Classic German Jagerschnitzel Recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

pork schnitzel

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork loin

Chicken is leaner and often less expensive than pork.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon cube

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be made easily.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier due to its monounsaturated fats.

In a 10' skillet melt 1 tbsp of the butter over medium heat, add the onion and cook until the onion is soft 1-2 minutes. Then add the bacon, cook 1-2 more minutes. Add the sliced mushrooms. Stir and cook for 2 minutes until the mushrooms begin to release their water.

Add the remaining butter, stir to melt the butter. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of flour over the mushrooms and stir. Mix the cream with the broth and pour over the mushrooms. Stir to incorporate the flour.

Reduce the heat to low and stir in the thyme. Let the mushroom gravy cook on low stirring occasionally while you prepare the schnitzel.

Set a deep frying pan over medium heat and add about 1/2 of vegetable oil to the pan to shallow fry the schnitzel.

While the oil heats lay the pork chops on a sheet of parchment paper and pound them with a meat mallet or a rolling pin covered in plastic wrap or a plastic bag to keep it clean. Turn the chops over and repeat until they are about ⅓ of an inch thick.

Mix ½ tsp salt with the remaining flour and put on a plate. Put the panko on another plate.

Beat the egg together with 1 tbsp of milk in a separate bowl.

Dip the pounded pork chops in the flour, then in egg, and then in panko.

When the oil is shimmering hot and about 340˚-350˚lay your schnitzel in the pan and fry 2-4 minutes per side until the coating is browned and the chops are cooked through. Drain on a baking rack over on a baking sheet.

When the chops are done cooking check your mushroom gravy. If it's too thick add the remaining tbsp of milk. Stir in fresh chopped parsley.

Taste for salt and pepper and add as needed. Serve the schnitzel with the mushroom gravy over it.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Allergens