A golden breaded pork cutlet on a plate with potato salad.

Schweineschnitzel

Germany · Europe

Short description
Schweineschnitzel is a crisp breaded pork cutlet, usually served as a simple main course.
Ingredients
Thin pork cutlet with breadcrumbs, egg, flour, salt, pepper, fat for frying, lemon, and potato salad.
Cultural note
The pork version is one member of a wider schnitzel family, where meat choice and breading style shape the identity of the dish.
Common misconception
It is not the same as the protected veal-based version; this dish is specifically the pork cutlet preparation.

image credit

Pork schnitzel, potato salad

creator:
Kent Wang
source:
Flickr
license:
CC BY-SA 2.0
modified:
Downloaded from Flickr after Openverse discovery, resized/re-encoded for Gochizu.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.