Recipe Chikinkatsu and Tonkatsu

[flyinglentris]

Chikinkatsu and Tonkatsu:

Ingredients:

1) Chicken half breast - 1

NOTE: Chikinkatsu is breaded chicken breast.

2) Boneless pork cutlet - 1

NOTE: Tonkatsu is breaded pork cutlet.

3) Crushed bread crumbs - 1/8 cup
4) Panko bread crumbs - 1/8 cup
5) Egg - 1
6) Vegetable oil - 1/2 cup or as necessary to be 1/2" deep in a pan.
7) Black pepper - 2 to 3 pinches
8) Tonkatsu sauce - as desired


Procedure:

-- Preparation --

1) Beat the egg.
2) Cover the bottom of a shallow dish with crushed bread crumbs.
3) Cover the bottom of a shallow dish with panko bread crumbs.
4) Heat the vegetable oil to approximately 200F.
5) Lightly pepper the chicken breast and pork cutlet on both sides.

-- Cook and Serve --

6) Dip the chicken breast in crushed bread crumbs for each side.
7) Dip the chicken breast in the egg on both sides.
8) Roll the chicken breast in the panko bread crumbs for each side.
9) Add to the hot oil in the frying pan.
10) Repeat steps 6 to 9 for the pork cutlet.
11) Turn the chicken breast and pork cutlet over to fry other sides.
12) Remove both chicken breast and pork cutlet to allow to dry.
13) Slice the chicken breast and pork cutlet crosswise.
14) Plate over white rice.
15) Drizzle with tonkatsu sauce.

 

[PabloLerntKochen]

Very funny, chikin and chicken sound pretty similar

 

[garlichead]

Check your cooking temp for this recipe, it appears too low.

 

[flyinglentris]

Very funny, chikin and chicken sound pretty similar

Yeah, but that's how they spell it. Apparently, there is not a traditional word for chicken in Japan.

 

[flyinglentris]

Check your cooking temp for this recipe, it appears too low.

You want to avoid searing that will blacken the crust. Instead, you want a medium high heat that will cook and I suggest using a cover while that is happening to ensure the insides get cooked.

 

[garlichead]

You want to avoid searing that will blacken the crust. Instead, you want a medium high heat that will cook and I suggest using a cover while that is happening to ensure the insides get cooked.

Your at 200F there won't be anything going on. Your frying chicken with a breading and I suggest an oil temperature at around 350F.

 

[Morning Glory]

Your at 200F there won't be anything going on. Your frying chicken with a breading and I suggest an oil temperature at around 350F.

I agree with that - the usual temp for shallow frying breaded chicken would be around 180C or 350/375F. Not that I ever measure the temperature. But it does need to be quite high.

 

[madebyyouandi]

Yeah, but that's how they spell it. Apparently, there is not a traditional word for chicken in Japan.

Actually, toriniku or niwatori.

Japanese often katakana a word (break it into syllables with the Japanese phonetic system) to make the word stand out. Sometimes it sticks and becomes the name. I can tell ya, chicken katsu is popular over here. Oh, and when a cutlet is served over rice, it's often called a donburi. So you could, if you wanted to, call this Chicken Katsudon.

And yours looks really good.

 

[garlichead]

I agree with that - the usual temp for shallow frying breaded chicken would be around 180C or 350/375F. Not that I ever measure the temperature. But it does need to be quite high.

It's not rocket science MG.