Katsudon (カツ丼): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Katsudon (カツ丼) is a Japanese food classified as donburi, pork chop rice, rice dish. Ingredients listed for it include Japanese rice, bread crumbs, egg as food, rice, tonkatsu.
| Name in Japanese | カツ丼 |
|---|---|
| Type | donburi, pork chop rice, rice dish |
| Main ingredients | Japanese rice, bread crumbs, egg as food, rice, tonkatsu, tonkatsu sauce |
| Background reading | Wikipedia (English) |
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- Showing the Japanese name (カツ丼) on your phone is the easiest way to ask for it.
- Recipes and ingredients vary by region, shop and household. If you have a food allergy or dietary restriction, always confirm the ingredients with the shop before eating.
Similar Japanese foods
- tendon (天丼)
- shirasudon (しらす丼)
- unidon (ウニ丼)
- Tenshindon (天津飯)
- tanindon (他人丼)
- Chūkadon (中華丼)
- tamagodon (玉子丼)
- unadon (鰻丼)
Source: Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.