‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers
‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, ‘kushikatsu’ skewers. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Dip the skewers in the batter. Shake off any excess batter, then coat the skewers in the panko. Kushikatsu (串カツ), also known as kushiage (串揚げ), is a Japanese dish of deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables. In Japanese, kushi (串) refers to the skewers used while katsu means a deep-fried cutlet of meat.

‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. ‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ‘kushikatsu’ skewers using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers:
  1. Take 500 g Beef, Lamb OR Pork *cut into 2-3cm pieces
  2. Get Salt & Pepper
  3. Make ready Additional Vegetable *e.g. Capsicum, seasonal sweet Onion, Okra, thick Spring Onion, Mushrooms, etc
  4. Take Note: Cooking time is short. I recommend to use Vegetables that can be cooked very quickly OR can be eaten undercooked
  5. Prepare Breadcrumbs *fine type recommended
  6. Make ready Oil for frying
  7. Take ‘Tonkatsu’ Sauce OR Sauce of your choice
  8. Prepare Batter
  9. Take 1/2 cup Plain Flour
  10. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
  11. Get 1 Egg
  12. Get 1/4 cup Water
  13. Prepare 1/4 cup Milk

When we were in Osaka this past summer, one of the local specialties that we enjoyed most was Kushikatsu(串カツ) also known as Kushiage(串揚げ). When I cook Crumbed Cutlets, I usually coat the meat with Flour, Egg, then Breadcrumbs. Beef and Pork are popular meat for this dish, but Lamb would be good, too. I always add some vegetables, but I should select.

Instructions to make ‘Kushikatsu’ Skewers:
  1. Cut Meat and Vegetables into similar bite-size pieces. Thread them onto skewers. Lightly season with Salt & Pepper.
  2. To make batter, mix all ingredients until smooth.
  3. Heat Oil to 170 to 180℃. Dip a skewer in the batter (OR cover with the batter using a spoon), and drain excess batter. Then coat with Breadcrumbs. Fry until cooked through and golden, and place on a rack and drain the oil. I recommend to cook only a few skewers at a time.
  4. Enjoy with ‘Tonkatsu’ Sauce OR your favourite sauces. Find my 'Tonkatsu' Sauce recipe at https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/10884601-tonkatsu-sauce
  5. *Note: You can make Vegetable only skewers or Seafood skewers, and cook them in the same way.

Beef and Pork are popular meat for this dish, but Lamb would be good, too. I always add some vegetables, but I should select. Kushikatasu is a dish of meat or vegetables that has been cut in mouthful portions, skewered, battered and deep fried. It is a comfort food Japanese people love. There are a lot of Kushikatsu restaurants/bars in Japan, and it is usually a kind of food you eat out of the house, however, it is easy to make at home for dinner or a fun dish to serve for a large crowd.

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