Five Creative Ways to Reinvent Schnitzel

The article offers practical tips for making schnitzel-based dishes, including advice on using small chicken fillet pieces instead of flattened schnitzel, choosing breadcrumbs such as pale panko or crushed grissini, and testing frying oil by dipping in a wooden spoon handle or matchstick, which should immediately form bubbles.

It then presents five variations on the classic dish. The first is a chicken Kiev style schnitzel with a herb filling, described by the author as “adult gourmet schnitzel,” though her children also enjoy it. The recipe uses whole chicken breast, not flattened, and readers are told they can ask a butcher to cut it properly. It is kosher meat, takes 20 minutes to prepare and 60 minutes total, is easy, and yields 9 ingredients.

The second version is quick chicken in tempura, meant to avoid the mess of dipping in egg, breadcrumbs, and possibly flour. It is kosher meat, easy, takes 15 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes total, and uses 10 ingredients. The third is “pirshnitzel,” created because the author’s eldest daughter always spread mashed potatoes over every schnitzel bite. That inspiration led to a dish where the side is built in, and the family found it delicious. It is kosher meat, easy, takes 30 minutes total, and uses 10 ingredients.

The fourth dish is schnitzel-malfouf style with chicken mince in an eggplant wrapper, described as tasting like schnitzel but eating like meorom, and working well because the eggplants soften quickly. The fifth is a vegan tofu schnitzel with harrisa sauce. That recipe is kosher vegan, medium difficulty, takes 20 minutes to prepare and 50 minutes total, and uses 22 ingredients. The piece was first published on May 25, 2021, at 08:47.