Katsudon/Pork Cutlet with Egg Rice Bowl

Ingredients (4 servings)

Pork loin 130g x 4
Salt Pinch
Black pepper Pinch
Cake flour As needed
Beaten egg 1
Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) As needed
Deep frying oil As needed
[Sauce] Soy sauce 2 Tbsp
Mirin (sweet cooking sake) 2 Tbsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Sake 1 Tbsp
Water 200ml
Onion 100g
Egg 3
Chives As needed
Rice 200g x 4
S&B Assorted Chili Pepper (Nanami Togarashi) As needed

Directions

  1. Cut the onion into thin slices and mince the chives.
    [Pork katsu (breaded pork cutlets)]
    1. Cut the strings in the pork loin. Cover the pork with plastic wrap and pound it using a rolling pin. Salt and pepper both sides.
    2. Coat the pork loin with the flour, beaten egg, and panko, in this order.
    3. Pour the deep frying oil into a frying pan up to 4 cm from the bottom of the pan. Heat the oil to 170°C and put '2' in. Deep-fry the pork loin for 5 minutes or until it is cooked through and golden brown. Drain off excess oil.
    4. Cut the pork katsu into 2 cm-wide pieces.
  2. Put the onion from [1] and the ingredients in [Sauce] into a pot and cook over medium heat.
  3. When the onion is tender, add the cut [Pork katsu] into the pot still over medium heat. Pour the beaten eggs over the pork katsu and onion. Cover with a lid and turn off the heat, allowing the eggs to steam for 30 seconds.
  4. Put the rice in a bowl and put [3] on top of the rice. Garnish with the chive from [1] and S&B Assorted Chili Pepper.