Chicken-Fried Steak
- 3 pounds rib-eye or strip steak, cut about 1/2-inch thick
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- Flour
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 3 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (about) cold whole milk
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- TO MAKE THE CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK: Flatten the beef out evenly with a mallet.
- Cut the meat into 8 pieces.
- In a wide bowl, stir together the milk, egg, seasoning salt, and pepper to make an egg dip.
- Dip the steaks in the egg dip, then dredge them in the flour; repeat the process.
- Cover the bottom of a large, heavy-bottomed skillet with about 1/2 inch of oil and heat over medium to medium-high heat.
- When the oil spatters after you add a few drops of water, put in your steaks.
- Flip the steaks when the juices begin to surface and the bottom is brown and cook until done, about 10 minutes total.
- TO MAKE THE CREAM GRAVY: After frying the steak, let the drippings sit until the excess browned bits settle to the bottom of the skillet.
- Pour off most of the fat, leaving about 1/4 cup and the browned bits.
- Add the 3 tablespoons flour, stirring until well mixed.
- Place the skillet over medium heat and slowly add the cold milk, stirring constantly.
- Cook until the gravy boils and thickens, about 5 minutes.
- You may need more or less milk for your desired consistency.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve the steaks with the gravy.
- Dont.
- Any cowboy will tell you a chicken-fried steak needs to be fried up and eaten straight off the griddle.
- Some like their steaks on the rare side, but apparently no cowboy wanted to see blood on his steak.
- The late Dallas-born cowboy expert Ramon F. Adams recorded this old cowboy saying, a response to a serving of rare beef: Ive seen cows get well that was hurt worse than that.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chicken-fried-steak-382683 (may not work)