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Wiener Schnitzel or Veal Cutlets
Photo: Sorin Gheorghita

Wiener Schnitzel or Veal Cutlets

8 ingredients 16 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

847
Calories
23g
Protein
32g
Fat
116g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Lard 1 tbsp (12.8g) 115
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Veal not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. of veal cutlets trimmed of any sinew
  • 1 to 2 whole beaten eggs
  • 1/2 to 1 cup of flour
  • 2 cups of fine white bread crumbs
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 3 or 4 Tbls. butter or lard
  • 2 fresh lemons quartered

Directions

1

Beat or pound the veal cutlets until very thin.

2

Lightly salt and pepper the veal cutlets.

3

Dip the pieces of veal into a dish of the flour, coat both sides and shake off the excess flour.

4

The flour coating will help the egg coating to adhere.

5

Dip the pieces of floured veal into the dish of the beaten raw egg and coat both sides.

6

Press the pieces of veal into a bowl of fine white bread crumbs.

7

Coat both sides with crumbs.

8

Let the bread crumbed veal slices dry flat for at least 1/2 hour.

9

Heat the butter or lard in a large frying pan.

10

Lard has the advantage of not scorching as easily as butter and lard makes a tastier browned coating.

11

Sauté the cutlets until they are a golden brown.

12

The thin cutlets will cook quickly, it will not take long.

13

Perhaps 4 min. on each side.

14

You will know when to turn it over, the bottom breading will be a golden brown.

15

Do not cover finished cutlets with a cover.

16

The steam will soften the bread crumb coating and it will fall off.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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