Our Low Carb Beef Schnitzels recipe is a quick meal perfect for a mid-week dinner or a hearty lunch.
Cooking the perfect Low Carb Beef Schnitzel requires thinly sliced meat. If you can’t get your meat thinly sliced then grab a meat mallet (rolling pins are also effective). Place your steak between two pieces of parchment paper and beat the steak until it is between 5-8mm thin.
Homemade schnitzels are great for lunch or dinner, they are best straight from the fryer or even cold – throw them through a salad or in a LCHF carb wrap.
Deep frying is a great cooking method and we use it often. If you’re not sure about what kind of deep fryer to buy, check out our article on the Best Oil For Deep Frying first.
We’ve added nutritional information for your benefit on the recipe card below. This recipe makes 4 servings, the recipe card reflects 1 serving which is 1/4 of the total recipe.
Ingredients for Low Carb Beef Schnitzels
- 1.5 pounds of Beef Topside, cut into 4 thin steaks
- 1 Egg
- 2 tablespoons of Heavy Cream
- 3 ounces of Parmesan, finely grated or powdered
- 2 ounces of Flaxseed Meal
- 1 teaspoon of Pepper
- 1 teaspoon of Garlic Powder
How To Make Low Carb Beef Schnitzels
- Turn your deep fryer to 350F/180C and allow to heat before frying.
- Crack the egg into a mixing bowl and add the heavy cream, whisk together.
- In a separate mixing bowl mix together the parmesan cheese, flaxseed meal, garlic powder and pepper. Pour this mix onto a tray and spread out.
- Dip each steak into the egg mix, then press into the parmesan mix, press the “breading” onto each side.
- Begin frying your schnitzels. Each schnitzel will take around 5-7 minutes to cook, ensure that the entire schnitzel is immersed in the oil for even cooking. If you have a small fryer it is a good idea to fry the schnitzels in small batches, one or two at a time.
- Serve your schnitzels with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Low Carb Beef Schnitzels - Crunchy & Tender - Gluten Free
Unit Conversion
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb Beef Topside cut into 4 thin steaks
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 3 oz Parmesan cheese powdered
- 2 oz Flaxseed ground
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Turn your deep fryer to 350F/180C and allow to heat before frying.
- Crack the egg into a bowl and add the heavy cream, whisk together.
- In a separate bowl mix together the parmesan cheese, ground flaxseed, garlic powder and pepper. Pour this mix onto a tray and flatten out.
- Dip each steak into the egg mix, then press into the parmesan mix, press the "breading" onto each side.
- Begin frying your schnitzels. Each schnitzel will take around 5-7 minutes to cook, ensure that the entire schnitzel is immersed in the oil for even cooking. If your have a small fryer it is a good idea to fry them in small batches, one or two at a time.
- Serve your schnitzels with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Notes
Nutrition
For our more keto recipes utilizing a deep fryer, check out our Southern Fried Chicken, Low Carb Buffalo Wings and Broccoli and Bacon Croquettes.
If you want to make a larger batch of this Low Carb Beef Schnitzels recipe adjust the servings above.
This sounds great! Do you think you could cook in an air fryer?
Hi Theresa,
I haven’t tried it, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work. I’d love to see the finished result if you do try it 🙂