Tonkatsu Sauce Recipe

What is Tonkatsu?

Tonkatsu is Japanese fried pork cutlets. Tonkatsu is eaten with Tonkatsu sauce and is a very common Japanese dish that is not too cultural so anyone of any culture can enjoy. Below is the Tonkatsu sauce recipe. The Tonkatsu sauce recipe makes homemade Tonkatsu sauce you can enjoy at home. If you don't want to make your own Tonkatsu sauce using the Tonkatsu sauce recipe below, you can simply buy a bottle of Tonkatsu sauce quite cheaply. Tonkatsu sauce in a bottle runs at about $2.99 to over $5 depending on the brand of the Tonkatsu sauce you buy.

Ingredients for Tonkatsu sauce recipe

• 1/4  cup ketchup
• 4  teaspoons rice wine
• 4  teaspoons soy sauce
• 4  teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2  teaspoons sugar
• 2  teaspoons applesauce
• 4  teaspoons rice wine vinegar
• 4  teaspoons yellow mustard
• 1/4  teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/8  teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4  teaspoon garlic powder

How to make Tonkatsu sauce?

Mix all ingredients listed in the Tonkatsu sauce recipe together in medium-size glass or plastic bowl, then whisk until thoroughly blended. That's it. You now have a home made Tonkatsu sauce.

How to use Tonkatsu sauce? What to use Tonkatsu sauce with?

Use the Tonkatsu sauce with Japanese tonkatsu (fried pork cutlets, or chicken cutlets) and katsudon, or as a sauce to accompany grilled chicken, turkey, pork, steaks or fish. You can also put some Tonkatsu sauce on a shredded cabbage salad.