Chicken katsu explained
Chicken katsu, also known as panko chicken or tori katsu is a Japanese dish of fried chicken made with panko bread crumbs. It is related to tonkatsu, fried pork cutlets. The dish has spread internationally and has become a common dish served at Japanese and East Asian restaurants worldwide.[1] [2]
Like tonkatsu, chicken katsu is generally served with tonkatsu sauce, a thick Japanese vegetarian pureed fruit-based brown sauce with rice or miso soup as part of a two- or three-item set meal, or as dinner with rice and vegetables.
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]
In the United Kingdom, the word "katsu" has become synonymous with Japanese curries as a whole, owing to the rapid rise in popularity of chicken katsu curry.[7]
Etymology
Katsu (Japanese: カツ) is a shortened form of katsuretsu (Japanese: カツレツ), the Japanese transliteration of the English word "cutlet".
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: TORIKATSU (Chicken cutlets with Hot Sauce). University of Hawaiʻi. 15 November 2014. Residential Services Division, Hawaiian Electric Company.
- News: Chicken katsu curry. The Independent. 2018-10-28. en-GB.
- Web site: Shimabukuro . Betty . By Request: Flores' L&L boxes chicken starbulletin.com Features /2008/09/17/ . archives.starbulletin.com . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . 4 October 2023.
- Web site: Yoshida . Gregg . Chicken is the star at Pearlridge's new tonkatsu curry joint . Honolulu Magazine . 4 October 2023 . 14 February 2020.
- Web site: Shiroma . Kelli . Our Top 5: Chicken katsu . Honolulu Magazine . 4 October 2023 . 8 December 2015.
- Web site: Chicken Katsu . foodland.com . Foodland Super Market, Ltd. . 4 October 2023 . September 17, 2015.
- Web site: Feb 12, 2020. The U.K. thinks Japanese curry is katsu curry, and people aren't happy about it. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200223133016/https://soranews24.com/2020/02/12/the-u-k-thinks-japanese-curry-is-katsu-curry-and-people-arent-happy-about-it/ . 2020-02-23 .
