Japanese

Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet

Name: Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 boneless pork loin chops; 2 cups panko breadcrumbs; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 large eggs; 1/4 cup ketchup; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 4 cups green cabbage; 1 cup neutral oil; 1/2 tsp salt

Tomoko @tomoko_osaka

Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet is Japanese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Involved Dairy free

Watch how to cook Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet carries gluten, eggs, and soy. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 490 kcal
Protein: 32 g
Carbs: 32 g
Fat: 26 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 6 g
Sodium: 680 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.