Chicken katsu (), also known as panko chicken, or tori katsu () is a

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dish of fried chicken made with panko bread crumbs which is also popular in

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, and other areas of the world. Chicken katsu is generally served with

tonkatsu sauce Tonkatsu sauce is a thick sauce served with tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet). It is a thick (viscosity over 2.0 pascal-second, per JAS Standard) Japanese Worcestershire-type sauce. It is similar to a brown sauce, and can include a fish sauce, ...

, a thick Japanese vegetarian pureed fruit-based

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, or a well-seasoned ketchup, as a Hawaiian mixed

plate lunch The plate lunch ( haw, pā mea ʻai) is a quintessentially Hawaiian meal, roughly analogous to Southern U.S. meat-and-threes. However, the pan-Asian influence on Hawaiian cuisine, and its roots in the Japanese bento, make the plate lunch uniqu ...

meal. It is generally served with shredded cabbage, rice or miso soup as part of a two or three item combo, or as a dinner with rice and vegetables. In Hawaii, chicken katsu is as common as

tonkatsu is a Japanese dish that consists of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet. It involves coating slices of pork with panko (bread crumbs), and then frying them in oil. The two main types are fillet and loin. Tonkatsu is also the basis of other ...

(pork cutlets). It is also served in place of tonkatsu in katsu curry and

katsudon 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'') ...

in local plate-lunch restaurants and in fine-dining Japanese establishments alike. It is often served in the form of a sandwich with "tonkatsu sauce".

Etymology

The name ''chicken katsu'' includes Japanese ''katsu'' (), which is a shortened form of ''katsuretsu'' (), meaning "

cutlet Cutlet (derived from French ''côtelette'', ''côte'', "rib") refers to: # a thin slice of meat from the leg or ribs of mutton, veal, pork or chicken # a dish made of such slice, often breaded (also known in various languages as a '' cotoletta ...

Variations

In the US, there are generally three different variations of katsu chicken: * A

panko Bread crumbs or breadcrumbs (regional variants including breading and crispies) consist of crumbled bread of various dryness, sometimes with seasonings added, used for breading or crumbing foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thicken ...

-breaded chicken thigh, usually butterfried, sliced into bite-sized pieces or strips. It is typically salted, seasoned with black-or-white-pepper, dredged in a lightly seasoned flour, dipped in an egg beaten with some

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, coated in

, then deep fried. * A pounded chicken breast sliced into tenders. It is dredged in a lightly seasoned flour, dipped in lightly seasoned beaten egg, coated with lightly seasoned panko, then pan-fried. * A variant of the chicken tender recipe, not pounded as thinly, commonly referred to as ''panko chicken'' (though any variation of katsu chicken can be called this). In the

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, the word "katsu" has become synonymous with Japanese curry sauce rather than breaded meat cutlets.

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Etymology

Variations

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