I feel like when I was in college, I’d have this at Denny’s at least once a month after bar time, and sometimes I really miss it.
You start with cubed steaks, then pan fry, then use the drippings to make a pan gravy.
Beef base and stock cubes add flavor and texture to the gravy. I like to use Maggi beef base.
Mix of milk, buttermilk powder, an egg and spices.
Flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
Dip the cubed steak in flour mix, then in the milk/egg mixture, then flour again. Really pat it into the steak.
Heat oil to 325. Fry until browned on each side, about 3-5 minutes per side.
Until beautifully browned.
Drain oil save but 1/4 cup of it, plus the tasty browned bits.
Add 1/4 cup flour and cook for a minute, scraping the browned bits up.
Add milk, stock cubes and beef base and cook until thickened.
And serve with mashed potatoes (of course. I think they’d arrest you if you tried to use rice or something).
I normally don’t add multiple pictures of the same thing (I’m not sure really why people do that on blogs?) but this one was so pretty I had to get the backside in there.
Chicken Fried Steak
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 pound beef cubed steaks
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup milk
- 4 tablespoons buttermilk powder
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 stock cubes
- 3 cups vegetable oil for deep frying
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1 to 2 tablespoons beef base.
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add 2 cups of flour in a shallow bowl and add baking powder and baking soda. Stir. in a separate bowl add buttermilk powder, milk, egg, garlic and onion powders, salt and pepper. Dip each steak first in the flour, then in the batter, and again in the flour.
- Heat the oil to 326 degrees F. Fry the steaks until evenly golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place fried steaks on a rack to drain in 200 degree oven. Drain most of the fat from the skillet, reserving 1/4 cup of the liquid and as much of the solid bits as possible.
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