🇺🇾 Uruguayan Cuisine

Milanesa a la Uruguaya

Uruguayan Breaded Beef Cutlet

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 580 kcal

A massive, hand-pounded beef cutlet coated in seasoned breadcrumbs and fried to a shattering golden crisp, served draped over the edge of the plate with a fried egg on top and a mound of creamy mashed potatoes.

Ingredients

4 thin beef sirloin cutlets (200g each)
2 cups breadcrumbs
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup flour
Salt and pepper
Vegetable oil for frying
4 fried eggs for topping
Lemon wedges

Instructions

1 Pound beef cutlets thin with a mallet between plastic wrap.
2 Season flour with salt and pepper. Set up breading station: flour, beaten eggs, breadcrumbs.
3 Dredge each cutlet in flour, dip in egg, coat generously in breadcrumbs.
4 Fry in hot oil (180C) until deep golden on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.
5 Drain on paper towels. Top each with a fried egg.
6 Serve immediately with lemon wedges and mashed potatoes.

Did You Know?

Uruguayan milanesas are famously enormous — they often hang over the plate edges, and restaurants compete for the title of the largest milanesa.