Chicken-Fried Steak Recipe

Name: Chicken-Fried Steak Recipe
Ingredients: 1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon table salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 4 4-ounces cubed beef steaks; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons milk; 1 cup saltine cracker crumbs; 2 cups vegetable oil; 1 1/4 cups chicken broth; Worcestershire sauce; hot sauce

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Historians are divided on the origins of chicken-fried steak – some trace it to German settlers in the Texas Hill Country, others to trailblazing chuckwagon cooks. Most agree authentic versions involve tenderized beef steak that's breaded, fried, and blanketed with a pepper cream gravy. This recipe ticks all the right boxes, including a golden cracker crumb crust that considerably ups the crunch factor.

By Southern Living Test Kitchen

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Step 1
Combine ¼ cup of the flour and next 2 ingredients; sprinkle both sides of steaks with flour mixture. Combine the egg and 2 tablespoons of the milk in a shallow dish. Dip the steaks in egg mixture; dredge in cracker crumbs.

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Step 2
Cook the steaks in hot oil in a large heavy skillet over medium 2 minutes on each side or until browned. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, turning occasionally, 15 minutes or until tender. Remove the steaks, and drain on paper towels, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings in the skillet, Keep the steaks warm.
Step 3
Whisk remaining 3 tablespoons into the hot dripping until smooth. Cook 1 minute, whisking constantly. Gradually add the broth and remaining ½ cup milk; cook over medium, whisking constantly, 3 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce; add salt and pepper to taste. Serve gravy with steaks.

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Recipe Revival: Southern Classics Reinvented for Modern Cooks (2016; Time Inc. Books)

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Southern Living Member

04/27/2022

I've made it, and I LOVE it. It's more involved than I'm accustomed to, but it's tasty. I'm born in and raised in the south, and I've only seen cubed steak in country fried steak. They do it different in Texas I guess, but who cares? It's not called Texas fried steak. Go make some enchiladas. We eat American food in NC

Southern Living Member

03/06/2022

I guess I can't give it an actual taste tested review because I didn't even make it. What in the actual heck is this? I have grown up eating fried steak and gravy my ENtire life. Everyone I know in South Carolina makes fried steak. This recipe is NOT southern fried steak. Cracker crumbs? No. I have literally grown up watching the oldest and best women cooks in my family make fried steak, and this ain't it. I , myself, try to eat healthier than I did growing up, but this is the ONE of the dishes that I make on a regular basis to pass on to my children. Southern Living, do better. Stop trying to change the south and our recipes. If you want to change recipes, fine. Just please don't call it southern tradition.

Southern Belle

02/01/2022

“recipe revived for modern cooks” good grief. Just stop SL!

Southern Living Member

09/27/2021

That's not red-eye gravy!

Southern Living Member

02/18/2021

Any time you see "cube steak" in a Texas CFS recipe....run for the hills!!!!
Just somebody's Momma's bad version from Georgia.

Paige Gordon

02/18/2021

This recipe is SO FAR from anything remotely resembling Texas Chicken Fried Steak, you can not possible call it that. Not even in the same ball field

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