Anime Recipe: Deku-inspired Katsu Curry with Rice (My Hero Academia)

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Welcome to My Hero Academia Week! All week long, we'll be making and sharing recipes inspired by characters from one of my favorite anime, My Hero Academia (also known as Boku No Hero Academia in Japanese). 

We're starting the week off with the main character himself, Izuku Midoriya aka Deku. The show has these info cards that they share for the characters with some fun facts about them, and according to Izuku's, his favorite food is a pork cutlet bowl. 

I don't eat pork, so I'll be making mine with chicken - but feel free to do this with pork if you want to stay even more true to the show. We'll be serving it up with some Japanese curry and rice, which is always a plus ultra meal if you ask me. Pork cutlet bowls are typically served with fried egg, so if you wanted to stay closer to the original, you could whip that up alongside this, too. Just be sure to place it on top of the rice and under the meat.
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Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken breast 
• 0.5 cup flour 
• 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs 
• 1 package S&B Golden Curry Roux
• 2.25 cup water 
• 0.5 diced onion
• 2 small potatoes, cubed
• Optional: 1 tbsp mango chutney
• White rice (I use Nishiki brand)
• Optional: thin sliced green onion to garnish

Instructions

1. Thinly slice chicken breast and coat in flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs in that order
2. Air fry for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees (you can deep fry it too, if you prefer)
3. Cook curry with water per package instructions. Add potatoes, onion, and mango chutney to the mix.
4. Add desired amount of white rice to a bowl. Add curry and then your chicken katsu once it is completed.
5. Optional: garnish with green onion.

Have a food from an anime that you want me to try to recreate? Let me know in the comments below! Plus, follow me on TikTok to see the behind the scenes of how this was made.