This Korean Cheese Pork Katsu Recipe is sponsored by the National Pork Board.
Korean Cheese Pork Cutlet, Cheese Katsu Recipe!
I’ve been drooling over Korean cheese katsu all over the internet and wish I could fly to Korea to taste it. I mean, I really really really want to go to Korea to taste it.
But, I can’t travel without taking any risk nowadays, so I decided to create the flavor at home. Today, I’m using pork to “escape” the ordinary, transport my kitchen and experience those authentic Korean street food flavors!
Did you know, October is National Pork Month?
This is a great month to cook all my crazy delicious Asian/Korean pork recipes including this Cheese Tonkatsu recipe. ?
The best part of this recipe?
It is an air fry recipe!
It uses much less oil, but turns out super crunchy & delicious, you won’t even believe!
How to achieved the beautiful golden brown “dip fry”cutlet look & color? You can find out down below as you keep reading the recipe.
Are we ready to jump into the Cheese Katsu recipe?
Let’s get started!
Cut 10 oz of mozzarella cheese into 2” long, 1” thick pieces. You will need 8 cheese chunks for this recipe.
Prepare 8 pieces of 2 oz boneless pork loin. (total of 1 lb pork loin) Place a pork loin in between parchment paper or plastic wrap. With a meat tenderizer or heavy saucepan, pound pork to flatten to 1/8” thin. Repeat with the rest of the pork loin.
Season each pork loin piece with a pinch of salt and pepper and lay a piece of cheese on top of the pork. Roll a side closest to you and fold right and left sides toward the center and continue rolling until it’s closed.
Wrap the pork tightly with a piece of plastic wrap so the pork will keep its form. Place in a freezer for 15 to 30 minutes.
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and bread crumbs. Toast bread crumbs until beautifully golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes. Stir frequently. Set aside.
Beat 2 eggs (I used 3 because my eggs are small) with 2 tbsp all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper and set aside.
Preheat the air fryer to 360°F
Unwrap the cheese tonkatsu and dip in the egg mixture one by one. Coat it evenly then place in the toasted breadcrumbs. Coat it evenly with the toasted breadcrumbs by lightly pressing down the bread crumbs on the surface of pork.
Place the cheese tonkatsu into a heated air fryer, fry for 18 to 20 minutes.
You don’t have to turn it over or anything, just let them cook until cheese has ooey gooey melted. ?
Serve cheese tonkatsu with your favorite dipping sauce. Tonkatsu sauce, ketchup, steak sauce or BBQ sauce is great. I also like to serve with warm steamed rice, thinly sliced cabbage salad and miso soup for a completed meal!
Enjoy!
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Korean Cheese Katsu
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 8 Cheese Katsu
Description
Visit www.pork.org/realpork for more recipe ideas!
Ingredients
For Pork
- 10 oz mozzarella cheese, cut into 8 of 2” long, 1” thick pieces
- 1 lb boneless pork loin, 8 of 2 oz pieces
- salt & pepper
For Panko
- 3 tbsp avocado oil or any cooking oil
- 3 cups panko bread crumbs
For Egg Mixture
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Place a piece of pork loin in between parchment paper or plastic wrap. With a meat tenderizer or heavy saucepan, pound pork to flatten to 1/8” thin. Repeat with rest of pork loin.
- Season each piece of pork loin with a pinch of salt and pepper and lay a piece of cheese on top of pork. Roll a side closest to you and fold right and left sides toward center and continue rolling until it’s closed. Wrap tightly with a piece of plastic wrap so pork will keep its form. Place in a freezer for 15 to 30 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and breadcrumbs. Toast breadcrumbs until beautifully golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes. Stir frequently. Set aside.
- Beat egg with flour, salt and pepper and set aside.
- Preheat air fryer to 360°F
Unwrap cheese tonkatsu and dip in egg mixture. Coat it evenly then place on toasted breadcrumbs. Coat evenly with bread crumbs by slightly pressing down breadcurmbs on surface of pork. Place cheese tonkatsu into a heated air fryer, fry for 18 to 20 minutes. - Serve cheese tonkatsu with your favorite dipping sauce. Tonkatsu sauce, ketchup, steak sauce or BBQ sauce is great. I also like to serve with warm steamed rice, thinly sliced cabbage salad and miso soup for a completed meal! Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
2 comments
I tried making this. For the bread crumbs, it burnt after cooking over medium high in less than 5 minutes, I am using electric stove. So I discarded that and tried tossing another batch over low medium temp, and I got better result. It still looks darker though. Not sure where I went wrong.
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