Keto Jägerschnitzel | Low Carb German Recipe for Keto Schnitzel

If you’ve never had Jägerschnitzel, you’re missing out. I absolutely love German Jägerschnitzel! What’s not to love, it’s fried pork and gravy? So when I set out with the righteous task of keto’ifying (I’m about 90% sure that’s a word) my favorite foods, schnitzel was high on the list. Keto Jägerschnitzel, a mouthful both literally and figuratively, is a delicious addition to your keto recipe cookbook. I know keto food people like to go on and on about how you can’t tell some keto recipe isn’t the real thing and how keto bread is just like real bread and yada yada yada. Half the time they’re lying to both themselves and the good people of the low-carb public. So, it is with but the slightest hint of irony I say that you can’t tell this is keto. Any other lurking self-deceptions aside, it’s actually true in this case. It’s amazing. Try it, you’ll love it. Unless you don’t like bacon mushroom gravy that is. In which case there’s something wrong with you, not my beautiful schnitzel sauce…jeez.

MY JOURNEY TO JÄGERSCHNITZEL (AND SCHNITZEL IN GENERAL…I GUESS)

I first had Jägerschnitzel in a small German restaurant that I stopped into on a whim. I was hooked.  Before that moment if you had asked me if I like German food my answer most likely would have been underwhelming. I knew I liked pretzels and beer (not recommended on keto, duh). And as ethnically insensitive as that food caricature may be, that’s all I knew. Probably some sort of sausage too, whatever. The point is that I had no idea what I was missing out on, and I was missing a lot. There will probably be some recipe for that delicious German cabbage dish that came on the side at some point too. But, the Keto Culinary test kitchen just isn’t there yet…alas.

The thinly fried pork with that divine mushroom gravy just hit a spot I didn’t even know I had. It’s pure comfort food. It’s rich, savory and filling. It’s perfect any time of year and is sure to wow anyone you serve it to. As a bonus, don’t tell them its keto and see if they notice. You’ll be lying to them and your taste buds all the way to yummy satisfaction.

A BIT ABOUT SCHNITZEL…

This is for educational purposes only so feel free to skip down to the video showing how to make keto Jägerschnitzel or to the recipe for it below.

Schnitzel is usually a piece of meat that has been pounded thin and then fried. Typically involving a coating of flour, egg, and breadcrumbs. It originated in Austria and is popular all over the world.