Snapper Katsu
Here’s a Japanese-style way of crisply coating fish with panko and serving it with an umami-rich sauce to drizzle on it once plated. Serve with the fish steamed rice and slaw or a steamed green vegetable.
Recipe - Quality Foods
Snapper Katsu
Prep Time30 Minutes
Servings2
Cook Time6 Minutes
Ingredients
3 Tbsp ketchup
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp honey
2 tsp water
2 (5- to 6-oz/140- to 170-gram) snapper fillets (see Note)
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 large egg
2 Tbsp milk
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
2/3 cup panko
vegetable oil, for frying
lemon slices, for garnish
Directions
- To make tonkatsu sauce, combine ketchup, Worcestershire, soy sauce, honey and water in a small bowl (see Options). Cover and refrigerate until needed.
- Place egg and milk in a pieplate or shallow bowl and beat to combine. Place flour and panko on separate wide plates. Set out a baking sheet to set the fish on once coated. Season snapper with salt and pepper. To make snapper katsu, coat one snapper fillet in flour. Dip it in the egg mixture, evenly coating it. Now coat the fish in panko, thickly pressing it on. Set coated snapper on the baking sheet. Coat the other snapper fillet in this fashion.
- Pour 1/4 inch or so of oil into a large, 12-inch or so wide skillet set over medium, medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add the snapper katsu to the skillet and cook about 3 minutes per side, until golden and cooked through. (Keep a close eye on the fish and lower the heat if the panko overly darkens as it cooks.) Drain snapper katsu on paper towel, and then set a piece of it on each of two dinner plates. Garnish with lemon slices, and serve fish with the tonkatsu sauce.
Note: If desired, cut out and remove any bones you find in the thicker parts of the snapper fillets. If only large snapper fillets are available, buy one about 340 gram one, and cut into 2 portions.
Options: For spicy tonkatsu sauce, mix in some sriracha or other spicy chili sauce, to taste.
30 minutes
Prep Time
6 minutes
Cook Time
2
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 2 servings
Western Family - Tomato Ketchup, 1 Litre
$4.49$0.45/100ml
Western Family - Worcestershire Sauce, 284 Millilitre
$4.39$1.55/100ml
Kikkoman - Soy Sauce, 148 Millilitre
$5.19 was $5.69$3.51/100ml
Elias - Liquid Honey, 500 Gram
$12.79$2.56/100g
Aquafina - Water, 591 Millilitre
2 for $5
$2.50 was $2.69$0.42/100ml
Snapper - Fresh Pacific Snapper, 175 Gram
$3.83 avg/ea$2.19/100g
Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram
$6.49$4.19/100g
Western Family - Large White Eggs, 30 Each
$10.59$0.35 each
Dairyland - 2% Milk, Partly Skimmed, 4 Litre
Free with 3450 Points Redeemed
$5.69$0.14/100ml
Western Family - All Purpose White Flour, 2.5 Kilogram
$5.99 was $6.39$0.24/100g
Western Family - Panko Bread Crumbs, 227 Gram
$4.39$1.93/100g
Crisco - Vegetable Oil, 1.18 Litre
$10.49 was $10.99$0.89/100ml
Lemons - Large, 1 Each
$1.19
Directions
- To make tonkatsu sauce, combine ketchup, Worcestershire, soy sauce, honey and water in a small bowl (see Options). Cover and refrigerate until needed.
- Place egg and milk in a pieplate or shallow bowl and beat to combine. Place flour and panko on separate wide plates. Set out a baking sheet to set the fish on once coated. Season snapper with salt and pepper. To make snapper katsu, coat one snapper fillet in flour. Dip it in the egg mixture, evenly coating it. Now coat the fish in panko, thickly pressing it on. Set coated snapper on the baking sheet. Coat the other snapper fillet in this fashion.
- Pour 1/4 inch or so of oil into a large, 12-inch or so wide skillet set over medium, medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add the snapper katsu to the skillet and cook about 3 minutes per side, until golden and cooked through. (Keep a close eye on the fish and lower the heat if the panko overly darkens as it cooks.) Drain snapper katsu on paper towel, and then set a piece of it on each of two dinner plates. Garnish with lemon slices, and serve fish with the tonkatsu sauce.
Note: If desired, cut out and remove any bones you find in the thicker parts of the snapper fillets. If only large snapper fillets are available, buy one about 340 gram one, and cut into 2 portions.
Options: For spicy tonkatsu sauce, mix in some sriracha or other spicy chili sauce, to taste.