page_title: Tonkatsu
section_title: Preparation and serving
hierarchical_section_title: Tonkatsu / Preparation and serving
caption_attribution_description: Katsu sando かつサンド, deep-fried pork cutlet served as a sandwich on a Shinkansen train.
context_page_description: Tonkatsu is a Japanese dish that consists of a breaded, deep-fried/tempura pork cutlet. It involves cutting the pig's back center into 2-3 centimeter thick slices, coating with panko, frying them in oil, and then serving with Japanese Worcestershire sauce, rice, and vegetable salad. The two main types are fillet and loin. Tonkatsu is often served with shredded cabbage, or on a bed of rice.
context_section_description: Either a pork fillet (ヒレ, hire) or pork loin (ロース, rōsu) cut may be used; the meat is usually salted, peppered, dredged lightly in flour, dipped into beaten egg and then coated with panko (bread crumbs) before being deep fried.
  Tonkatsu is generally served with shredded cabbage. It is most commonly eaten with a type of thick brown sauce called tonkatsu sauce or simply sōsu (sauce), karashi (mustard), and perhaps a slice of lemon. It is usually served with rice, miso soup and tsukemono and eaten with chopsticks. It may also be served with ponzu and grated daikon instead of tonkatsu sauce.
  In addition to being served as a single dish, it is used as a sandwich filling or in combination with curry.
caption: Katsu-sando (ja:カツサンド), a tonkatsu sandwich, served as an ekiben
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2010:10:26 04:14:31", "Image ExifOffset": "164", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "302", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5678", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1213", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "802"}