Japanese-Style Crispy Pork

Name: Japanese-Style Crispy Pork
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters cornstarch; 2 mediums cucumbers; 3 larges eggs; 2 teaspoons finely grated peeled ginger; 59 milliliters tonkatsu sauce (a sweet-spicy Japanese dipping sauce, sold near the soy sauce; or make your own by mixing 2 tablespoons each ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and sugar with 1 tablespoon water.); 4 servings Kosher salt; 473 milliliters panko (Japanese breadcrumbs); 4 servings Peanut oil, for frying; 454 grams thin-cut boneless pork chops or cutlets, trimmed; 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 2 Tbsps Chinese rice wine, sake or sherry; 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar; 1 teaspoons sugar

Japanese-Style Crispy Pork is a dairy free main course. One portion of this dish contains roughly 34g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 495 calories. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up cornstarch, rice wine, pork chops, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cornstarch you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes.

Instructions

Season the pork with salt.

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Pork

Salt

Mix the rice wine and 1 teaspoon ginger and spread on the pork. Stack the pork and set aside.

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Rice Wine

Ginger

Spread

Pork

Peel, quarter and seed the cucumbers; cut into 4-inch spears. Toss with the sugar and vinegar. Toast the pepper flakes with 1 tablespoon salt in a skillet over medium heat, about 4 minutes; set aside.

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