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This blog is for posting recipes I've experimented with while teaching myself to cook. Some I have taken from my favorite recipe books, others are purely my own experimentations. My audience is usually just my husband, my toddler daughter, and I and we are living on a tight budget. Sometimes you might find a splurge.

Hopefully you'll find something here that you like!

Friday, March 9, 2012

Pork Schnitzel and Creamy Corn

Pork Schnitzel and Creamy Corn
Inspired by Rachael Ray's recipe.


Ingredients
  • 3 cups Italian Bread Crumbs
  • 1 cup flour
  • Salt and pepper
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 - 2 pound pork tenderloin cut crosswise into 8 pieces
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
  • 2 cans corn
  • 3/4 cup half-and-half

Instructions
  1. In a shallow bowl, season the flour with salt and pepper.
  2. In a another bowl, whisk the eggs.
  3. In yet another bowl, pour the bread crumbs. Line up flour, egg, and bread crumb, in that order.
  4. Working with 1 piece at a time, place the pork between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound into 1/4-inch thick cutlets.
  5. Dredge each cutlet in the seasoned flour, shaking off any excess.
  6. Dip in the egg, then coat with the breadcrumbs. Place on a wire rack.
  7. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the bell pepper and cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes.
  8. Add the corn and 1/4 cup water, cover and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. 
  9. Stir in the half-and-half and cook for 3 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
  10. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat until hot.
  11. Add the two breaded cutlets at a time and cook, turning once, until golden, about 3 minutes per side.
  12. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Season with a little salt.
  13. Serve with the corn.

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