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Crispy Tonkatsu Pork Chops

Here's how you make Crispy Tonkatsu Pork Chops
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 (800 grams) pork cutlets (4 x 200 grams, French trimmed)
  • 2 mandarin orange (finely grated zest)
  • Sea salt flakes
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (extra)
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 cups panko
  • Vegetable oil, for deep frying
  • 1/2 cup beer
  • 3 cups green beans, trimmed
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise (Japanese mayo aka kewpie)
  • 2 tablespoon kimchi
  • 4 garlic cloves
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Use a mallet to pound the pork cutlets to 1.5cm to 2cm thick and rub with the mandarin zest and season with salt and pepper.

  • Step 2: Whisk the eggs and milk in a shallow bowl.

  • Step 3: Dust the pork in the flour, then shake off the excess and then dip in the egg mixture and then coat thoroughly in the breadcrumbs.

  • Step 4: Heat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan on medium-high heat and bring to 180C and fry the cutlets for 4 to 5 minutes or until deep golden and cook through and then drain on kitchen paper.

  • Step 5: Whisk the extra flour with the beer in a large bowl and toss the green beans in the batter, then fry in batches until golden and drain well on kitchen paper.

  • Step 6: Puree mayonnaise, kimchi and garlic in a jug with a stick blender until smooth and serve the pork with the beans and the sauce.


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