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"No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.
"Julia Child
Tonkatsu pork
A Japanese pork dish, the kind home cooks make from memory rather than a card. The technique is the fry. Do it patiently and the dish does the rest.
Total time
1 hour
Serves
4
Difficulty
Moderate
Origin
Japan, precise and quiet
Cut the Pork Chops with intent. Even sizes cook evenly, ragged pieces give you raw centres and burnt edges.
No Tomato Ketchup on hand? Any close cousin in the same family works. The dish is a method, not a parts list.
