Chicken Katsu + Vegetable Pancake

Chicken Katsu + Vegetable Pancake

Ingredients:

Chicken Katsu

• 2 lbs of boneless chicken breasts
• 3/8th cup of Sesame oil (1/4+1/8)
• 3 to 4 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons of fish sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon of honey

Vegetable Pancake

• 3 small carrots
• 3 stems of green onion
• Half red onion
• 1/2 cup of French green beans (Frozen)
• 2/3rd cup of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil for the mix
• 1 -2 tablespoon sesame oil (for frying)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2–1 cup of water

Steps

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
• Warm up 1/4th cup of sesame oil in a skillet.
• Cut open the chicken breasts in two halves like below.

Chicken breasts cut in half

• Fully coat both sides of the breasts halves with 3–4 tablespoons of all-purpose flour. Whisk 2 eggs in a separate bowl and pour over the meat. Prepare 1 cup of breadcrumbs in a separate bowl.

Breasts coated with flour + egg in same plate.

• Coat each breast half with breadcrumbs and transfer to the skillet.

• Keep a large dish ready on the side for the oven. As the meat is fried, transfer it to the oven dish. While frying, add 1/8th cup of sesame oil if the skillet dries out.
• Add 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce + 2 tablespoons of fish sauce + 2 tablespoons of soy sauce + 1/2 teaspoon of honey to a bowl and mix well. Pour this sauce over the meat waiting to go in the oven. Coat both sides.

Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts.

• Transfer the dish to the oven and set the timer for 17 minutes.
• Chop 3 carrots in small pieces. Fine chop 3 stems of green onion. Cut half of a red onion length wise. Steam up frozen French green beans for 2 minutes in the microwave.

Prepped veggies

• Transfer all the veggies to a bowl and mix with 2/3rd cup of all-purpose flour + 1/2 cup of water. Add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil + 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar + 1 teaspoon of salt and mix well.

• Warm up 1 tablespoon of sesame oil in the skillet.
• Grab a scoop of the above mixture and spread out on the skillet. Flip as it fries. Covering the skillet with a lid helps to cook faster. You can make them big or small per your preference. Add another tablespoon of sesame oil as you fry more pancakes so that they don’t stick to the pan.

Vegetable Pancake

• Remove the chicken from the oven. If the temperature on the food thermometer reads more than 165 degrees Fahrenheit, then the meat is well done.
• Serve a piece of the chicken with the vegetable pancake and ketchup/barbecue sauce on the side.

A complete meal.

This recipe serves four.