I have been wanting to make a refined tonkatsu, so here is my take. It's a naturally brined pork chop, coated with egg, seasoned flour, and homemade breadcrumbs. I made a sauce of dates, ginger, soy sauce, and lime juice. I thickened it with unsalted butter and finished with a few thin slices of Thai chilies for a bit of bright heat. The rice is topped with an egg and breadcrumb bird's nest with a cured egg yolk. The pork was plated on thinly sliced cabbage to keep the crust from becoming soggy. Also, I like pork and cabbage.
by wilddivinekitchen
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Naturally brined? Explain this a bit more to us please.
The pic quality makes it hard to look at.
A few things I would change:
Use a short grain rice and season it like sushi rice.
Add some scallions/green onion/garlic chives either fresh or seared or both
Don’t waste the cured egg yolk like that. Incorporate that into the sauce or grate it over the top with a drizzle of aromatic oil like shallot oil, then you can use the crispy shallots to top the rice.