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Romanian stuffed breaded cutlets (șnițel umplut)

Romanian stuffed breaded cutlets (șnițel umplut)

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Thin Romanian-style cutlets, spread with a filling of bacon, dill, parsley, mustard, onion, garlic, olive, and bell pepper, folded in half, breaded, and f…

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Recipe from Kihoiu, Emily, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The stuffed schnitzel is made with pork, veal, chicken, turkey, rabbit, or lamb. The filling, which can be spicy, combines bacon, herbs, mustard, olives, pickles, and bell peppers, according to personal preference.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$4.89 $1.22 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.22
  • $0.08
  • $0.21
  • $0.18
  • $1.59
  • $0.08
  • $0.80
  • $0.29
  • $0.27
  • $0.17

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Place the meat on a plate, cut it into 1 cm thick slices, and flatten each slice with a mallet, without tearing it. ≈ 8 min
  2. Finely chop the bacon, dill, parsley, onion, garlic, olives, pickles, and bell pepper, and mix with the mustard to your liking. ≈ 8 min
  3. Spread the slices of this pâté on a plate, then fold them in half. ≈ 3 min
  4. Crack the eggs into a bowl with a pinch of salt and pepper. ≈ 4 min
  5. Dip the cutlets in flour, then in the egg, and finally in breadcrumbs. ≈ 3 min
  6. Fry them in hot oil until they are golden brown and cooked through, like breaded cutlets.
  7. Serve them like Viennese schnitzel, with a salad or mashed potatoes. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Romanian stuffed breaded cutlets (șnițel umplut)

  • 100 g of fresh or smoked bacon$1.22
  • 1 tablespoon of mustard$0.08
  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
  • 1 bell pepper, fresh or pickled$1.59
  • 50 g of flour$0.08
  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • 100 g of breadcrumbs$0.29
  • salt, ground pepper$0.27
  • oil for deep frying$0.17

Total$4.89

that's $1.22 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 4 pieces of meat, each about 1 cm thick (pork, beef, chicken, turkey, rabbit, or lamb leg), approximately 600g
  • 100 g of fresh or smoked bacon
  • One small bunch of dill
  • One small bunch of parsley
  • 1 tablespoon of mustard
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 10 pitted olives
  • 1 pickled gherkin
  • 1 bell pepper, fresh or pickled
  • 50 g of flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 g of breadcrumbs
  • salt, ground pepper
  • oil for deep frying

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