Ingredients
- 500g Pork Loin (no more than 2/3 inch thick)
- Pork Loin Marinate :3 tbsp soy sauce, 4 clove grated garlic, 1 tsp grated ginger, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp white pepper powder, 1/4 tsp five spice powder, pinch of cinnamon, 1 tsp Mirin, 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- Miso Salad Dressing: 2 tbsp koji miso, 1.5 tbsp light soy sauce, 1.5 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 tsp sesame oil, 2 tsp Mirin, 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Pickled Carrots Brine: 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup apple vinegar
- 2 medium sized carrots, julienned.
- 120g Mixed Leaf Salad Bag (Green and Red Leaves) - from supermarket
- 1 green cabbage, shredded
- 1/2 purple cabbage, shredded
- Tonkatsu Sauce (See Tip for homemade version if you don't have any)
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Curly Parsley for garnishing
- 2 eggs, lightly whisked with 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup potato starch (or corn flour)
- 1.5 cup Obento Panko breadcrumb, pan fried with 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- Wasabi Mayonnaise :1/3 cup Kewpie Mayonnaise, 3 tsp wasabi paste, 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp white sesame seeds, lightly toasted
- 1 tbsp black sesame seeds, lightly toasted
Method
- Cut several slits on the connective tissue (white area) between the pork loin meat and fat. This prevents the pork loin from curling while cooking.
- Place pork loin between plastic wrap and tenderise it by pounding with a meat tenderiser until it becomes about 1.5 or double in size.
- Pork Loin Marinate: Mix 3 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp white pepper powder, 1/4 tsp five spice powder, pinch of cinnamon powder, 1 tsp Mirin, 1/2 tbsp sesame oil in a bowl. Squeeze the juice of 4 cloves of grated garlic and 1 tsp grated ginger into the pork loin marinate before adding it in. Marinate the pork loin with the marinate for at least 2 hours in the fridge. Make sure all sides of the pork loin are covered with the marinate.
- Pickled Carrots: While the pork is marinating, cook 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar in a pot on low heat until all the sugar dissolves. Wait for it to cool and then mix the pickling brine with the carrots in a separate bowl and soak for at least 2 hours at room temperature.
- Miso Salad Dressing: Mix 2 tbsp koji miso, 1.5 tbsp light soy sauce, 1.5 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 tsp sesame oil, 2 tsp Mirin and 2 tbsp brown sugar together in a separate bowl. Refrigerate.
- Wasabi Mayonnaise: Mix 1/3 cup Kewpie Mayonnaise with 3 tsp wasabi paste and 1 tsp caster sugar in a separate bowl. Refrigerate.
- Pre-Toast Panko Bread Crumbs: Combine 1 tbsp vegetable oil and 1.5 cup Panko Breadcrumb in a non-stick fry pan and pan fry over medium heat until golden brown. Allow to cool before use. Pre cooking Panko Breadcrumbs makes it extra crispy.
- Pork Loin: After Pork loin has finished marinating, pat the meat dry with a paper towel. Coat the pork loin with potato starch and dust off excess.
- Egg Wash: Lightly whisk 2 eggs with 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a separate dish. Adding vegetable oil to the eggs allows the breadcrumbs to cook better underneath.
- Dip the potato starch coated pork loin into the egg wash and then coat both sides evenly with the pre-toated Panko breadcrumbs.
- Air fry Pork Loin at 170 degrees Celsius for 8 minutes. Flip and increase temperature to 190 degrees Celsius and bake for 5 - 10 minutes (cooking time depends on thickness and size of Pork Loin). Test by slicing pork loin in half to see if it is still raw. Air fry for another 2-3 minutes if still raw.
- Slice Pork Loin and serve with Tonkatsu sauce, sesame, cooked rice, shredded purple and green cabbage, wasabi mayonnaise, cherry tomato, mixed leaves and pickled carrots.
- Drizzle the Miso Dressing on the cabbage and mixed leaves and garnish with curly parsley.
- Tip: Store bought Tonkatsu sauce will taste better than homemade version. However, if you don't have any, mix 1 tbsp ketchup, 1.5 tsp Worcestershire Sauce, 1.5 tsp oyster sauce, 2 tsp dark brown sugar (can add more based on personal taste and sourness of ketchup) and 1/2 tbsp Mirin together.
Product used in recipe
- Lee Kum Kee - Oyster Sauce
- S&B - Wasabi
- Obento - Panko Breadcrumbs
