Chicken Fried Steak W/Cream Gravy

Chicken Fried Steak W/Cream Gravy

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Servings: 6-8

    • About This Recipe

    “This is a recipe for Chicken Fried Steak, one of the staple foods of Texas. Like with fried chicken, folks in each family or restaurant tend to have their own little “secrets” to preparing Chicken Fried Steak, so you can play with the recipe a bit. But if it don’t include the cream gravy, it ain’t been prepared right and it ain’t a “secret” worth keeping.”

    Ingredients

    FOR CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

  • oil orshortening, for frying
  • 6 -8beef cutlets, tenderized( round or cube steak)
  • 3 -4cupsseasoned flour( flour with savory seasonings of your choice or Recipe #118226)
  • 3eggs
  • 2cupsmilk

    • FOR CREAM GRAVY

  • 1/4 cupflour
  • salt and pepper
  • 4cupsmilk
  • 1 -2tablespoondripping, included the cooked bits

    • Directions

  • Heat about 1/4-1/2 inch of oil or shortening in a frying pan.
  • Beat eggs then combine with milk.
  • Dredge tenderized beef cutlets in flour, then egg-milk wash, then a second time in flour.
  • Place dredged cutlets into heated oil and fry until golden, about 10 minutes.
  • Turn steak over and cook for another 5 minutes or so until both sides are golden.
  • Remove to a plate lined with paper towels and allow to drain.
  • TIME TO MAKE THE GRAVY: Drain all but 1-2 tablespoons of drippings from the frying pan; leave all the cooked bits you can.
  • Combine flour and seasonings with milk, then pour into the pan with drippings and bits.
  • Continually stir/whisk the gravy over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, or until desired consistency.
  • Taste and add more salt or pepper if necessary.
  • Serve generously over each piece of chicken fried steak.
  • Sop up any extra gravy with a biscuit.

    • Reviews

  • “I made this for my family and they all loved it”

  • “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!!!”

  • “This was soooo good.Made it with some mashed potatoes, very comforting meal.I didn’t use the full amount of flour for the coating, also had way to much egg wash left over.I’ll cut that back next time.”

  • “Good and something different.Next time I need to add more flavor to the gravy; more salt.”

  • “Having tried many recipes for Chicken Fried Steak.This one is what I’ve been looking for! It has therntrue flavor of, “Good Ol” country cooking.My onlyrnregret is,I didn’t double the amount of gravy!Ron”

  • “This is an excellent Chicken Fried Steak recipe and I couldn’t make gravy until I Used this simple method!Veryy yummy and very easy! Hubby and I have eaten this 5 times already! We have it each week!!”

  • “Great recipe, we always get the chicken fried steak at Chili’s or the chicken fried chicken from Cracker Barrel…now I can make it whenever we want, basic ingredients and so easy…only thing is the gravy took forever to thicken, I don’t think I had the temp high enough. Great w/mashed pototoes and green beans. Thanks!”

  • “I tried this last night as Chicken Fried Steak is one of my favorite. It turned out great and had that taste I was looking for. Hubby had two helpings. Thanks for the recipe.”

  • “This was great, Mark.My mother used to make this when I was little and this is the closest I have came to getting that wonderful taste again.Thanks for posting.”

  • “This dish, (I hope that’s appropiate), was absolutely fabulous.I love chicken fried steak to begin with.This was “THE BEST” I have ever made or eaten.I served somemashed Idahoan potatoes on the side to accompany the gravy with some baked beans with dark brown sugar.It all wouldn’t have been half as good had I not made it with your WONDERFUL, “Chicken Fried Steak w/Cream Gravy”!!!I hope it’s appropiate when I say , “Yeeeee Haaaaaawwww”!!! And I sincerly mean that!!!”

  • “Mark, this is great! The only thing I did different was brown the flour in the drippings and then add the milk. It only took a few minutes to come to a boil and thicken. This has great taste and texture! Very good comfort food! Thanks for the recipe, I will add it to my favorites! “

  • “Just Wonderful…Great Recipe..Everyone in this house ate like no tomarrow. The only thing I did was decrease the Egg Wash. It all turned out great. Thank You for another keeeper. Smiles”

  • “This was wonderful, and so easy! I’ve lived in Texas for over a year now, and I am so excited to finally be able to make this awesome Texas dish!! And have it turn out so well!! Thanks so much for posting!! I’ve made it twice (once for out of state relatives, and they LOVED it!), and will be making it again…soon!! Thanks again! :)”

  • “Mmmmmm.. wonderful! Hey Mark.. wanna come and cook for me!! :)”

  • “Super delicious! It took me a while longer to prepare, but I did the whole savory flour recipe…totally worth it! I saved what I didn’t use the next time. Thanks for a great recipe!!”

  • “Excellent recipe!I made 4 cutlets and used only 1 cup of flour, 1 egg, and 2/3 c milk and there was still plenty of all left over.The gravy was excellent and there was a TON of it.We ate it over our steaks and potatoes and I still have plenty of that, too.Next time I will halve the amount of gravy and it will probably be perfect.Such an easy recipe and the whole family LOVED it!!!”

  • “First time to make Chicken Fried Steak (as a matter of fact, one of the first times I’ve fried anything!) and these were pretty good.I wasn’t really sure how much to season the flour, but I added season salt to the flour and also added some of Paula Deen’s House seasoning (salt, pepper, garlic powder) directly to the steaks before dipping them.I actually didn’t measure anything for either the steaks or the gravy, just estimated as I had cut it down to make 2 steaks.It made a good amount of gravy, but we ended up eating pretty much all of it between the steaks and mashed potatoes.Thanks for helping make my first frying experience a good one!”

  • “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!”

  • “Score! My husband is quite the chicken fried steak critic and he just loved this! Thanks much for the recipe….this one is going to be repeated often. “

  • “I can easily give this recipe a 5 star rating!I’ve been preparing my chicken fried steak this way for many, many years!I always use cube steak and make sure you dredge in the steak in flour and then in the egg/milk mix a couple times to get a really good coating.Love the cream gravy this makes! Don’t be shy with your salt and pepper!! Be sure you serve with mashed potatoes and some corn bread for a really great supper! I’m so glad you posted, Mark!”

    •