Pork Schnitzel
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Pork Loin Steaks*
- 1 1/2 cups Flour
- 4 Eggs Lightly Beaten
- 3 cups Dried Bread Crumbs
- 2 cups Vegetable Oil
- A generous shake of Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Place a layer of plastic wrap onto a work surface.
- Place pork lion onto the plastic wrap and cover with more plastic wrap.
- Pound out pork lion with a rolling pin, meat hammer, or heavy pan until 1/4 inch thick. Set aside.
- Put flower on to a large plate, season generously with salt and pepper, set aside.
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl, set aside.
- Mix bread crumbs and Italian seasoning, place on a large plate and set aside.
- Place a piece of pork into the flour, fully coat it, then into the egg and finally the bread crumbs.
- Place the coated pork onto a plate and continue until all of the pork is fully coated.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
- Line a plate with paper towels for draining.
- Fry the pork, trying not to crowd the pan, for 5 to 7 minutes - until golden brown, flipping once.
- Remove from the pan when golden on both sides, setting on top of the paper towel plate to drain.
- Season with salt and pepper. If you are making a lot of these, you can put the cooked pork in a low temp oven to keep warm.
- Serve with salad!
Notes
*the original recipe called for pork butt that you could cut yourself, but we found this much easier. You can purchase one steak per person, as it's plenty for one.