Fried meat has many different names: roast beef, cutlet, schnitzel, escalope, steak. And each of these dishes has its own nuances of preparation. Some pieces of meat are repulsed, some are not present, some recipes use breadcrumbs of breadcrumbs, in others they are crumbled in flour. What is an "escalope" and how to cook it, for example, from pork? Escalope, in fact - a piece of meat, cut across the fibers from a tenderloin or other fleshy part, most often rounded. Meat is cut into a thickness of not more than 1 cm, very well fights and fried in a pan without breading, or on a grill.
Escalope of pork - a simple recipe
Finally, you bought pieces of appetizing tenderloin and, even, the whole family is warned that in the evening they are waiting for a new dish for dinner. How to cook a pig escalope? Very simply: considering that every portion of meat is beaten to a thickness of 0.5 cm, no more, then the meat is fried fairly quickly - about 4-5 minutes on each side. So, let's take the hoe, heat the frying pan and prepare a juicy pork escalope.
Ingredients:
- pork (2 pieces) - 400 g;
- garlic - 1-2 cloves;
- lemon - 1 slice;
- spices - to taste.
Preparation
Pieces of pork are well beaten so that their thickness becomes about 0.5 cm, salt and pepper on both sides. Squeeze garlic in the bowl, mix it with lemon juice, then grease the mixture with meat and let it marinate for 30 minutes. Before frying, remove the remaining garlic with a napkin so that it does not burn out, and put the pig escalope on a well-heated frying pan. On each side fry 3-4 minutes before crusting. You can serve with stewed or boiled vegetables, rice, fried potatoes.
Escalope with mushrooms
It is not necessary to cook meat in its pure form, you can bring a little variety to the dish. In this recipe, we will tell you how to fry an escalope of pork with mushrooms. The best are white mushrooms, but, for want of them, you can use champignons.
Ingredients:
- pork (2 pieces) - 400 g;
- mushrooms - 150 g;
- tomato paste - 30 g;
- tomatoes - 4 pcs .;
- parsley greens - to taste;
- spices - to taste.
Preparation
We beat off pieces of pork with chopping, salt and pepper on both sides, then fry in a heated frying pan with butter until a crusty crust is formed. Mushrooms boil in salted water. Then, we spread the escalopes on a plate, and pour the mushroom broth onto the frying pan (we do not drain the fat) and boil for about 5-7 minutes. After this, add the tomato paste diluted with water, peeled and cut tomatoes, pork escalopes, all together stew for 5 minutes. When serving, on each escalope we lay out heated mushrooms.
Escalope of pork with tomatoes
Any meat dish asks to serve more vegetables to it. You can try to cook the escalope right away with tomatoes. To it perfectly as a garnish the boiled or fried potatoes, rice, macaroni will approach.
Ingredients:
- pork (2 pieces) - 400 g;
- cheese - 50 g;
- tomatoes - 3 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - to taste;
- spices - to taste.
Preparation
To prepare an escalope, we will first beat off the meat, salt and pepper. We chop the tomatoes with thin rings. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil, each piece of meat fry from two sides, then put the tomato pieces on top and sprinkle with grated cheese. Cover the frying pan with a lid and hold for 2-3 minutes - the cheese should melt. Serve hot on the table.