Chicken Katsu

Katsu is deep fried food and looks like schnitzel.

Popular Katsu is usually made with pork so you will see the dish is called Ton-Katsu on a menu. However, there is not a good size of pork at supermarkets and chicken is cheaper than pork in Australia so I always cook chicken katsu for Katsu-don which is my husband's favorite food.

There is another word Katsu means win in japanese. Therefore, Some people eat Katsu to pray for good luck before big exams. I think my mum also made katsu for me one day before exams. I guess that most of Japanese people are not religious but we believe in fortune. We go to the shrines to wish for our future or health, and hold lucky charms. My parent's friend has a strong fortune and she gave me a lucky charm. When I was working as a nurse, I put the lucky charm in my pocket to wish that I would avoid a sudden change of patients. I guess it worked for my wish.

Anyway, if you have a big test coming up, how about try making katsu and enjoying the meal.

Ingredients

• 2 Chicken fillet

• 1 egg

• Flour

• Panko

• Vegetable or canola oil

1. Leave Chicken outside of fridge until it becomes room temperature

2. Mix egg in a bowl

3. Pour some flour and panko on each plates

4. Put flour on a chicken each side

5. Marinate the chicken with egg

6. Do it again 4 and 5

7. Put panko each side of the chicken

8. Pour oil into a small pan or pot ( around 3 cm deeps or use deep frier)

9. Drop a few panko into oil. Panko makes some babble around it, it is ready to fried chicken

10. When panko’s colour turns to brown, turn chicken.

11. When you fry both sides of the chicken, take it from the pan and leave it on a paper towel for a few minutes.

Worcestershire sauce and Karashi which is a japanese mustard is the best sauce for Katsu. But I do not like Worcestershire sauce so I usually drop some soy sauce on the top of Katsu, sometimes I add some Wasabi in soy sauce. Also, I like the Katsu with grand white radish with Ponzu soy sauce.