Tonkatsu is definitely one of the most well-know Japanese food.
I love it.
This is now my favorite recipe which successfully meet my only 3 requirements from this dish:
1) Crispy on the outside
2) Tender on the inside
2) Lots of flavor
Ingredients I used + Where to buy them
Pork chop 2（about 400g)
Corn starch 10 tbsp
Tapioca starch 4 tbsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Sugar 1/2 tsp
Baking soda 1/8 tsp
White pepper 1/4 tsp
Chinese 5 spices powder 1/4 tsp
Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp
Rice wine 1 tbsp
Light soja sauce 1 tbsp
Oyster sauce 1 tbsp
Tips
Tip 1 - How to deal with the lean meat ?
Honestly we don't love dry meat. That‘s why we love braised pork that much!
But wait a minute, lean meat ≠ dry meat.
It has its way to become tender.
But we need to deal with it right.
My tip is: Using corn starch to wash it and soak it
Tip 2 - How to enhance the tenderness ?
Yes, still tenderness I am talking about.
How to enhance it after washing and soaking it ?
My tip is 3-step knife breaking the fibres. Of course it is easier to buy a nice looking hammer designed especially for this, but if you don't have a supplement budget (or more space in your kitchen 😂 ), maybe use my method. I explained really really detailed how, in my video, please don't miss that.
This is not an optional step cause it will not only tenderize the meat, but also make it thinner which is important because,
Image a thick piece of meat, how long it will take to fry it ?
It helps to Control the timing.
Tip 3 - I don't want to fry anything in my kitchen today
Yes I agree with that, sometimes I don't like the pot the oil.
I used only 200 - 250 ml oil in this recipe to "fry" the pork chop
AND
I fried it only for ONE time !
If you already fried something, then you must know we have to fry something twice most of the time to make it more crispy.
My tip is using fewer oil to helps us to control the temperature works on the surface so that we could use high heat all the time but not to burn it , the oil only touches the down side
But one thing is always the most important for my tonkatsu: it has to be very very crispy!
Do you fry things, and sometimes it works, it is crispy but sometimes just not?
( Please Use my mixed of flower shown in my video, you will get 100 successfully crispy for 100 tonkatsu you make. Do you believe me ? )
English Tutorial Video Made With All My Heart
I know I probably rattled too much, here is the video recipe.
It is not that hard. All this effort is for you to make it the easiest way possible.
I am leilei , Welcome to my kitchen. ☀️