Crispy Pork Milanese

🥘 Ingredients

• butter
  3 tbsp
• garlic
  2 cloves
• grape tomatoes
  1 c
• mozzarella cheese
  4 oz
• panko breadcrumbs
  1 c
• parmesan cheese
  ¼ cup
• parsley
  1 bunch
• pepper
  to taste
• pork cutlets
  8 pieces
• salt
  to taste
• sour cream
  ⅓ cup
• tuscan heat spice
  1 tbsp
• vegetable oil
  3 tbsp
• yukon gold potatoes
  1 lb

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Cut yukon gold potatoes into 1-inch cubes. Place in a medium pot with enough water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender ⏱️ 15 minutes . Meanwhile, thinly slice garlic . Halve grape tomatoes . Pick half the parsley leaves from stems and chop (save the rest for garnish).

   yukon gold potatoes: 1 lb, garlic: 2 cloves, grape tomatoes: 1 c, parsley: 1 bunch
2. 

   2

   Pat pork cutlets dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper . Combine panko breadcrumbs and tuscan heat spice on a plate. Season with salt and pepper. Evenly brush pork with up to half the sour cream . Working one piece at a time, dip pork into panko mixture, coating all over and pressing to adhere.

   pork cutlets: 8 pieces, salt: to taste, pepper: to taste, panko breadcrumbs: 1 c, tuscan heat spice: 1 tbsp, sour cream: ⅓ cup
3. 

   3

   Heat a ¼-inch layer of vegetable oil in a large pan over high heat. Once very hot, add 4 pieces pork to pan. Cook until golden brown ⏱️ 2 minutes per side. Lower heat if panko browns too quickly. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt. Repeat with remaining pork.

   vegetable oil: 3 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Once potatoes are tender, reserve ½ cup cooking water, then drain and return potatoes to empty pot. Add mozzarella cheese , butter , and remaining sour cream. Mash until smooth. Add cooking water, 1 tbsp at a time, if needed to create a creamy consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

   mozzarella cheese: 4 oz, butter: 3 tbsp
5. 

   5

   Carefully pour out oil from pan used for pork, then heat pan over medium heat. Add garlic and a drizzle of oil. Cook until fragrant ⏱️ 30 seconds . Add tomatoes to pan and cook, stirring often, until they burst ⏱️ 3 minutes . Season with salt and pepper, then stir in chopped parsley. If the tomatoes won’t soften, poke them with a wooden spoon to break them up.
6. 

   6

   Divide pork and potatoes between plates. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over potatoes. Top pork with tomatoes. Tear remaining parsley leaves into rough pieces and scatter over top.

   parmesan cheese: ¼ cup