A rice bowl topped with breaded, fried pork cutlet simmered with egg and onion in a savory-sweet sauce.
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Ingredients
🥩1 pork loin cutlet, breaded and fried (tonkatsu)
🍚2 cups cooked rice
🥚2 eggs, beaten
🧅1/2 onion, thinly sliced
🍲1/2 cup dashi stock
🍶2 tbsp soy sauce
🍶2 tbsp mirin
Method
Serves 3
1
Simmer dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sliced onion together in a small pan until the onion softens.
2
Slice the fried tonkatsu and lay it over the onions in the pan.
3
Pour the beaten egg evenly over the top, cover, and cook until just set.
4
Slide the katsu, onion, and egg mixture over a bowl of hot rice.
5
Serve immediately.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Katsudon is a popular comfort food in Japan, often associated with good luck before exams or important events due to a wordplay on 'katsu' also meaning 'to win'.
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