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Katsudon (Japanese Fried Pork Cutlet and Eggs Rice Bowl)

Cook tonkatsu, simmer briefly with beaten eggs in a mixture of soy sauce, sake, mirin and dashi, scoop out the meat, eggs and sauce, pour over rice and you get katsudon — Japanese fried pork cutlet and eggs rice bowl.

Home cooked katsudon

Is it difficult to cook katsudon? I wouldn’t say so but it definitely makes things simpler if you’re already familiar with basic Japanese cooking. If you’ve cooked tonkatsu and oyakodon in the past, cooking katsudon should be a breeze.

Katsudon (Japanese Fried Pork Cutlet and Eggs Rice Bowl)

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Crispy pork cutlet swimming in a pool of eggs and served over rice with a sweet salty sauce.
We like the eggs to be just cooked for our donburi dishes. Soft and barely set. If you prefer them to be firmer and more thoroughly cooked, cook them for 30 seconds longer.
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 7 mins
Total Time 12 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 3 people
Katsudon (Japanese Fried Pork Cutlet and Eggs Rice Bowl) Recipe
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Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup mirin
  • 2 tablespoons sake
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 cup dashi
  • 1 onion very thinly sliced
  • 3 cooked tonkatsu
  • 6 whole eggs lightly stirred
  • 2 tablespoons sliced scallions plus more to garnish
  • hot cooked rice in bowls

Instructions
 

  • In a wide shallow pan, boil the mirin, sake, soy sauce, sugar, dashi and sliced onion over medium heat. Cook until the onion slices are softened, about three minutes.
  • Lay the tonkatsu in a single layer in the boiling liquid, making sure that they are at least two inches apart.
  • Pour the beaten eggs around and between the tonkatsu. Sprinkle in the scallions. Cook just until the eggs are set, about one minute.
  • Scoop out one piece of pork and the egg around it for each cup of rice. Sprinkle with more scallions.
  • Serve the katsudon immediately.
Keyword Pork, Rice Bowl
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Published: June 24, 2017 • Last modified: August 31, 2021 ♥ All Recipes, Eggs, Japanese, Main Courses, Meat
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