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串カツ (くしカツ, Kushikatsu) is Kushikatsu — a Japanese food (snacks, ways of food preparation).
What is Kushikatsu?
Kushikatsu , also known as kushiage (串揚げ), is a Japanese dish of deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables. A similar term, kushiyaki (串焼き), is used to refer to meats that have been skewered and grilled, but not breaded and deep-fried. Kushi (串) refers to the skewers used while katsu means a deep-fried cutlet of meat. Despite the name, kushikatsu can also be made with vegetables and dairy. The ingredients are skewered on bamboo kushi , dipped in egg, flour, and panko , and deep-fried in vegetable oil. They may be served straight or with tonkatsu sauce. Kushikatsu is dipped into a pot of thinner sauce before eating. As a sauce pot is shared among customers, reinserting food after a bite is seen as bad manners and unsanitary. Instead, a slice of cabbage is used to scoop up sauce from the pot and pour it onto the kushikatsu . In some restaurants they put a brush or spoon at the shared pot to season the kushi .