Chicken Fried Steak w/Cream Gravy

From: Chef #1370772

On Nov 6, 2009

Seriously I am amazed that my first attempt at chicken fried steak turned out so amazing. In fact, this was my first try at frying anything!! Both my fiance' and best friend LOVED it!! The only problem I had was getting the gravy to thicken up, but that is probably because I have never made gravy & am clueless. I didn't use all the flour for the breading, I just threw a little down on a plate & added more as I needed it to reduce waste. Also, I added a little onion powder, salt & pepper to it. Be sure and use medium heat or the outsides will burn before the meat is cooked through. AWESOME!! Now I just need a bigger pan to fry these up in - one at a time makes for a late dinner!

From: gwynn

On Oct 29, 2009

This fried steak was very flavorful and good. Will make this from now on. Thanks for posting this recipe.

From: PanNan

On Jan 15, 2005

This is the real deal! My grandmother had a cafe in Oklahoma City in the 1930's, and made chicken fried steak just like this, using salt and pepper for seasoning. I think she told me a meal cost 25 cents. This is one of many recipes/techniques she passed on to me when I was a kid. I now use seasoned salt and pepper, about 2 -3 cups of flour (the remainder after coating the meat is used for the gravy), and 2 eggs and about 1 1/2 cups milk. To make the gravy, I brown the left-over flour in an equal amount of drippings (pouring off the excess drippings) for a few minutes, and slowly pour in enough milk to get the right consistency for cream gravy. DS was visiting from Wisconsin this week, and I made the recipe for a big Texas style family dinner, and served it with mashed potatoes, home made biscuits, buttered corn, pickled beets, and banana pudding. What a feast!

From: Sharlene~W

On Mar 21, 2007

Good flavor and fairly easy to make. My whole family enjoyed it. My only complaint with this recipe is the waste. I generally cook for and used about 3 pounds of meat and there was way to much egg/milk mixture--threw lots down the drain when I was done. The amount of gravy was good though--need some to eat the biscuits with!!!