06, 2022
Does your recipe call for panko?
My first experience withtonkatsuwas eye-opening.
So we took the train to Shibuya and ordered away.
To be honest, I didnt know what to expect.
After all, could Japanese fried food rival thesouthern fried chickenI had grown up eating?
The experience was transformational.
It reminded me of Germanschnitzel, but the breading was extremely crunchycrunchier than any fried cutlet Id ever had.
When we got back to the hotel, I asked the concierge what made the pork so crispy.
What Is Panko?
Panko is a unique style of bread crumb used in Japanese baked and fried dishes.
It starts with baking bread in a specially designed oven using electric current instead of heat.
That produces a crustless white bread thats soft and dense.
The bread is then dried and ground into coarse flakes that are larger than regular bread crumbs.
Panko vs. Classic bread crumbs are processed into a finer crumb, and their shape is generally round.
Finish
The electric current used to bake panko dough produces tiny air pockets in the bread.
They can also be used for fried food, but the result will be more bready than crispy.
That same level of crispiness wouldnt be appropriate in a recipe likebola-bola, though, so substitute with care.
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