Huwebes, Nobyembre 7, 2013

Torikatsu with Lettuce Salad



BRIEFING:

Panko-Bread Crumbs
-if you know how to make fresh panko, it will be best to join our recipe. If not, you can buy those packed ones from the grocery stores.

Nori Wrapper or Sea Weeds
-You can buy Nori wrapper from Unimart Or Japanese Stores.
-Sea Weeds can be found in Supermarkets. (Thailand Sea Weeds or Japanese or China ones are ok)

There's a lot of Steps to consider here, but if you enjoy cooking without thinking so much for your effort, then this dish will just be easy for you!

Ingredients for Katsu Sauce:
Minced Ginger
Brown Sugar
Mirin
Kikkoman
Water
Cornstarch, Diluted in Water
Garlic Powder
Worcestershire Steak Sauce
Black Sesame Seeds/White Sesame Seeds (Roasted)
Kewpie (for garnishing)
Nori Wrapper or Sea Weeds (for Garnishing)

1. Boil water, add kikkoman, brown sugar, dash with Garlic Powder,  drops of steak sauce (depends how much sauce you're doing), mirin, minced ginger (finely).
2. Add diluted cornstarch to make it thick. Set aside. 
(this sauce should be sweet, a little sour like taste)
3. After cooling the sauce, transfer into tubes, so you can use this to drizzle our dish!

Ingredients for the Tori Fry (Chicken)
Chicken Breast (fats removed) Whole or halved
Fresh Panko or Instant Bread Crumbs
All Purpose Flour
Eggs
Salt and Pepper for the Chicken
Oil for Frying

1. Prepare a plate of flour, another deep bowl for beaten egg, finally a plate for bread crumbs.
2. Pre-heat Deep frying oil in low-medium fire.
3. Pat dry your chicken, dash with salt, garlic powder and pepper. 
4. Dredge chicken onto our flour plate (black to back)
5. Dip dredged chicken onto beaten egg.
6. final coat for chicken will be the bread crumbs, get ready to deep fry this. 
7. Make sure your oil is really heated before frying this. Otherwise, it will just turn out oily if oil is not ready. 
8. Deep fry 10 mins. for chicken.  15 mins for Pork (pork cutlets).
9. Strain excess oil. 
10. Chop in thick strips.

How to garnish?
1. Arrange chopped Chicken Fry onto our serving dish. 
2. Drizzle with Katsu sauce.
3. Drizzle with Kewpie. 
4. Topped with Sea Weeds. 
5. Sprinkle with Black sesame seeds. 

FOR THE SALAD:
Chopped Lettuce
Mango-Wasabe Dressing (Please check out my other post, i have posted this dressing recipe)
Topped with Black Sesame Seeds

TIPS!
Same method and all other ingredients for TONKATSU... you just have to replace our chicken breast with PORK CUTLETS. 

Once you eat this, make sure you combine all the ingredients stated here... Will surely tickle your taste buds! 

ENJOY!!!!

I really don't measure my ingredients, but I hope this page will still help you! 

THANK YOU!