Not Tonkatsu, but Panko Crusted Fried Steak with Lemony Garlicky Sauce

Most people are probably more familiar with tonkatsu, a Japanese style breaded then deep fried pork cutlet. To make it more luxurious, let's swap out the pork with steak and serve with rice-killing lemony garlicky sauce.  

Panko crusted fried steak with lemony garlicky sauce -

Ingredients (for 1 to 2 portions)?

• 0.5 lb steak
• Some all purpose flour
• Some panko or other types of flaky breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• Some salt
• Some black pepper
• Some steamed white rice
• Some salad (optional)

Sauce:

• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon light/low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

How?

Cook some rice first to go along with the luscious medium rare fried steak. 

Remove the steak from the fridge and let it rest at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before frying. Heat up the oil to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Prepare a medium non-stick pot and drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Turn to medium heat and add in two finely chopped garlic cloves. Stir and cook till the pieces are about to get burnt then pour in the light soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and sprinkle some black pepper.

Mix well and let the sauce reduce a little bit. Turn off the heat and add in the lemon zest -

If serving salad on the side, this sauce can act as dressing, saving some troubles fixing up new sauce for the leafy greens.

Set up an assembly station with three flat containers. One with all purpose flour and small pinch of salt mixture, one with beaten egg, and one with panko -

Coat the steak with seasoned flour first and tap away any excess powder. Dip the coated steak in beaten egg. Lastly, coat the steak with panko and gently press into the meat. 

Fry the steak using high heat, about one minute on each side depending on the thickness and preferred rareness of the beef. The one used here was fried two minutes for medium rare doneness.

Once ready, drain out excess oil and let the steak rest for 5 minutes before cutting into thick strips. 

Scoop some cooked rice onto the serving plate and arrange salad on the side. Transfer fried steak over and drizzle with lemony garlicky sauce -

Steak should take over the spotlight but somehow the garlicky sauce was even more seductive. As for the salad? It was mainly there to hinder the guilty feeling.   


Other steak recipes:

• Summer recipe - grilled shrimp and steak tacos
• Self indulgence - SRF rib eye steak with daikon oroshi donburi
• Grilled steak with punchy Asian sauce
• Seared steak with spicy sacha sauce
• Enjoying steak in a less guilty way - served with arugula salad
• Sirloin fried rice with crisp red onions and a hint of Japanese seasonings
• Grilled steak oyakodon style