Tonteki - Japanese Pork Steak

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Japanese

Ingredients: Pork

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 (each 170 gram / 6 ounce) pork tenderloin
• salt and pepper
• katakuriko/potato starch or cornstarch
• 30 gram (2 tablespoon) butter
• 6 clove (1 tablespoon) garlic, finely minced
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoon sugar
• Serve with
• sliced cabbage/lettuce
• cherry tomatoes

Instructions

1. Prep pork: Pat dry pork with kitchen paper, season with salt and pepper, and coat with katakuriko.
2. Sear pork: Heat a frying pan until hot over medium-high heat. Melt butter, then sear pork on both sides for a minute each or until golden brown. Set them aside.
   TIPS: It is okay if the pork isn’t cooked through since we will cook it further in the sauce later.
3. Make sauce: Turn the heat to medium, sauté garlic until fragrant, then add soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and sugar. Cook until boiling.
4. Glaze pork: Return the pork to the pan and cook until the sauce is thick and coats the pork.
5. Cut steak: Remove pork steaks from the pan and rest for 5 minutes. Cut into bite-size strips and arrange on a serving plate.
6. Serve steak: Serve the pork steaks with thinly sliced cabbage/lettuce and cherry tomatoes.