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Texas-Style Chicken Fried Steak with Cream Gravy
Recipe by: BBQGuide
Prep time:
Serves:
4 Tenderized beef cutlets (known in supermarkets as "cube steak")
1 Egg
1 C Milk
1-1/2 C Flour
1 C Melted Crisco or vegetable oil
1/2 t Salt
1/4 t Ground black pepper
1/4 t Paprika
1/4 t White pepper
Beat together the egg and milk and set aside. Combine the flour and
spices, mix well, and turn out onto a flat-surfaced dish or tray.
Dip each cutlet into the milk/egg mixture, then dredge each in the
flour mixture, then dip back into the milk/egg mixture. (You're going
to get your hands messy here, so take your rings off.)
Heat cooking oil in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet over
medium-high heat for a few minutes. Oil should be about a half-inch
deep in the pan. Check the temperature with a drop of the egg/milk
mixture; if it pops and sizzles, it's ready.
With a long-handled fork, carefully place each cutlet into the hot
oil. Protect yourself (and your kitchen) from the popping grease that
results. Allow cutlets to fry for 3 to 5 minutes, then turn with your
long-handled fork. Cook another 3 to 5 minutes, depending upon the
size of the cutlets. Remove cutlets from oil and allow to drain on
paper towels.
Cream Gravy
After the cutlets are removed from the pan, pour off all but about 3
tablespoons of oil, keeping as many as possible of the browned bits
in the pan. Heat the oil over medium heat until hot.
Sprinkle 1/2 cup flour (use the left-over flour from the chicken fried
steak recipe (waste not -- want not) in the hot oil. Stir with a
wooden spoon, quickly, to brown the flour.
Gradually stir in add 3/4 cup milk and 3/4 cup water, mixed together,
stirring constantly with the wooden spoon and mashing out any lumps.
Lower heat, and gravy will begin to thicken. Continue cooking and
stirring a few minutes until gravy reaches desired thickness. Check
seasonings and add more salt and pepper according to your taste.
Note to persons new to Cream Gravy: Gravy-making is an inexact
science. Cream gravy is supposed to be thick, but if you think it's
too thick, add more liquid until you like it.
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