My desire was to make Pork Piccata. Pork piccata, similar to chicken piccata, is floured thinly sliced pork, fried and served in a lemon, butter, caper sauce. However, I didn't have any lemon nor capers. After work, I just wanted to go home and feed the pups so I bypassed the supermarket.
My alternative was Tonkatsu which is fried pork cutlets breaded with panko bread crumbs.
Well, when I looked through my pantry. I didn't have any panko. Where did they go? To the same place where lost socks go? I think I thrashed the panko last month since they were sitting in my pantry for over a year.
Other similar fried cutlet dishes -
Tonkatsu, Japanese
Weiner Schnitzel or Schnitzel, German
Milanesea, Portugal/Latin America
My alternative to my alternative - Simple Fried Pork Cutlets.
The fixins
Pork sliced thinly. Typically pounded to thin out the slice, but I didn't want to put that much effort into the dish.
Flour
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
Mix the flour, 1/4 teaspoon (each) salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Coat the pork cutlets.
Pan fry in oil. I used an olive oil and butter mixture.
I estimate it was about 2 to 3 minutes each side.
Sauteed Vegetables were served as a side dish.
The final dish
Since the cutlets were thin and from the pork loin, I half expected the cutlets to be dry and stringy. Surprisingly, the cutlets were moist and very tender.
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