Mexican
Milanesa de Res o de Pollo (Breaded Cutlet)
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Milanesa de Res o de Pollo (Breaded Cutlet) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pound the steak cutlets to an even 1/4-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic.
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Season the cutlets with the salt and pepper.
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Beat the eggs in a shallow dish and spread the breadcrumbs in another.
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Dip each cutlet in egg, then press into the breadcrumbs to coat both sides.
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Shallow fry in the oil over medium-high heat, about 3 minutes per side, until golden and crisp. Chicken breast, pounded thin, works exactly the same way, and this is the most kid-loved comida main in the country.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Milanesa de Res o de Pollo (Breaded Cutlet), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Milanesa de Res o de Pollo (Breaded Cutlet) carries gluten and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Arroz con Pollo |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 44 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 8 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Milanesa de Res o de Pollo (Breaded Cutlet) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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