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Tori Katsu - Deep Fried Chicken Cutlets
Everyone loves a katsu every now and then, and making one at home is a super easy affair. Of course, speaking of katsu, the one that immediately leaps in mind is tonkatsu, but you can make a satisfying katsu with skinless boneless chicken breasts too. ♥ The trick in making a perfect tori katsu lays in the cutting technique. Chicken breast is usually thicker at the top half, so we need to make several slanting cuts, i.e. slicing at an angle, to each half of chicken breast so we end up with roughly the same thickness of meat. This ensures the chicken pieces will cook evenly and take the same amount of time to cook through. If this seems like a hassle, you can always try rolling the chicken breast with a rolling pin to end up with an even thickness. I personally prefer the slanting cut techniques to the rolling pin one, but to each his/her own right?
Next, come the sauce. A katsu, be it tonkatsu or tori katsu is always accompanied with a dark brownish sauce. You can buy the sauce from store, the most famous one being the Bulldog Sauce. Or, you can do a homemade version if you have Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, and soy sauce at hand.
Tori Katsu - Deep Fried Chicken Cutlets
Ingredients
- 2 pairs of chicken breast (about 500 gram)
- oil for deep frying
- Marinating sauce
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tablespoon sake
- Breading
- all purpose flour
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- bread crumbs (Japanese: panko)
- Dipping sauce (mix together the following)
- 6 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- Cut each chicken breast pair to two pieces, so you end up with 4 halves of chicken breast. Then cut each chicken breast half at a slanting angle into 3 pieces, make sure that all the pieces have the same thickness. You should end up with 12 pieces of meat.
- Place the chicken breasts in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and add the sake. Mix well, and let the meat marinate for 10 minutes.
- Prepare three shallow bowls, fill the first one with flour, the second one with egg, and the third one with bread crumbs.
- Heat oil in a frying pan for deep frying. Once the oil is hot enough (you can test by dropping a peace of bread crumb to hot oil, if it sizzles immediately, it is ready), dust each piece of chicken meat in flour, then dip in egg, and followed by bread crumb. Then deep fry until golden brown and crispy.
- Remove and drain on a wire rack or paper towel.
- Serve immediately with steamed white rice and the dipping sauce.
Comments
Punya ide, side dish yang cocok apa ya? Perlu 2 macam.Thanks.
Mungkin namasu dan miso soup?
Hi, Thank you for sharing your recipes. I love your site by the way =) I just would like to ask if there is another alternative for sake? Just in case I can't find one. Thank you!
Hi Corinne, I am happy you love the site <3 Sake can be substituted with either Chinese rice wine (not rice vinegar), or dry sherry (the one for drinking, not cooking sherry since cooking sherry is usually salty). Hope this helps. :)
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