Kushikatsu Recipe
Skewered pork and vegetable Katsu with finer bread crumbs, a great appetizer for beer
Ingredients
- 1 lb pork tender loin
- 1 brown onion
- 4 Japanese green pepper
- 8 Shiitake mushrooms
- 8 slices Renkon lotus root
- Tonkatsu sauce
Batter
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 2 cups bread crumbs (fine)
- oil (for deep-frying)
Instructions
- Slice tenderloin to bite size pieces. Cut brown onion to small wedges. Cut green peppers in half, and remove seeds. Cut stems from Shiitake. Peel lotus root and slice into 1/2"(1cm) pieces. Skewer all the ingredients.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, 2 eggs, milk, and oil. Dip meat and vegetables in the batter, then dip in the bread crumbs.
- Deep-fry at 350F until brown.