Chicken Katsu Don

Chicken Katsu Don might “look” time consuming but it’s actually not.  It’s perfect for a busy day.  I usually serve this dish with a bowl of miso soup and a small salad.  It’s a pretty balanced meal that is quite fulfilling because of donburi (rice bowl) style.

Chicken Katsu Don

Author: Namiko Chen

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 200g (7oz or 4) chicken tenders
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 3 egg (1 for chicken katsu, 2 for donburi)
• 1 cup Panko
• Oil for deep frying
• ½ onion
• 2 serving rice
• Mitsuba (Japanese wild parsley)
• Ichimi togarashi (Japanese chili powder)

Seasonings

• ⅔ cup dashi stock
• 1 ½ Tbsp. sake
• 1 ½ Tbsp. mirin
• 1 ½ Tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 ½ tsp. sugar

Instructions

1. Dust salt and pepper on chicken tenders and dredge in the flour, the beaten egg (1 egg) and the panko.
2. Heat ½ inch of oil in a frying pan and deep fry at 350F (180C) until golden brown. Take out the chicken and drain extra oil on paper towel.
3. Slice onion and make dashi stock.
4. In a frying pan, bring Seasonings and onion to a boil. Lower the heat to medium and cook onion until wilted.
5. Put chicken katsu in it and turn the heat up to medium high heat. Pour and distribute beaten egg (2 eggs) evenly.
6. When egg is half cooked, add mitsuba and turn off the heat. Serve rice in a Donburi bowl and put Chicken and egg mixture on top. Serve with Ichimi togarashi (chili pepper) on the side.

Notes

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