schnitzel

plural schnitzels · alternative Schnitzel

1. countableuncountableA dish consisting of fried veal cutlet.

   There are, of course, many other types of Schnitzels and related veal specialties.

   1977, Eugene Fodor, editor, Fodor's Austria, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 76

2. broadlycountableuncountableA Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.
3. countableA cutlet from this dish.

   Repeat, adding more oil to the pan as needed, until all the schnitzel are cooked.

   1997, “Wiener Schnitzel”, in Joy of Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 684, column 1

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   Lightly dust one schnitzel in the flour, submerge it in the egg replacer mixture and bread it in the bread crumbs, patting the bread crumbs onto the surface of the schnitzel with your dry hand. […] Continue until all of the schnitzel are breaded and fried.

   2018 April 17, Michael Abramson, “Chick*n Schnitzel”, in From the Kitchens of YamChops North America’s Original Vegan Butcher Shop […], Salem, Mass.: Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN

   But instead of cutting the tenderloin crosswise into medallions, we halve it lengthwise, then cut each half crosswise. This creates pieces that are easy to pound into evenly thick cutlets. […] The schnitzel are delicious with just a squeeze of lemon, or try them sandwiched, with baby arugula, in warm, crusty rolls slathered with a garlicky mayonnaise.

   2018 October 16, Christopher Kimball, “Pork Schnitzel”, in Milk Street Tuesday Nights […], New York, N.Y.: Voracious, →ISBN