Beef Milanesa - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large egg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (to taste)
1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs
4 thin boneless beef steaks (1/4 inch) or 4 cube steaks, pounded thin (1/4 inch)
vegetable oil (for frying)
1 lime, quartered

Preparation

Pound boneless steaks thin, 1/4 inch.
In a shallow soup plate or pan, beat the egg very well. In a second shallow pan mix the flour, salt, and pepper. Put the bread crumbs in a third shallow pan. Line up the bowls in this order: flour, egg, crumbs.
Dust the meat lightly with flour, dip into the beaten egg, and coat with bread crumbs. Put the breaded meat on a plate lined with wax paper and refrigerate about 1 hour.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil to a depth of about 1/4 inch.
Fry the meat until brown and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Squeeze lime juice over each piece of meat, if desired.