Schnitzel (Translated from German)
Recipes are coming! I recently transferred the website over to www.grandmascookbook.ca and had my fair share of glitches to iron out. I now have a backlog of recipes ready to send out.
To start us off, the oh so good Pork Schnitzel. I think I’ve cooked pork (non-ground) once in my life before? It isn’t something we grew up with.. but this perfects Pork perfectly!! We used Pork Chops. I’m sure there is a perfect cut designed for Schnitzel – but pork chops worked great.
If you don’t have a meat mallet, don’t go out and buy one! I used a wine bottle, but a full ketchup bottle or BBQ sauce, etc would work just fine. Maybe even a rolling pin!
My little guy is on the move now, and as I’m adjusting to that – I had to take a few shortcuts in meal prep. I did not make the gravy, but imagine it would taste great. I will leave the instructions below. I also pounded the meat earlier in the afternoon and kept it in the refrigerator until closer to meal time.
Here is her recipe, and my instructions. (Her recipe only includes ingredients)
Schnitzel
- 4 Pork Schnitzel Meat – beaten
- salt & pepper to season
- 1 egg white, beaten
- 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs (I had more than that on my plate)
- 2 tablespoon flour
- 3-4 Tablespoon fat – for frying (or oil)
- Lay saran wrap on a cutting board. Place your pork on top. Lay a second saran wrap over top to create a seal.
- Pound, roll and hit the meat. Flatten the meat until it is about 1/4″ thin.
- Sprinkle with salt & pepper.
- Have 2 plates & 1 bowl ready. 1 plate has flour, the other has bread crumbs, and the bowl has the beaten egg.
- Coat with flour, then egg, then bread crumbs.
- Place in pan on medium high heat that has been pre-heated with hot oil/fat.
- Flip once or twice after a few minutes until thoroughly cooked (no more than 5- 10 minutes!)
Gravy
- 1/2 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 onion, minced
- 1 cup water
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Heat the water & onion to boiling.
- Add the flour and whisk until thickened.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.