This Halibut katsu sandwich is a elevated Japanese twist on your basic white bread sandwich. Katsu is short for "katsureta" in Japanese and means cutlet.Ā
Halibut Katsu Sandwich
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
Cabbage salad
- 1 cup shredded green cabbage
- 2 tbsps white vinegar
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- Ā½ teaspoon sugar
- Fine sea salt and pepper, to taste
Roasted panko
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
Katsu sauce
- 3 tbsps ketchup
- 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsps oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp fine sugar
Breaded Halibut
- 4Ā (6 oz portions) Popsie'sĀ Halibut
- Ā½ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 8 slices white bread
- 4 tbsps mayonnaise
- 4 Fried eggs over hard
- Ā½ cup sliced onion, caramelized
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Brush the paper very lightly with some vegetable oil.
Cabbage salad
- Shred the cabbage finely and place into a medium bowl.
- Sprinkle with salt and knead with the hand for about one minute, this will help tenderize the cabbage.
- Add the vinegar, oil and the sugar mix well.
- Adjust the taste with salt and pepper.
Roasted panko breadcrumbs
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan.
- Add the panko and fry, stirring often, for 2-3 minutes or until golden.
- Transfer to a plate and let cool.
Sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk together all the ingredients.
- Set aside.
Halibut
- Wrap the Halibut loosely with plastic wrap. Pound the Halibut lightly with a meat pounder or a small,heavy saucepan. Season with salt and pepper.
- In three bowls, place the flour in one, the panko breadcrumbs into another and the egg into the third bowl. Whisk the eggs until combined.
- Dredge the fish through the flour to coat.
- Dip the floured fish in the beaten egg. Then the panko breadcrumbs.
- Press gently with your hands to secure the breadcrumbs to the fish.
- Bake the breaded fish in the preheated oven between 8 and 10 minutes.
Assemble the sandwich
- Smear each slice of bread with a little mayonnaise and then with some katsu sauce.
- Spread some cabbage salad on 4 of the bread slices. Place one Halibut katsu on top and cover it with some more cabbage salad the fried egg and the caramelized onion.
- Cover each slice with one of the remaining pieces of bread to form a sandwich and press lightly. Cut the sandwiches in the middle and serve.