The perfect Wiener Schnitzel – easy and quick to prepare
Created: 01/10/2023, 18:30
By: Janine Napirca
Looking for a hearty lunch recipe that everyone likes?
You can make Wiener Schnitzel yourself quickly and easily.
Do you still need inspiration, for example what to put on the table for Sunday lunch?
It should be easy, quick and tasty, so that the whole family is satisfied?
Then make Wiener Schnitzel.
With the original recipe, the dish tastes at least as good as in the restaurant or tavern and the preparation is much easier and faster than you might think.
For example, you can serve potato salad with your homemade Wiener Schnitzel.
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If you need more home-style recipe ideas, you should definitely try Mecklenburg milk potatoes, Swabian Schneiderfleck and the GDR classic “Tote Oma”.
Allgäu Krautkrapfen and Schusterfleckerl are also extremely tasty.
German cuisine also has a lot to offer as a dessert, such as the Munsterlander Herrencreme, Leipziger Lerchen, Grandma's Donauwelle or sunken apple pie.
Recipe: You need the following ingredients to prepare the perfect Wiener Schnitzel
1 schnitzel (veal)
1 pinch of salt
40 grams of flour
1 egg
75 g breadcrumbs
fat or oil for baking
Serve a slice of lemon with every Wiener Schnitzel.
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Original recipe: The preparation of the Wiener Schnitzel is so easy and quick
Pound the veal escalope with a meat tenderizer and salt on both sides.
Take a plate, put the flour in it and also turn the escalope in it from both sides.
Then tap off the schnitzel a little.
Put the egg in another, preferably deep plate, and dip the schnitzel in it on both sides.
The last plate with the breadcrumbs follows.
Turn the schnitzel in it.
Fry the schnitzel in the fat or oil until golden brown.
Finally, you can dab it with kitchen roll and let the fat or oil drip off.
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In addition, according to the original recipe, sprinkle the Wiener Schnitzel with the juice of a lemon slice before eating.
French fries or potato salad go well with it.
