Pork Schnitzel

I decided that I should probably post some of the recipes I used for the food I ended up freezing. So far what I have successfully frozen and used include: chili, cornbread, and pork schnitzel. The cornbread was definitely the most successful. I already knew that freezing baked goods was easy and would yield tasty results. I do that with 90% of my cookie recipes because cookies taste better warm and it prevents me form eating 5 cookies at once.

I got this pork schnitzel recipe from my mom. I make no claims to this being authentic or accurate schnitzel. I'm pretty sure she adapted this recipe from some professor's wives in Germany (as you do when you travel a lot with your professor husband). Either way this recipe freezes well and tastes pretty amazing. I adapted it a little by adding mustard to the egg mixture. Onto the pork schnitzel recipe (sadly no pictures because I finished them this week):

Pork Schnitzel
1 lb pork cutlets sliced thin and pounded extra thin
1 cup flour
2 eggs
2 tbsp spicy mustard (or whatever mustard you like)
1 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup parmesan
3 tbsp olive oil/canola oil
3 lemons for squeezing on the cooked pork (Really you need 1/2 a lemon per 2 pork cutlets)

Whisk egg and mustard together. Use water to loosen the mixture if it is too thick. Next mix bread crumbs and parmesan together on a large plate. Pour flour out onto plate.

Dredge pork through flour until coated. Shake off excess flour. Place pork into egg mixture and coat. Dredge through bread crumb mixture. Pat on bread crumbs until the pork is coated. If you are freezing this is a good time to freeze the pork in bulk or separate into individual serving sizes. I used the small ziplock bags for this.

If you are going to cook the pork, then heat up enough olive oil/canola oil to coat the bottom of a sauté pan. Place pork into oil. Turn when it starts to look golden brown around the edges. Cook on opposite side for 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
Serve with lemons and enjoy!

This weekend I'm going to be try freezing a meatloaf recipe. I might also try making this cayenne rubbed chicken with avocados. It looks really delicious, but I might get lazy and just put sliced avocados on the chicken. Or I might forgo dinner and make myself guacamole. Clearly this is a cry for help and I need to either have a roommate or my husband to persuade me to make actual meals.