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Recipe: Fake chicken katsu. Not deep fried but baked in the oven instead. Definitely healthier, easier and delicious! Absolutely NO OIL is used! 

12/20/2012

7 Comments

 
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Number of steps:  5 steps
Time taken: 10 min to prepare, 25 min in the oven

About This Dish:
I love pork or chicken katsu but we all know that it can be unhealthy since it's deep deep fried. So since I love the crunchiness of the bread crumbs that is the result of deep frying, is there a way to replicate that? The answer is Yes! I found a bunch of recipes out there which made chicken/pork katsu WITHOUT deep frying. 

We will pop it in the oven instead. Absolutely no oil used in this recipe! You can also use this recipe for chicken or pork katsu. If you are using thicker meat, adjust the time in the oven appropriately.

What You Need:
(4 chicken katsu fillets)
  • 4 thin chicken fillets
  • Bread crumbs/Panko
  • All purpose flour
  • 1 egg (Use as much as needed)
  • Salt & pepper
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1. Get the chicken fillets and put some salt and pepper on it as prep. Pre heat the oven to 390F - 400F.





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4. On a oven safe tray, place the fillets on top of a sheet of aluminum foil. Place in the oven for approximately 25 min.

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2. Take a good amount of panko (bread crumbs), maybe 1-2 cups, and start roasting it on a heated pan until it turns golden brown. This will make the crumbs crunchy, giving it the same effect as when you deep fry it.


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5. Once it is done, cut it up and serve with Japanese katsu sauce, rice and miso soup.

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3. Place each fillet in the flour, then the egg and finally the bread crumbs.

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7 Comments
Stephanie
7/11/2013 04:05:20 pm

I saw your website for the first time a couple of days ago and I liked the simplicity and healthiness of the recipe. I made your chicken Katsu for the first time yesterday. Me and My family have eaten chicken Katsu in restaurants and I have to say "I like your recipe better". It was so good my family ate it all up and did not leave any left overs. Your recipes are healthy and stay on the authentic side and I like that allot about your site. I have found many recipes I would like to try next on your site and I will spread the word to my friends your site, I know they all would love it as much as I do. Thanks again for the healthy and wholesome recipes, I look forward to trying more things from your website.
Sincerely,
Stephanie

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9/15/2013 03:32:37 am

Hi Stephanie! I'm sorry I could not get back to you sooner. I appreciate your comment and am glad you and your family enjoyed this dish :-) unfortunately I haven't made this dish in a while...I hope to make it very soon though ;-) would be great to hear more feedback from you!

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sheri
10/5/2013 03:01:55 pm

I just tried this because I was desperate to re live my study aborad days. But I cannot eat fried foods. This was a decent alternative(the fried taste makes katsu really yummy). I used chicken thighs because they don't dry out or get tough like chicken breast. My boyfriend loved it and asked for more to eat tomorrow. I served it with curry and brown rice. I use center cut bacon with my curry because it flavors the sauce really well without being too fatty.

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1/1/2014 07:55:13 am

Hi Sheri!

Thank you for your comment. My bf also loves fried chicken and Japanese curry. Your alternative sounds wonderful. Using bacon. Will definitely give it a try!

-jpinsider

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celicaxx link
12/14/2013 08:06:10 am

I made this recipe today, but used pork and cooked at 425 for 25 minutes. Came out wonderful! Didn't as evenly toast the panko as much as I'd have wanted, though. But overall a very very good recipe. Can't wait to try with chicken.

Thanks very much!

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1/1/2014 07:50:14 am

Hi Cecilia!
Thank you so much for your comment. I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed using this recipe w/ pork! I must admit...pork katsu is one of my very favourites too : )

-jpinsider

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Kimo link
6/10/2014 08:33:14 am

Nicely done. I was looking for some guidelines on making baked chicken katsu and this was great! I marinated the chicken overnight using shoyu, sesame seeds, cornstarch, flour, egg, and some other stuff, but didn't know how I was going to bake it instead of deep frying. Thanks for sharing.

Aloha

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