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Katsudon (Japanese: カツ丼) is a popular Japanese food, a bowl of rice topped with a deep-fried breaded pork cutlet, egg, vegetables, and condiments. The dish takes its name from the Japanese words tonkatsu (for 'pork cutlet') and donburi (for 'rice bowl dish').
The word tonkatsu is a combination of the Sino-Japanese word ton (豚) meaning "pig", and katsu (カツ), which is a shortened form of katsuretsu (カツレツ), [1] an old transliteration of the English word "cutlet", [2] [3] which was in turn adopted from the French word côtelette.
In Japan, tonkatsu is a deep-fried pork cutlet breaded with panko. [6] Katsu of other meats cooked in a similar manner include chicken katsu, [7] gyū katsu [8] or bifukatsu (beef) and menchi-katsu (ground meat patty). [9] Katsukarē is a Japanese curry dish topped with tonkatsu. [9] In Hawaii, chicken katsu is a part of local cuisine.
A typically katsu-sando made from tonkatsu between Japanese milk bread and served cut into rectangular or triangular pieces. Tonkatsu sauce is used as a seasoning, and sometimes karashi is also used. The bread may be toasted. Julienned cabbage is often placed on between slices of the bread along with tonkatsu.
Shabu-shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ): hot pot with thinly sliced beef, vegetables, and tofu, cooked in a thin stock at the table and dipped in a soy or sesame-based dip before eating. Sukiyaki (すき焼き): thinly sliced beef and vegetables cooked in a mixture of soy sauce, dashi, sugar, and sake. Participants cook at the table then dip food into ...
In Hawaii, chicken katsu is more popular than tonkatsu and substitutes for it in dishes such as katsukarē and katsudon. [3] In a plate lunch, chicken katsu is generally served on a bed of shredded cabbage, [4] with a well-seasoned ketchup similar to cocktail sauce. [5] [6]
Donburi (丼, literally "bowl", also abbreviated to "-don" as a suffix, less commonly spelled "domburi") is a Japanese "rice-bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. Donburi meals are usually served in oversized rice bowls which are also called donburi.
The basic kushikatsu in Kanto eastern Japan area including Tokyo is made with diced pork rib in 3–4 cm (1.5 in) cubes, skewered with sliced onions or leeks. Battered with fresh egg, flour and thin layer of panko crust, the skewer is deep fried in vegetable oil — cottonseed, soybean, canola or rapeseed oil.