chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
A breaded, deep-fried chicken fillet, similar to tonkatsu but made with chicken. Common in Japanese cuisine.
See also: チキンカツ
Let's have chicken katsu for dinner tonight.
The chicken katsu at this restaurant is crispy and delicious.
Standard kanji-katakana spelling for chicken katsu.
Variant with hiragana かつ; less common but still seen.
Compound of 鳥 (tori, 'chicken') and カツ (katsu, from 'cutlet').