This sauce is a pleasant palate-surprise. Although it’s a strange pairing, my visitors have praised it. It makes a great appetizer when spread with cream cheese and served over crackers.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 2 cups shortening
- 1 pound boneless beef top loin
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, divided
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 quart milk
Instructions
- Heat 1/2 inch shortening in a large, heavy skillet to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).
- While shortening is heating, cut beef crosswise into 4 equal cutlets. Pound each cutlet thinly with a moistened mallet or the side of a cleaver.
- Mix together 1 cup flour and garlic powder in a shallow bowl. Beat together buttermilk, egg, salt, and pepper in a second shallow bowl. Dip cutlets in flour mixture, turning to coat evenly. Dip in egg mixture, then in flour mixture once more.
- Cook cutlets, one at a time, in hot shortening until golden brown, turning once. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Drain grease, reserving 1/2 cup drippings in the skillet.
- Blend remaining 1/4 cup flour into reserved drippings to form a paste. Cook and stir over medium heat, gradually adding milk until desired consistency is reached. For thicker gravy, add less milk; for thinner gravy, stir in more. Season gravy with salt and pepper. Serve over fried cutlets.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 617 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 134 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 49 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 250 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
My teenage son was whining that he never ate chicken fried steak, so when I recently found lots of cube cube steak on clearance, I decided to make it. The recipe was practically identical to my fried chicken recipe, so it was easy. I followed the recipe according to the instructions, although I added other seasonings. It came out as it was supposed to, allowing us to determine that it was a perfect representation of chicken fried steak. However ideal the recipe is, we decided that we probably don’t need to add it to our regular menu since we didn’t like it enough to go so far. Certainly not the fault of the recipe. So four stars.
This was really good and the gravy was delicious! I think the breading needs a little more seasoning- but that would be easy to experiment with next time!
I used pork cube steaks. But this was delicious! My husband hates gravy, but he liked it on the steaks. Will make again.
I love chicken fried steak, but I have never tried to make my own. This recipe makes some awesome chicken fried steak! I read through the reviews and added extra seasonings, like Nature’s Seasons, plus a little extra onion powder, garlic powder, and salt and pepper to the flour mixture. I double dipped my cutlets so they went in the milk and flour a second time. I let them rest at least 5 minutes before putting them in a cast iron skillet with hot oil. You don’t want your oil too hot or the crust will get too brown before the meat is cooked through. The gravy was easy and delicious! I added extra seasonings to that as well. My family loved it!
I used 1/4 cup of olive oil and pan fried rather than deep fried the cutlets. I also use some leftover stock to thicken the gravy.
I have used this recipe for several years now. My family loves it and it always turns out perfect.
really good! thank u so much:D the only thing i did different was add the baking powder and stuff in with the flour b/c i read it wrong! LOL!:D
This was pretty bland. I’d kick up the spices on the chicken and in the flour.
This is a PERFECT dish. If you are finding it bland… SEASON it. Salt, pepper, chili powder, italian seasoning… dont take stars away for that. 😀
If you think it needs tweaking, after battering it in flour, re cover it in egg and cover batter it in panko crumbs… super crispy…
Very good recipe. Here is a really good tip: make sure and use an electric skillet because you can set the temperature and it cooks everything evenly and it allows for you to do more than one steak. Also, I used cube steaks which were really great but I would cut the steaks into about 4″ x 4″ pieces. I had really large ones so they weren’t as crispy in the center.
This was the first time I’ve made this and was worried about it coming out as good as my kids have had at restaurants. It was delicious!! I have given 4 stars as since this was the first time I’ve made gravy like this, I was confused at the quantity of milk to use…wasn’t sure I was to use the whole quart of milk or only what I needed. I understand it’s hard to determine based on taste and preference, but perhaps you can suggest adding one cup at a time?
Excellent through out!! The best I’ve ever eaten.
OUTSTANDING!! he meat came out perfectly!! Crispy on the outside, tender and flavorful on the inside. A+++++!
We added Tabasco for a little more zip. It was real good.
This was a great recipe. I followed another reviewer’s advice and floured, egged, and re-floured carefully. This seemed to do the trick of keeping the breading from falling off: only one piece had part of it’s breading fall off. Yummy and easy recipe.
if you want chicken fried steak this recipe is a winner. great crust. i held it in a warm oven on a rack while i finished the meal. it was a big hit. the gravy was good. i did add a chicken bouillon cube to kick up the flavor.
I really hate leaving a bad review… It could be totally my fault I followed the recipe exactly but did not want all the grease so tried to pan-fry in just a few Tbsp of oil. The breading fell apart and was soggy. The taste was super bland even though I doubled the seasonings.
I don’t know if I did anything wrong…I think I followed the recipe accurately but…this was practically inedible!
I have always had success with this recipe. I add hot sauce directly to the raw meat before coating it and that gives it a nice, subtle kick. I also add fresh, sauteed garlic to the gravy. The meat always cooks up tender and the breading is wonderful.
This is the best Chicken fried steak I have ever had!