A5 wagyu sando

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This A5 wagyu katsu sando from Miho Sato is about as luxurious a sandwich as you can get. Ridiculously tender and rich beef, breaded and deep-fried and then (optionally) topped with caviar and gold leaf.

First published in 2023
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Ingredients

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  • 100g of wagyu striploin
  • tempura flour
  • Panko breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 slices of milk bread, Japanese shokupan
  • unsalted butter
  • tonkatsu sauce
  • Kewpie mayonnaise
  • oil, for deep-frying

Garnish (optional)

Method

1

To make the tonkatsu, pat the wagyu steak with tempura flour

  • 100g of wagyu striploin
  • tempura flour
2

In a bowl, whisk the eggs together. Coat the floured wagyu in the eggs and then coat it in panko

  • 2 eggs
  • Panko breadcrumbs
3

Heat up the cooking oil to 180°C

  • oil, for deep-frying
4

Deep-fry the wagyu steak for 3–5 minutes, or until medium rare. Set aside to rest

5

Butter both sides of the thickly sliced shokupan and toast in a pan

6

Once toasted, spread one slice with Kewpie mayonnaise and the other with tonkatsu sauce

  • tonkatsu sauce
  • Kewpie mayonnaise
7

Place the cooked steak on one slice of bread and close the sandwich

8

Cut the crusts off the sandwich so that it's a neat square, then cut into four equal smaller squares

9

If using, stir the gold leaf into the caviar, and then spoon on top of each square to serve

First published in 2023
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Ten years of rigorous training in Japan armed Miho Sato with remarkable sushi-making skills and a deep appreciation of her craft. Having cooked at Japanese restaurants around Europe, today she is the UK’s only female sushi master, introducing Londoners to edomae style at The Aubrey.

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