There are lots of tasty foods mentioned in South Beach Love, but not one of my favorites (I don’t think! LOL!)
Bistec Empanizado – aka Breaded Steak – is a staple dish in Cuban households, but it’s normally fried so we really didn’t eat it all that often since we were trying to be healthier.
But my daughter recently got an air-fryer and made some croquettes for us that made us believers since they were so crisp and tasty! Since our Cuisinart toaster oven has an air-fry mode, we decided to check it out and boy are we glad we did. It is totally possible to get a crisp coating on the steak or chicken or pork chops.
So today I’m sharing an easy recipe for a healthier and tasty breaded steak!
Ingredients
1 pound sirloin
2 eggs
1 tablespoon hot sauce (I use Cholula)
1 1/2 cups Italian-style bread crumbs
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
Cooking oil spray
Olive oil cooking spray
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions
Thinly slice the sirloin steak. You can also use a cheaper cut like London broil. To slice the meat thinly, you might want to partially freeze the steak so it’s easier to handle. You should be able to get 3 or 4 slices from the steak.
Once you slice the meat, lay one piece at a time on a cutting board and place some plastic wrap over it. Then pound it with a meat tenderizer, making the slice of steak even thinner. It’s okay if the meat tears a little as you do this, but don’t pound it into burger meat.
Prepare the egg wash by beating the eggs, adding a few tablespoons of water, and the hot sauce. Beat together.
Prepare the bread crumbs. Place the panko into a gallon freezer bag and use a rolling pin to crush them a little as the crumbs are often too big. Add the Italian-style bread crumbs and mix. If you want, you can also add some grated parmesan cheese at this step, but that’s not traditional.
Place the steaks into the wash one by one and then into the bag with the bread crumbs. Coat the steaks and move to another plate. Repeat for all four steaks.
I usually do a second coating by running the steaks through the egg wash and bread crumbs again. Set them aside.
Preheat the air-fryer for at least 5-7 minutes. While you do this, prepare the air-fryer tray by spritzing it with cooking oil spray. Then lay the steaks on the tray and spritz them with the olive oil cooking spray. Flip and spritz the second side.
Once the oven/air-fryer has pre-heated, place the steaks inside and set a timer for 4 minutes. Check at 4 minutes and if golden brown, flip and cook for another 4 minutes.
Once golden brown on the second side, it’s time to eat!
You can use this same recipe to make breaded chicken cutlets or pork chops!
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