Pork Schnitzel With Warm Fingerling Potato Salad I Made It Ii

Pork Schnitzel with Warm Fingerling Potato Salad

Cosmicmother 5 years ago
~Made for Oktoberfest 2018 IMI Challenge~

Pork Schnitzel With Warm Fingerling Potato Salad by Luisascatering

I have a confession to make........I hate making schnitzel and I was dreading this!
I put it off for a week and finally did it, thankfully I got help from my DH and one child who reluctantly played kitchen gopher.
I prepped everything ahead of time, as much as I could. I used a small pork tenderloin that I cut into little medallions before tenderizing, so everyone got two small schnitzel's on their plate. And I used water in the egg mixture instead of heavy cream.
The warm potato salad is a perfect accompaniment. The flavor was great but it had way too much oil, I think there was a mistake and that should of read 1/4 cup of olive oil instead of a 1/2 cup? I just added lot's of lemon juice on my plate to compensate for the extra oil!
I could not find fingerling potatoes, so I used what I had at home--small white potatoes. If I make this again and can't find fingerlings' I'd use creamy yellow potatoes instead of white.
The only pain of that salad is to peel the potatoes after cooking! But, I made sure to have the salad finished and marinating before starting the schnitzels.
Delicious, but a lot of work. And for me personally, not something I'd make again for another few years. haha :P
My husband would wish otherwise of course! ;)
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chuckieb 5 years ago said:

I gotta try this! Lovely photo Shona! The potato salad sounds very intriguing. I know I can find Fingerling potatoes at my Farmer`s Market earlier on in the year but don`t think I`ve seen any recently. Bookmarked to try.

I gotta say I`m loving this month`s Pumpkin/German food theme. SO many awesome recipes being made and featured. Love it!

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DIZ3 5 years ago said:

Another great photo, Cosmicmother! Looks yummy! I had to laugh at your comment about peeling the potatoes. That's how I was taught to make potato salad. My mother put explicit instructions on her recipe to boil "whole potatoes IN SKINS." Not too bad to peel with large potatoes. Yes, little potatoes are a pain.

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Cosmicmother 5 years ago said:

Thanks Janet, I know I've seen the fingerlings' in stores here before, so it must be a seasonal thing.
Thanks Diz, Lol, I was already in a grumbly mood because of making the schnitzel...lol...(it's just the breading and frying part I don't like ;) I could imagine the fingerlings being a bigger pain to peel! Perhaps in that case it might be ok to leave the skins on? (as long as Mom isn't watching!)

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eastcoaster 5 years ago said:

I love Pork Schnitzel Anytime... Your photo is lovely Shona...
I agree about the potatoes, those little ones are great but a pain to peel.

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mommyluvs2cook 5 years ago said:

I've never made or even had Pork Schnitzel, also have never peeled potatoes after boiling lol! I never would have thought to do it that way, but I'm assuming it's to get a certain texture on the potatoes? Your picture looks AMAZING!! I'm definitely going to have to give Schnitzel a try soon :)

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LindaLMT 5 years ago said:

Yum Shona! Fantastic picture. I love Schnitzel but it's time consuming to make so I rarely make it too but when I do I make extra because I think the leftovers are great cold for lunch the next day. The potato salad part looks really good too.

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