Saltine Cracker Pork Tonkatsu Bowls

Ingredients

• Pickled Vegetables

  • 3 cups (360 g) thinly julienned vegetables (mixture of zucchini, carrot, parsnip or white turnip)
  • 1 cup (85 g) green cabbage, thinly sliced
  • 1/3 cup (75 ml) rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tsp (10 ml) sambal oelek

• Rice

  • 2 cups (430 g) Calrose rice (sushi rice), rinsed and drained
  • 2 1/4 cups (560 ml) water

• Pork

  • 1/2 cup (75 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups (120 g) saltine crackers, finely crushed (see note)
  • 1 lb (450 g) boneless pork chops, each about ¾ inch (2 cm) thick, cut into ¾-inch (2 cm) strips
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
  • Hoisin sauce, to taste