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Chicken Fried Steak Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
4 (4-ounce) cube steaks
38 saltine crackers (1 sleeve) crushed
1 ¼ cups all- purpose flour, divided
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons salt, divided
1 ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, divided
½ teaspoon ground red pepper
4 ½ cups milk, divided
2 large eggs
3 ½ cups peanut oil
Directions:
Directions:
Sprinkle ½teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper over steaks. Set aside

Combine cracker crumbs, 1 cup flour, baking powder, ½ teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, and red pepper.

Whisk together 3/4 cup milk and eggs. Dredge steaks in cracker crumb mixture; dip in milk mixture, and dredge in cracker mixture again.

Pour oil into a 12-inch skillet; (do not use nonstick skillet). Heat to 360º. Fry steaks for 10 minutes. Turn and fry 5 more minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack on a jelly roll pan. Keep steaks warm in a 225º oven. Carefully drain hot oil, reserving cooked bits and 1 tablespoon oil in the skillet.

Gravy: Whisk together remaining ¼ cup flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon, pepper and 4 cups milk. Pour mixture into reserved drippings in skillet: cook over medium -high heat, stirring constantly, 10 to 12 minutes or until thickened. Serve gravy with steaks.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
10 minutes and 30 cooktime

 

 

 

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