Thin lamb cutlets in a crisp coating with cumin and turmeric, an alternative to chicken schnitzel with a richer flavor. Good when you want to dress up a Friday dinner. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free breadcrumbs and Gluten-free flour blend.
💡The flour dries the surface, the egg sticks to it and holds whatever comes next. Without the flour, the coating tends to peel off during frying.
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Beat the eggs in a wide bowl.
Bowl
💡Work with one "dry" hand for the dry coating and one "wet" hand for the egg, so your fingers don't get caked in layers of coating.
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On another flat plate, mix the crumbs with the paprika, cumin, turmeric, salt and black pepper.
To assemble
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Place the cutlets between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet to an even thickness of 1 cm.
⚙ Pound to an even thicknessMeat malletPlastic wrap
💡Even thickness is the secret: a cutlet that's thick on one side and thin on the other comes out dry at the edge and raw in the middle.
💡Pound gently from the center outward: the goal is even thickness, not the thinnest possible cut, and torn meat dries out as it cooks.
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Pass each cutlet through the breading stations in order, pressing well so the coating sticks.
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Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat and fry 3–4 minutes on each side, until the coating is golden and crisp.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
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Transfer to paper towels.
354calories
36 gprotein
13 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 42%● carbs 15%● fat 43%
Per serving (202 g), of 4 servings
For the Crispy Coating · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
White flour: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 125 g · 364 kcal per 100 g · More about White flour →
Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Breadcrumbs: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 108 g · 370 kcal per 100 g · More about Breadcrumbs →
Paprika: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.3 g · 282 kcal per 100 g · More about Paprika →
Cumin: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.1 g · 375 kcal per 100 g · More about Cumin →
Turmeric: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 3 g · 312 kcal per 100 g · More about Turmeric →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Meat mallet· Also works: Rolling pin (Rolling pin or heavy pot, between plastic sheets)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
🧻 Consumables: Plastic wrap
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