Chicken katsu
Ingredients
Ingredients:Chicken:
4 pieces chicken breast halves, flattened
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1-1/2 cups panko bread crumbs (any bread crumbs are ok)
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
3 cups vegetable oil, for deep frying
Sauce: (or you can buy ready stock tonkatsu sauce at Asian market)
3/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup tomato sauce (ketchup)
3 tbsps soy sauce
1 tbsp pineapple juice (optional)
1/2 tsp pepper
Cabbage Salad with thousand island:
1/2 cup cabbage, shredded
3 tbsps mayonnaise
1/2 tbsp chilli sauce
1/2 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp lime juice
Instructions
Directions:For the sauce:
Stir together the Worchestershire sauce, tomato sauce, soy sauce, pineapple juice, and pepper. Set aside.
For the chicken:
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Season flattened chicken with salt & pepper.
Prepare flour, egg and panko bread crumbs onto separate plates.
Dip flattened chicken pieces first into flour, then egg, and lastly bread crumbs.
Fry breaded chicken breasts in preheated oil until golden brown and no longer pink in center.
Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess oil, then slice chicken into thin strips and top with a drizzle of sauce.
Serve remaining sauce on the side for dipping.
For the cabbage salad with thousand island:
Stir together mayonnaise, chilli sauce, lime juice and sugar.
Place 2 or 3 pinches of shredded cabbage and pour the thousand island on the top.