Chicken Fried Steak
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups milk, at room temperature
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons meat seasoning
- 2 cups frying oil, preferably Canola
- 8 (6-ounce) tenderized beef cutlets at room temperature (or tenderized center cut boneless pork chop, or tenderized boneless chicken breasts)
- Mashed potatoes, recipe follows
- Recipe courtesy Eddie Wilson of Threadgills
- 1 pound baking potatoes, like russets, peeled and cut in quarters
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter
- 2 cups half-and-half or 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl and set this egg wash aside.
- Combine the flour and meat seasoning in another bowl and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a heavy 14-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat to 350 degrees.
- Use a deep frying thermometer to check temperature.
- The oil should pop loudly when a drop of egg is dropped in.
- Dip each of the first 4 cutlets in the egg wash mixture.
- Dredge them in the flour, then dip them back into the egg wash, and very gently place them in the hot oil.
- As you carry them 1 at a time from the egg wash to the skillet, hold a plate under them to catch the dripping egg wash.
- There'll be a regular explosion of noisy oil popping.
- Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until breading is set and golden brown.
- Gently turn them with a long handled meat fork or long metal tongs.
- Be careful.
- Cook another 3 minutes.
- Carefully remove them from the skillet and drain on a platter lined with paper towels.
- Let oil reheat and repeat process for other 4 cutlets.
- Boil potatoes until tender.
- Drain and mash with butter, half-and-half, salt and pepper.
- Beat until smooth.
- Serve with cream, brown or giblet gravy.
- Yield: 10 servings
eggs, milk, flour, frying oil, beef cutlets, potatoes, courtesy eddie, baking potatoes, butter, milk, salt, black pepper
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/chicken-fried-steak-recipe1.html (may not work)