Garlic pork cutlets from Liptov, marinated in milk

Name: Garlic pork cutlets from Liptov, marinated in milk
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 kg Pork; to taste Salt; 4-5 Garlic cloves; 1 Onion; 2 tbsp Sweet paprika (ground); as needed Milk; for dusting and coating All-purpose flour (fine wheat flour); as needed Vegetable oil

Pork cutlets marinated overnight in milk with garlic, paprika and onion, then fried (floured or without coating) or baked. Serves 6.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 6 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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Garlic pork cutlets from Liptov, a region in northern Slovakia, are left to marinate overnight in milk with garlic, paprika and onion before cooking. The pounded, salted meat is rubbed with pressed garlic, sprinkled with ground paprika and a little flour, covered with milk and put in the refrigerator. The next day you can coat the cutlets in all-purpose flour and fry them, cook them plain, or sear them quickly and bake them in the oven together with the marinade. The marinade also suits meat for the grill or for roasting and braising.

Instructions

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Day one:
Pound the meat lightly and salt it. Rub it thoroughly on both sides with pressed garlic, sprinkle with the paprika and all-purpose flour (about 2 tablespoons), and cover with milk.
Add the chopped onion, stir, and leave to marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
Day two:
Coat the meat in all-purpose flour and fry it in oil for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through, or prepare it plain, without a coating.
Tip: you can also sear the cutlets quickly in a pan and then bake them in the oven together with the marinade until the meat is tender.

Tip: Before coating, let the cutlets drip off the milk marinade and wipe off the bits of garlic and onion; in hot oil they would burn and turn bitter.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 362 kcal
Protein: 34 g
Carbohydrates: 5.5 g
of which sugars: 1.2 g
Fat: 22 g
of which saturates: 7.4 g
Fiber: 1.2 g
Salt: 0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Cesnakové bravčové rezne podľa receptu z Liptova