Chicken katsu

Chicken katsu

Chicken katsu (chicken cutlet (Japanese: チキンカツ, Hepburn: chikinkatsu)), also known as panko chicken, or tori katsu (torikatsu (鶏カツ)) is a Japanese dish of fried chicken made with panko bread crumbs which is also popular in Australia, Hawaii, London, California, and other areas of the world.

Chicken katsu is generally served with tonkatsu sauce (とんかつソース), a thick Japanese vegetarian pureed fruit-based brown sauce, or a well-seasoned ketchup, as a Hawaiian mixed plate lunch meal. It is generally served with shredded cabbage, rice or miso soup as part of a two or three item combo, or as a dinner with rice and vegetables.

In Hawaii, chicken katsu is as common as tonkatsu (pork cutlets). It is also served in place of tonkatsu in katsu curry and katsudon in local plate-lunch restaurants and in fine-dining Japanese establishments alike.

Etymology

The name chicken katsu includes Japanese katsu (カツ), which is a shortened form of katsuretsu (カツレツ), meaning "cutlet".

Variations

In America, there are generally about three different variations of katsu chicken:

• A panko-breaded chicken thigh, usually butterflied, sliced into bite-sized pieces or strips. It is typically salted, seasoned with black-or-white-pepper, dredged in a lightly seasoned flour, dipped in an egg beaten with some mirin, coated in panko, then deep fried.
• A pounded chicken breast sliced into tenders. It is dredged in a lightly seasoned flour, dipped in lightly seasoned beaten egg, coated with lightly seasoned panko, then pan-fried.
• A variant of the chicken tender recipe, not pounded as thinly, commonly referred to as chicken tenders, or panko chicken (though any variation of katsu chicken can be called this).

See also

• Japanese cuisine
• List of chicken dishes