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Homemade tonkatsu sauce is a Japanese-style condiment that adds sweet, tangy, and savory flavor to crispy fried pork cutlets. This recipe can be made three easy ways, from a quick version using ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and sugar to richer blends with oyster sauce, mirin, mustard, apple, sesame, or garlic for extra depth. The sauce should be thick enough to cling to crunchy tonkatsu while balancing sweetness, acidity, and umami. It also works well with chicken katsu, croquettes, fried shrimp, cabbage, sandwiches, rice bowls, and bento meals. The final tonkatsu sauce is fast, practical, and full of Japanese comfort flavor, making it a useful homemade staple for turning simple fried dishes into a satisfying meal.
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00:01Hi, I'm Yuto from Suzashi and today I'm going to show you how to make 3 delicious sauces to
00:06serve with your Japanese Tonka support cutlets. Let's get started. I'm going to start with the
00:15most basic one. So grab a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon of soy
00:22sauce, 1 tablespoon of ketchup, a generous pinch of light brown sugar, and a tablespoon
00:30of sesame seeds. Mix all those together until combined. This is a pretty standard tonkatsu
00:37sauce that heavily relies on the flavour of Worcestershire sauce. Next, I'm going to show
00:43you how to make a rich misokatsu sauce. This one needs to be cooked down so grab a small
00:49saucepan and add 100ml of dashi stock, 1.5 tablespoon of mirin, 1 tablespoon of sake, 2 tablespoons
00:59of light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, and finally 2 tablespoons of red hatjo miso.
01:07This miso is made purely with soy beans and salt. It doesn't contain any other grains so
01:12it's naturally vegan and gluten free. Anyway, bring that to a boil over medium heat
01:19and stir until it becomes smooth. Misokatsu made with this sauce is actually a regional
01:24dish from Aichi Prefecture where I grew up. I might be biased but it's so good and I
01:31seriously recommend giving it a try. Okay, once it starts to boil, reduce the heat
01:36and simmer for about 10 minutes or until it has thickened. Stay occasionally and be careful
01:43for splashing. When it looks like this, turn off the heat and stir in half a tablespoon of
01:49sesame seeds.
01:54Finally, I'm going to make a toasty and nutty sesame sauce. First, we need to toast 2 tablespoons
02:01of sesame seeds in a dry pan over medium heat. Make sure to keep moving the seeds to prevent
02:08burning. Toasting sesame seeds helps bring out their flavour, so this sauce is quite intensely
02:14sesame flavoured. When they're nice and golden, transfer them to a mortar and grind them into
02:21a powder. For this small amount, I find grinding them by hand more convenient, but for a larger
02:28batch, you might want to use a food processor. Once it's more or less smooth, transfer it to
02:36a bowl and add 2 teaspoons of soy sauce, 2 teaspoons of washer sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 and
02:45a half
02:45tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of ketchup. Mix those together until smooth and that's it.
02:57Three delicious homemade sauces that can be drizzled over crispy tonkatsu, all served on the
03:04side for dipping. By the way, if you're interested in learning how to make the crispiest ever tonkatsu,
03:09check out my other video, you won't be disappointed. Thanks so much for watching.
03:14Which one was your favourite? Let me know in the comments. And if you want to read more or see
03:19my other recipes, check out my blog. The link is in the description. Have a great day.
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