Gluten Free Schnitzel

For a delicious and healthy substitute, try replacing wheat flour with chestnut flour and bread crumbs with shredded coconut.


4 servings:

4 chops (either chicken thigh, chicken breast or pork chops)
1/4 cup gluten free flour (such as chestnut flour)
1 egg, beaten
1.5 cups shredded coconut
1T coconut oil


1. Preheat oven to 400 F

2. Dust schnitzel (I use chicken but traditional pork will work as well)in chestnut flour. It work very well as a substitute for regular wheat flour but sometimes it's little hard to find. If you can't get it in your local gluten free store, use any other gluten free flour.

3. After flour dusting, dip schnitzel in beaten egg.

4. Crust with shredded coconut - the finer shred, the better it will stick.

5. Sautee in coconut oil in oven proof skillet (cast iron works well) until coconut turn golden.

6. Place in the oven and bake until done, appr. 20 minutes.