![]() Take another baking sheet and place a wire rack over it for draining the cooked steaks when they come out of the oil. It will go from looking white and powdery to looking more like a dough. Place the breaded steaks into the refrigerator for 20 minutes while the breading develops. Place the steak, now breaded back onto the baking sheet and repeat with the remaining steaks. One at a time take each tenderized steak and coat it in the seasoned flour mixture, shake it off and dip it into the egg mixture, and then back into the seasoned flour. Some people use a buttermilk-egg mixture instead of milk and that provides different flavors in the final crust which you might choose to experiment with. In our next shallow dish, we will place 3 cracked eggs and 1/4 cup of whole milk, whisked well. In one large glass bowl or casserole dish, we will place our 3 cups of all purpose flour seasoned with seasoned salt, pepper, onion powder, and spices. Now we will set up a standard breading station. How To Bread Chicken Fried Steaks Properly Repeat with the remaining steaks and transfer them to a baking sheet.įinally, season the steaks with seasoning salt and black pepper. I like my steaks to nearly double in size so that they are very thin. Using a meat mallet or a rolling pin, beat the steak until it spreads out and becomes thinner. If your beef came in waxed butcher paper that is an excellent wrap to use, or use pieces of plastic wrap or wax paper to line a cutting board, place the steak down and place another piece of plastic wrap or wax paper on top. I like to cut them to be about 3/4 of an inch thick. If you were able to purchase a good quality cubed steak then there is nothing left to do but season with kosher salt, black pepper, and garlic powder, and proceed to the portion of this post on breading the steaks.įor everyone who was able to obtain top round or eye of round, cut the roast into steaks which will naturally be about 3-4 inches in diameter. For this reason, most chefs and discerning home cooks buy top round, sirloin, or eye of round, and tenderize it themselves with a kitchen mallet.Ĭube steak may be used if your butcher has assured you that the correct cuts of meat are being used to produce their cube steak. ![]() This results in a chicken fried steak that is difficult to chew. However, due to its lack of an official definition, many grocery stores began using other cuts of meat, such as brisket, sending it through a tenderizing machine, and selling it as cube steak. What is Best Cut of Meat for Chicken Fried Steak?Ĭube steak, which was formally tenderized top round or top sirloin, was traditionally used for chicken fried steak for years. ![]() Many cooks think this gives the gravy extra flavor. This gravy will have a golden tint that pure white cream gravy will not have. Pan DrippingsĪdditionally, when you pan fry your meat in a skillet, you’ll have the pan drippings to create your gravy. It really comes down to using quite a bit of oil in the pan, giving the batter lots of room to fry in where it develops a crunchy exterior. Most home cooks still refer to their dish as chicken fried steak and would argue that the names are interchangeable. Because most home cooks fry in a saute pan or cast-iron skillet rather than a deep fryer, home versions will lack some of the qualities of restaurant chicken fried steak, which is submerged in hot oil allowing the batter to run and expand, eventually getting very crispy. What is the Difference between Chicken Fried Steak and Country-Fried Steak?Ĭhicken fried steak is deep-fried and country fried steak is pan-fried. (My secret ingredient is in my gravy.)Ĭhicken fried steak gets its name because the ingredients and process are identical to making fried chicken–a slice of beef such as cube steak or tenderized round steak is used in place of the chicken, but the battering process (standard breading procedure), remains the same. We usually serve it smothered in creamy white gravy. ![]() If you take the standard recipe for fried chicken and substitute any tenderized steak cutlet–breading and frying the steak just like you would do with fried chicken, then you have made chicken fried steak. Let’s get back to the basics for our friends throughout the country, and around the world, because the idea of a chicken fried anything seems to be causing some confusion. ![]()
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