Ingredients
4 cube steaks, each about 1/3 pound
1 ½ cups vegetable oil
Buttermilk Marinade
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
3 teaspoons salt
Breading
1 cups flour
1/3 cup corn starch
1 ½ teaspoons seasoned salt
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon black pepper
Gravy
3 Tablespoons butter
3 Tablespoons flour
3 Tablespoons pan drippings
3 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup chicken broth
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 ½ cup milk
¾ cup half and half
Instructions
Chicken Fried Steak
- Place saran wrap over each cube steak and use the rough end of a meat tenderizer to pound it thin, about ½ inch thick or so. This really makes a nice difference in the consistency of the meat even though cube steak has already been tenderized.
- Pat the steaks completely dry. Combine the marinade ingredients in a large casserole dish.
- Cover and marinate the steaks in the fridge for 1-2 hours, or overnight. (The longer the better.)
- Combine breading ingredients. Generously coat each steak just before you fry it.
- Add enough oil to cover the steak by 1/3 and heat it to 350° F. (Make sure it’s properly preheated or the breading will fall off.)
- Cook the steaks in batches of 2, leaving room around each. Fry for about 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Use kitchen tongs to carefully check the bottom and flip.
- Remove and transfer to a wire cooling rack and allow excess oil to drip out from the bottom. This keeps the bottom nice and crispy.
- Once all the steaks are fried, keep them warm in a 200° F oven while you prepare the gravy.
Gravy
- Transfer the pan drippings into a small heat-proof bowl. Don’t clean the pan.
- Allow the black flecks to fall to the bottom and skim 3 tablespoons of clean oil off the top. Set aside.
- Melt the butter in the same pan over medium heat.
- Whisk in the flour for 1 minute to cook off the raw flour taste.
- Add the oil drippings and minced garlic. cook for 1 minute.
- Add the seasonings, and then the chicken broth in splashes, stirring continuously.
- Add milk and half and half in splashes, stirring continuously. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a simmer.
- Let it simmer and thicken until desired consistency is obtained.
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