Braggin Rights Chicken Fried Steak
From tnjazmyn 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
If you are from the South, the country, love home cooking and gravy this will take you right back to the gingham table cloths, screen doors and hearing your grannie holler, "Ya'll come get it 'fore it's gone! Read more " Now I am presenting this just a tad bit healthier than how I really fix it...I am a nurse...do as I say, not as I do! Although I guarantee you that if you fry this in lard instead of Crisco as I do, you will have everyone begging for more! See less
Ingredients
- 2 pounds round steak, sliced 1/2 inch thick and twice-tenderized by the butcher shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- Crisco for deep frying (I am sorry, I use lard) shopping list
- ***CLASSIC CREAM GRAVY*** shopping list
- 1/4 cup pan drippings shopping list
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 cups evaporated milk shopping list
- 1 cup Unsalted beef stock shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- ***OPTIONAL*** shopping list
- mashed potatoes shopping list
- Homemade buttermilk biscuits shopping list
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How to make it
- Cut steak into 4 equal portions.
- Pound until each is about 1/4 inch thick.
- Place flour in a shallow bowl.
- In a second dish, stir together baking powder, soda, pepper and salt; mix in buttermilk, egg, pepper sauce and garlic.
- The mixture will be thin.
- Dredge each steak first in flour, then in batter.
- Dunk steaks back into flour and dredge well, patting in the flour until the surface of the meat is dry.
- Add enough shortening (lard)[or a combination of both!] to a deep cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven to deep fry steaks in at least 3 inches of fat. Bring temperature of shortening to 325 degrees.
- Fry the steaks, pushing them under the fat or turning them as they bob to the surface, for 7 to 8 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
- Drain steaks on paper towels and transfer to a platter.
- Keep warm while preparing Classic Cream Gravy.
- Divide steaks among 4 plates and serve with mashed potatoes and gravy. .
- CLASSIC CREAM GRAVY:
- After cooking chicken-fried steak , pour off the top fat through a strainer, leaving about 1/2 cup pan drippings in the bottom of the skillet.
- Return any browned cracklings from the strainer to the skillet before starting the gravy.
- Place skillet over medium heat.
- Sprinkle in the flour, stirring to avoid lumps.
- Add milk and stock.
- Simmer until liquid is thickened and the raw flour taste is gone, about 3 minutes.
- Stir the gravy up from the bottom frequently, scraping up any browned bits.
- Season with pepper and salt.
- Makes about 3 cups.
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Reviewed by 15 people-
Great post....I always ask the butcher to run my top round through the cuber....Then you know what you're getting.....:)
wynnebaer
in Dunnellon loved it
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Wow, another great post, I love this, it's so good, nice to hear someone else say ya'll come besides me LOL You have my 5 forks on this one too.
henrie
in Savannah loved it
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Hello...
A "5" FORKS for this recipe!
A long time ago I knew someone from
Cleveland, Tennessee, and he always wanted me to cook
'Chicken Fried Steak' like his Mama use to make...
and no matter how I made it...well it was jus...more
mjcmcook
in Beach City loved it
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