Menchi Katsu
Menchi katsu is traditional Japanese food and it is also a Yoshoku (western style Japanese food). It's a patty of ground beef and ground pork covered with panko and deep-fried, so the inside is juicy and the outside is crispy. We eat this by itself or with soy sauce or katsu sauce, and since it is fried dish, we also eat it with a lot of vegetables.
Ingredients
- 120 g ground pork
- 180 g ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 100 g large onion Please prepare fresh onion!
- 1 large egg(s)
- 2 Tablespoon water
- 2 Tablespoon panko Any panko is fine.
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon bouillon
- 2 cup neutral-flavored oil (vegetable, rice bran, canola, etc) to deep-fry
For covering
- 1 large egg(s)
- 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour or add as much as you need
- 1/2 cup Japanese panko I recommend using rough and large panko than nomal. Here is the panko I used for covering Menchi Katsu. Add as much as you need
Instructions
- Mince the onion into 0.2 inch chunks.*1
- Use a small microwave safe bowl and add the minced onion. Wrap it and microwave for 90 seconds. Then, open the wrap and cool it down completely.
- After the onion is cooled down, In a medium bowl, add ground pork, ground beef and salt. Then, kneel until you get a little stickiness.
- In the bowl, add microwaved onion, large egg(s), water, panko, black pepper, nutmeg, Worcestershire sauce, and bouillon. Then mix well but do not kneed too much.
- After mixed, grab some of the mixture and toss a couple times to remove some air.
- Divide the mixture into 4. *2
- This mixture is loose but make a circle shape and while making circle, toss in order to release air inside the ball.
- Dip the patties into flour first and dust with extra flour.
- Prepare a medium bowl, and add egg(s). Mix well. Then dip in the egg mixture bowl and brush off any excess.
- Then, cover them in Japanese panko.
- Heat the oil to 320-340°F (160-170°c). When the oil hits this point, gently put two in. Cook two at a time otherwise the oil's heat drops dramatically. Fry for 4 minutes each side.
- Move to a wire rack to drain excess oil. (Or paper towel)
Let's eat!
- Let's serve! It is super juicy and crispy. I recommend you eat when it's still warm!
Notes
*1 If you like small onions, then you can cut into smaller pieces, but menchi katsu usually taste onion when you bite, so it can be a bigger sized.
*2 if the mixture is too loose, put the mixture to your fridge for 20 minutes. This ingredients and recipe should be fine not to put fridge, but sometimes the onion include too much water or something, the mixture can be softer and loosen.
Nutrition
Calories: 467.95kcalCarbohydrates: 13.05gProtein: 15.97gFat: 39.56gSodium: 416.66mgFiber: 0.87gSugar: 3.18g
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