Pork Tonkatsu with Nong's Sauce

Crispy, delicious tonkatsu pork is easier to make than you might think. And with a dipping sauce featuring Nong's famous Khao Man Ghai Sauce, you may just need to make an extra batch!

For the meat:

• 2 lb pork loin
• 3 eggs
• all-purpose flour
• panko
• salt and pepper, to taste
• vegetable oil for frying

For the sauce:

• ¼ cup Nong’s Khao Man Gai Sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp shallot, diced
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp black sesame seeds
• 5 oz sweet ketchup
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• white sesame seeds, to taste

Directions:

1. Heat a pan over medium heat. Add oil, onion, and brown sugar, cooking for 2 minutes.
2. Add in the rice vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and soy sauce and cook for another 2 minutes.
3. Mix in the Nong's sauce and cook an additional 2 minutes, stirring regularly.
4. Add in the black sesame seeds, then mix in your sweet ketchup, garlic powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg, cooking for 5 minutes and stirring occasionally.
5. Pour the sauce into serving dishes and top with white sesame seeds, as desired.
6. Moving on to the pork, trim the pork loin as needed and cut into 1" thick slices. Then, use a meat tenderizer to pound out each slice until it's about 1/2" thick. Season with salt and pepper.
7. In a mixing bowl, whisk together 3 eggs with salt and pepper. Put the flour and panko on separate plates.
8. Coat each slice of pork thoroughly with flour, then egg, then panko. Press the panko in to ensure it adheres well.
9. One or two at a time, place each slide into a pan filled with a few inches of oil over medium heat and cook until each side is lightly browned - just 1-2 minutes per side, repeating for all slices.
10. Set the pork aside and bring the oil up to high heat.
11. Add each slice back into the oil for just 1 minute or so until it's darker brown and crispy.
12. Set aside to cool and dry, the slice into 2-3 inch thick slices.

Serve with cabbage and radishes, as desired, and dip the pork into the sauce. To watch a video of this recipe prep, click here.