Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, ‘kushikatsu’ skewers. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Kushikatsu (串カツ), also known as kushiage (串揚げ), is a Japanese dish of deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables. In Japanese, kushi (串) refers to the skewers used while katsu means a deep-fried cutlet of meat. Squeeze the meat when they are on the skewer to even them out. Spread out the pork slices neatly, season lightly with salt and pepper and wrap around the skewers.
‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. ‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ‘kushikatsu’ skewers using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make ‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers:
- Take 500 g Beef, Lamb OR Pork *cut into 2-3cm pieces
- Take Salt & Pepper
- Get Additional Vegetable *e.g. Capsicum, seasonal sweet Onion, Okra, thick Spring Onion, Mushrooms, etc
- Prepare Note: Cooking time is short. I recommend to use Vegetables that can be cooked very quickly OR can be eaten undercooked
- Make ready Breadcrumbs *fine type recommended
- Prepare Oil for frying
- Prepare ‘Tonkatsu’ Sauce OR Sauce of your choice
- Prepare Batter
- Prepare 1/2 cup Plain Flour
- Get 1 pinch Salt
- Make ready 1 Egg
- Get 1/4 cup Water
- Get 1/4 cup Milk
In Japan, we call a dish in which bread crumbs are added to the ingredients and fried as "~Katsu." It is a Japanese food that is easy to eat even if you are not familiar with chopsticks because you can eat it with the skewer. 'Kushikatsu' Skewers. When I cook Crumbed Cutlets, I usually coat the meat with Flour, Egg, then Breadcrumbs. Beef and Pork are popular meat for this dish, but Lamb would be good, too. I always add some vegetables, but I should select Vegetables that can be cooked very quickly or can be eaten.
Instructions to make ‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers:
- Cut Meat and Vegetables into similar bite-size pieces. Thread them onto skewers. Lightly season with Salt & Pepper.
- To make batter, mix all ingredients until smooth.
- Heat Oil to 170 to 180℃. Dip a skewer in the batter (OR cover with the batter using a spoon), and drain excess batter. Then coat with Breadcrumbs. Fry until cooked through and golden, and place on a rack and drain the oil. I recommend to cook only a few skewers at a time.
- Enjoy with ‘Tonkatsu’ Sauce OR your favourite sauces. Find my 'Tonkatsu' Sauce recipe at https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/10884601-tonkatsu-sauce
- *Note: You can make Vegetable only skewers or Seafood skewers, and cook them in the same way.
Beef and Pork are popular meat for this dish, but Lamb would be good, too. I always add some vegetables, but I should select Vegetables that can be cooked very quickly or can be eaten. Kushikatsu is pieces of deep-fried pork, like Tonkatsu, on a skewer. It is a comfort food Japanese people love. There are a lot of Kushikatsu restaurants/bars in Japan, and it is usually a kind of food you eat out of the house, however, it is easy to make at home for dinner or a fun dish to serve for a large crowd.
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