Definition of cutlet
1 : a small slice of meat a veal cutlet
2 : a flat croquette of chopped meat or fish
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This gargantuan burger has a beef patty topped with cheddar cheese, a fried chicken cutlet and a hash brown—a whopping 1,200 calories’ worth of food.
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Come early for katsu sando, a deep-fried Berkshire pork cutlet, prickly with panko, sandwiched between slices of shokupan (Pullman-style bread enriched with milk).
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Drake's Citgo on Highway 411 in Leesburg, Alabama, served a mouthwatering pork cutlet on hot biscuit, or about any other part of a pig that can be made to lie flat.
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The French have various kinds of escalopes, the English their cutlets.
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Katsu is a breaded cutlet popular in Japan, usually pork but often chicken, and in this case covered with a curry sauce.
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Michael Abramson has set up his butcher shop in Toronto’s Little Italy to look much like any other, with gleaming knives lining the wall, employees prepping cutlets and someone hand-cranking a sausage stuffer.
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Among the dinner entrees is the requisite wiener schnitzel, the famous deep-fried veal cutlet, accompanied by a cucumber and potato salad, DO & CO's signature mousse au chocolat, and fresh bread.
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Working with half the chicken at a time, season cutlets on both sides with salt and pepper and coat them lightly with flour, lifting parchment paper on both sides to help coat chicken and shaking off excess.
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Origin and Etymology of cutlet
French côtelette, from Old French costelette, diminutive of coste rib, side, from Latin costa — more at coast
CUTLET Defined for English Language Learners
cutlet
playDefinition of cutlet for English Language Learners
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: a small, thin slice of meat
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: chopped vegetables, nuts, etc., that are pressed together into a flat shape, covered with bread crumbs, and fried in oil
CUTLET Defined for Kids
cutlet
playDefinition of cutlet for Students
1 : a small thin slice of meat
2 : meat, fish, or vegetables pressed into a flat piece, covered with bread crumbs, and fried in oil
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