Chicken Fried Steak Recipe with Gravy
This is my all time favorite Southern meal: Chicken fried steak with brown gravy and mashed potatoes. If you’ve never had this delicious meal, pull up a chair and let me share it with you. Chicken fried steak is a cube steak dipped in a buttermilk batter, followed by a dusting of flour, and then fried in a cast iron skillet. The drippings in the pan are then used to make brown gravy. It’s traditionally served with mashed potatoes so that you can sop up the extra gravy.
Best Chicken Fried Steak Recipe Ingredients:
Cube Steak. For two servings of chicken fried steak, I choose two cube steaks that weigh no more than ½ a pound total. Look for cube steaks in the beef section, they look like hamburger patties that have been smashed and poked with lots of holes. Buttermilk. The buttermilk is divided: we need some for the batter, some for the gravy, and some for the mashed potatoes. W need 2 cups of buttermilk, total. Egg. All-Purpose Flour. Seasoned Salt and Pepper. I adore seasoned salt, which is salt that has extra herbs like paprika, garlic, and onion powder. You can use regular salt instead, though. You also need freshly ground black pepper for this recipe, because it’s the best thing to add to gravy. Frying Oil. I like a neutral frying oil, like canola or vegetable oil. We only need one cup, because we’re doing a shallow fry in a cast iron skillet. Russet Potato. To make mashed potatoes for two, we need one large Russet potato, about 10 ounces in weight. Unsalted Butter.
What is cube steak?
If you’re wondering what a cube steak is, rest assured, every grocery store has it. You’ve eaten it many times, but maybe you’ve never bought it before. A cube steak is a small piece of beef with plenty of holes punctured in it by the butcher. It looks like a hamburger patty that has been flattened and poked with holes. The holes are poked for tenderization. They’re commonly sold two or four to a pack, and they’re very affordable. Each cube steak weighs about ¼-pound each.
How to Make Chicken Fried Steak:
I happen to think that nothing goes with chicken fried steak like peach iced tea, so that’s what we serve this with.
How to Store Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy
Fried food covered in gravy loses its crisp crust when stored after cooking. The best way to store any leftovers of this chicken fried steak is to store the fried steak and gravy separately. Reheat the steak in the air fryer or oven (not the microwave) to re-crisp it. Warm the gravy on the stove top and pour on top and serve.
How to Reheat Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy
If you have leftovers, it’s best to refrigerate right away in an airtight container, and then reheat in a toaster oven or low oven. I never reheat fried food in the microwave, because it just becomes soggy. Cube Steak: Cube steaks are in the beef section of the grovery store, and they look like hamburger patties that have been smashed flat and poked with lots of holes.Seasoned Salt : This is salt with extra spices added, like paprika, garlic and onion powder. Regular salt is fine, too.Frying Oil: Neutral oil for frying is best, like canola or vegetable oil.Russet Potato: Russet potatoes with the brown skin are the best for mashed potatoes, in my opinion, but you can use 10 ounces of any type of potaotes you prefer.
