deep–fried ground beef cutlets
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 550 kcal
- Total Time: 40 m
- Prep: 5 m
- Cook: 35 m
- Japanese: Menchi-katsu

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ingredients:
- 400 g ground beef
- 120 g onion
- 1 tablespoon salad oil
- a little salt
- a little pepper
- 450 ml salad oil for deep frying
batter:
- 35 g flour
- 1 egg
- 60 g bread crumbs

step 1:
Chop the onion. Heat the 1 tablespoon salad oil in a frying pan over a medium flame and sear until the onion turns a brownish color. Remove from the heat and cool the seared onion for more than 20 minutes.

step 2:
Mix the ground beef, onion, salt and pepper in a big bowl. Form into 4 balls, and flatten into patties.

step 3:
Lightly coat the patties with the flour in a pan.

step 4:
Beat the egg in a bowl and coat the patties with the egg.

step 5:
Then coat well with the bread crumbs in a separate pan.

step 6:
Heat the oil to 170 °C and deep-fry the patties on each side 2 to 2 minutes 30 seconds until golden brown.

Remove and drain on a rack. Serve and pour the dipping sauce described below over the cutlets.
comment:
Deep-fried ground beef cutlets is a common dish. Although it is hard to make, it is delicious.

Dipping sauce

- Tonkatsu Sauce
ingredients:
- 60 ml ketchup
- 35 ml Worcestershire sauce

step 1:
Mix the ketchup and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl.

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