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Spiced Jerusalem Schnitzel
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Spiced Jerusalem Schnitzel – Gluten-free version

Crisp Jerusalem schnitzel with Middle Eastern spices - the Israeli classic Gluten-free version: Gluten-free breadcrumbs and Gluten-free flour blend.

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Crispy Coating

  1. 1
    Spread the gluten-free flour blend on a flat plate.
    💡The gluten-free flour blend dries the surface, the egg sticks to it and holds whatever comes next. Without the gluten-free flour blend, the coating tends to peel off during frying.
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    On another flat plate, mix the crumbs with the garlic, smoked paprika, cumin, salt and black pepper.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Place the cutlets between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet to an even thickness of ½–1 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.
  2. 5
    Pass each cutlet through the breading stations in order, pressing well so the coating sticks.
  3. 6
    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.
  4. 7
    Transfer to paper towels.
  5. 8
    Serve hot with the lemon.
341calories
39 gprotein
13 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 48%● carbs 16%● fat 37%

Per serving (200 g), of 4 servings

For the Crispy Coating · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • 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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