Cajun Ham Schnitzel With Pasta Sauce

Nicely spiced pasta recipe. You can use lean pork chops instead of the schnitzels. I use 1/2" thickness. Instead of making your own Cajun spice, you can choose ready made. For pasta you can choose larger size pasta or noodles of choice.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2  pork schnitzels, 1/2-inch thickness
• 15  g butter

• Cajun spice mix

• 2  teaspoons paprika
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  herbes de provence

• Pasta Sauce

• 1  small onion
• 2  garlic cloves
• 3  stalks celery, with top sliced
• 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil
• 8  ounces chopped tomatoes, canned
• 1  teaspoon oregano, dried
• 8  ounces pasta

Directions

1. Blend all spices for the Cajun spice mix.
2. Sauce onion, garlic and celery in the olive oil.
3. Add chopped tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper, saute for 5 minutes.
4. Boil pasta and pour the sauce on top.
5. Dry ham schnitzels well with paper towel.
6. Sprinkle Cajun spice on both sides.
7. Melt butter on frying pan until golden. Brown schnitzels on both sides and saute 2 minutes on each side.