Chicken Fried Steak is the best form of indulging in chicken. The seared and browned chicken steak is drizzled with t a thick sauce like gravy that makes it more delicious. You can either bake the chicken but searing or frying the chicken in the pan is preferred.
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The chicken is crispy from the outside because of the flour coating and is juicy enough from the inside due to the dipping of its buttermilk mixture. Chicken fried steak is best to serve as a side with your main course dishes.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 3/4 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 4 (1/2 pound) beef cube steaks
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 (1/2 pounds) beef cube steaks
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 large-sized egg
- 4 cups of milk
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- Kosher salt to taste
- Grounded black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
- 3 cups vegetable shortening for frying
Method to make amazing Chicken Fried Steak
- Flatten the chicken steak in the beginning to get a perfect shape and size.
- Take a shallow bowl and sift mentioned quantity of flour in this bowl.
- In this bowl, combine the baking soda and baking powder with the flour.
- To season the dry mixture adds salt and pepper in the same bowl but add the measured quantity. Don’t add too much of it.
- Pour the buttermilk into a bowl and blend eggs into it. Blend at high speed. Add Tabasco sauce to it.
- Mince the garlic and add to the flour mixture.
- Bring the chicken steaks which were already cleaned and dried and coat a layer of the flour mixture over them. Then dip this coated chicken steak in the egg and buttermilk mixture.
- Once again make a last layer of the flour coating over it. Put the steaks on a separate plate.
- Start searing the steak in a shallow pan with a little butter or oil in it. Fry each side for 5-6 minutes and make sure it is beautifully golden browned.
- Repeat the process with each steak one by one once you have fried them shower them with black pepper.
- Then you have to prepare the gravy for your steaks.
- Take a deep skillet and heat a little oil in it. Add the leftover flour to this skillet and stir well using the spatula.
- Pour milk into this flour and then let sizzle for some time. Make sure it is thickened into a sauce and then make the addition of salt and pepper into it.
- Mix well once again.
- Arrange your seared steaks on the serving platter and drizzle them with the cooked sauce before serving.
FAQs?
Can we soak the chicken in the buttermilk mixture?
To make the chicken more juicy and soft from the inside. Let it soak in the buttermilk and egg mixture for some time and then coat with the flour before cooking.
Why do we use vegetable shortening in the recipe?
We are using vegetable shortening for searing the chicken in it. The chicken absorbs the flavors from the shortening while getting fried in it and gets more delicious.
Chicken Fried Steak Recipe
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 3/4 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 4 1/2 pound beef cube steaks
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 1/2 pounds beef cube steaks
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 large-sized egg
- 4 cups of milk
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- Kosher salt to taste
- Grounded black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
- 3 cups vegetable shortening for frying
Instructions
- Flatten the chicken steak in the beginning to get a perfect shape and size.
- Take a shallow bowl and sift mentioned quantity of flour in this bowl.
- In this bowl, combine the baking soda and baking powder with the flour.
- To season the dry mixture adds salt and pepper in the same bowl but add the measured quantity. Don't add too much of it.
- Pour the buttermilk into a bowl and blend eggs into it. Blend at high speed. Add Tabasco sauce to it.
- Mince the garlic and add to the flour mixture.
- Bring the chicken steaks which were already cleaned and dried and coat a layer of the flour mixture over them. Then dip this coated chicken steak in the egg and buttermilk mixture.
- Once again make a last layer of the flour coating over it. Put the steaks on a separate plate.
- Start searing the steak in a shallow pan with a little butter or oil in it. Fry each side for 5-6 minutes and make sure it is beautifully golden browned.
- Repeat the process with each steak one by one once you have fried them shower them with black pepper.
- Then you have to prepare the gravy for your steaks.
- Take a deep skillet and heat a little oil in it. Add the leftover flour to this skillet and stir well using the spatula.
- Pour milk into this flour and then let sizzle for some time. Make sure it is thickened into a sauce and then make the addition of salt and pepper into it.
- Mix well once again.
- Arrange your seared steaks on the serving platter and drizzle them with the cooked sauce before serving.
