Chubby Hubby - Katsudon

Name: Chubby Hubby - Katsudon
Ingredients: 1½ cups Japanese short-grain rice (more if you prefer to have more rice); 2 pork loin cutlets, roughly 180grams each (they are often labeled tonkatsu cuts in Japanese supermarkets, look for pieces with nice fat marbling); 1 tablespoon light Japanese soy sauce (optional); 1 tablespoon mirin (optional); 2 shiso leaves, julienned (optional); salt; pepper; 6 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch); 1 egg, beaten; 2 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs); oil for deep-frying; 1¼ cups dashi; 3½ tablespoons mirin; 1½ tablespoons light Japanese soy sauce; 1½ tablespoons dark Japanese soy sauce; ½ medium onion, peeled and sliced into rings or crescents; 1 tablespoon oil; 2 spring onions (preferably Japanese), cut into 4-cm lengths; 4 eggs, beaten

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Discover the story behind Aun's search for the perfect Katsudon in Paris from 1994 and relive this Japanese comfort food classic.

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Ingredients

1½ cups Japanese short-grain rice (more if you prefer to have more rice)
2 pork loin cutlets, roughly 180grams each (they are often labeled tonkatsu cuts in Japanese supermarkets, look for pieces with nice fat marbling)
1 tablespoon light Japanese soy sauce (optional)
1 tablespoon mirin (optional)
2 shiso leaves, julienned (optional)
salt
pepper
6 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch)
1 egg, beaten
2 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
oil for deep-frying
1¼ cups dashi
3½ tablespoons mirin
1½ tablespoons light Japanese soy sauce
1½ tablespoons dark Japanese soy sauce
½ medium onion, peeled and sliced into rings or crescents
1 tablespoon oil
2 spring onions (preferably Japanese), cut into 4-cm lengths
4 eggs, beaten