide a recipe for Tonkatsu sauce. Surely you din’t use a commercial Sauce?
I used chicken breasts instead pork. I also used olive oil instead of vegetable oil. The olive oil gave a wonderful flavor to the chicken that was phenomenal. Want a great idea to go with this awesome recipe? Eat this over rise with golden curry spooned over it. *drools*
Super easy recipe. The pork tonkatsu turned out awesome! My husband said it was even better than what we had in Japan. To avoid the messy (flour to beaten eggs to panko process), use disposable food preparation gloves.
An alternative to using ‘Tonkatsu sauce’; Thousand Island salad dressing!
An alternative to using ‘Tonkatsu sauce’; Thousand Island salad dressing!