Crunchy sesame pork with soba noodle salad

Recipes / Meat

The pork schnitzel is baked, not fried, significantly reducing the fat in this Asian-inspired dish.

Recipe «Crunchy sesame pork with soba noodle salad» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 4 x 125g pork schnitzels, 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs, 1 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds, 1 tbsp milk, 1 egg , Olive oil cooking spray, 180g dried buckwheat soba noodles, 200g snow peas, trimmed, halved diagonally , 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, thinly sliced, 1 cup bean sprouts, trimmed, 3 green onions, thinly sliced, 1/3 cup Kewpie Japanese sesame soy dressing, 2 tsp sesame seeds, toaste, extra, Lime wedges, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 4 x 125g pork schnitzels 
  • 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds 
  • 1 tbsp milk 
  • 1 egg 
  • Olive oil cooking spray 
  • 180g dried buckwheat soba noodles 
  • 200g snow peas, trimmed, halved diagonally 
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, thinly sliced 
  • 1 cup bean sprouts, trimmed 
  • 3 green onions, thinly sliced 
  • 1/3 cup Kewpie Japanese sesame soy dressing 
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds, toaste, extra 
  • Lime wedges, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 220C/200C fan-forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. One by one, place schnitzels between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Using flat side of a meat mallet or a rolling pin, pound until about 4mm-thick.
  3. Combine breadcrumbs and sesame seeds on a plate. Whisk milk and egg in a bowl. One by one, dip schnitzels in egg mixture, then press in breadcrumb mixture to coat. Place on prepared tray. Spray with oil.
  4. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes. Turn and cook for a further 5 to 6 minutes or until golden.
  5. Meanwhile, cook noodles in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 3 to 4 minutes, adding snow peas for the last minute, or until tender. Drain. Refresh under cold water. Drain. Transfer to a large bowl. Add cucumber, sprouts, onion, dressing and extra sesame seeds to noodles. Toss to combine. Cut schnitzels into 2cm slices. Serve with noodle salad and lime.