Beef

Japanese  Beef

Beef Cutlets

Cooking time: Approx. 3-5 minutes

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Beef Cutlets, deep fried beef battered with panko breadcrumbs, is one of the representative menus in western-style food culture developed in Japan. Some areas and restaurants serve the dish with homemade or commercial sauces. The recipe here shows how to enjoy the cutlets in a simple way.

Ingredients(Serves 2)

  • 2 slices of 80g top-round Wagyu Beef
  • 1 egg
  • flour, panko breadcrumbs, oil for deep fry, as desired

Directions

  1. 1.Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the beef. Then, coat the beef lightly with flour and shake off any excess. Dip it in egg wash then coat it with panko breadcrumbs evenly.
  2. 2.Pour oil into a deep frying pot, and keep the temperature at a constant (180℃).
  3. 3.Slide the beef from step 1 into the oil from step 2. The beef is cooked rare when the cutlet starts floating in the oil. It is cooked well done once the cutlet comes to the surface of the oil completely. Remove the cutlet from the oil depending on how well you want it to be cooked.

provided the recipeManyo Tarobo Tei (Higashiomi-shi, Shiga Prefecture)

*This recipe is specially arranged for home-cooking, and it differs to one served in a restaurant.