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 Katsudon, ortonkatsu with rice | |
| Course | Main |
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| Place of origin | Japan |
| Main ingredients | Tonkatsu,tonkatsu sauce,panko,egg,Japanese rice |
Katsudon (Japanese:カツ丼;IPA:[katsɯdoɴ]) is a popularJapanese food, a bowl of rice topped with a friedtonkatsu pork cutlet,egg,vegetables, andcondiments. The dish's name is aportmanteau of the Japanese wordstonkatsu (pork cutlet) anddonburi (rice bowl).
Thetonkatsu for the katsudon dish is prepared by dipping the cutlet in flour, followed by egg, then dipping inpanko breadcrumbs, and deep-frying.[1] Next, into a boiling broth ofdashi,soy sauce andonions, the sliced tonkatsu and a beaten egg is cooked.[1]
Other bowls, made of cutlet and rice but without eggs or stock, may also be calledkatsudon. Such dishes include:
If pork is substituted with beef, it will begyū-katsu-don.[3] A variation made withchicken katsu and egg is calledoyako katsudon,[4] which is distinguished fromoyakodon where the meat in the latter is not fried.
It has become a modern tradition for Japanese students to eat katsudon the night before taking a major test or school entrance exam. This is because "katsu" is ahomophone of the verbkatsu (勝つ), meaning "to win" or "to be victorious". It is also atrope in Japanese police films: that suspects will speak the truth with tears when they have eaten katsudon[5] and are asked, "Did you ever think about how your mother feels about this?" Even nowadays, the gag of "We must eat katsudon whileinterrogating" is popular in Japanese films. However, as of 2019[update], police will never actually feed suspects during interrogation.[6]
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