Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu ( Japanese 豚 カ ツ , dt. "Schweineschnitzel; pork chop") is a breaded schnitzel ( katsu , from English cutlet ) from Japanese cuisine , which is very similar to the Wiener-style schnitzel .
It is often sold as a teishoku (set menu), where the tonkatsu is cut into bite-sized pieces and served on strips of white cabbage with a bowl of rice , miso soup, and daikon . The Tonkatsu is consumed with the special Tonkatsu sauce or soy sauce . A regional variant from Nagoya uses miso sauce and is known as miso-katsu .
Tonkatsu is an essential ingredient for the dish katsudon , in which the tonkatsu is served on a bowl of rice with a half-cooked egg, and katsukarē , in which it is served with rice and Japanese curry sauce.
The breading is usually done with panko , the type of breadcrumbs used in Japan.
