Air Fryer Tonkatsu (Japanese Pork Cutlet)

🧂 Ingredients

• 300 g boneless pork loin

  or pork fillet
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 6-7 butter or cream crackers
• 3-4 tbsp corn starch

  or corn flour in Asia
• ½ tsp black pepper

  season to taste
• ½ tsp Himalayan pink salt

  season to taste

Instructions

• 1 Using a meat pounder or the back of a knife, pount the pork loin to tenderise
  it.
  
  Note: do this on both sides of the pork loin.
• 2 Marinate the pork loin by adding 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp Himalayan pink
  salt, 1 tbsp sesame oil. Rub the marinade all over the pork loin to ensure even
  coating. Cover and keep in fridge for an hour.
• 3 Crush 6-7 butter or cream crackers into fine particles using a food processor.
• 4 Beat the 2 eggs and set aside.
• 5 Coat the marinated pork loin evenly with corn starch. Then coat evenly with egg.
  Then coat generously with crushed butter crackers.
  
  Brush a thin layer of cooking oil all over the pork loin. (or you can spray the
  oil on)
• 6 Pre-heat air fryer at 190C / 374F for 3 minutes.
  
  Place pork loin into the pre-heat air fryer and make sure there is no
  overlapping of the meat. Air fry at 190C / 374F for 12 minutes.
  
  Flip the pork loins halfway to ensure even cooking on both sides.
  
  The internal temperature of the meat should reach 63C / 145F when it's cooked.
• 7 Serve warm with rice and condiments.

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