Japanese
Tonkatsu Pork Cutlet
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.
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
- 4 cups cooked white rice
How to cook it
- Pound the pork chops to an even thickness and season with the salt.
- Stir the ketchup, soy sauce, sugar, and rice vinegar into a quick tonkatsu sauce.
- Dredge each chop in the flour, then the beaten eggs, then the panko, pressing to coat.
- Heat the oil to 350F and fry the pork until deep golden and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side, then drain.
- Slice the cutlets into strips and pile the finely shredded cabbage alongside.
- Serve with the rice and the tonkatsu sauce spooned over.
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.
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Something to sip
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.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Dairy-Free Chicken Rice Bowl |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Chicken Teriyaki Donburi |
| Soy | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| 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
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
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.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on pork, cabbage, and panko.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.