Chicken-Fried Steak with Cream Gravy
2 pounds round steak, tenderized by the butcher -- cut 1/2 inch thick salt black pepper -- freshly ground 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 2 eggs, with 1 tbl. hot pepper sauce ...
Ingredients
- 2poundround steak, tenderized by the butcher -- cut
- 1/2inch thick
- 2eggs, with 1 tbl. hot pepper sauce -- beaten
- 6ouncesaltine crackers -- coarsely crushed
- 1/4cupcorn oil
- 4cupmilk
Directions
- 1
2 pounds round steak, tenderized by the butcher -- cut 1/2 inch thick salt black pepper -- freshly ground 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flo
- 2
hot pepper sauce -- beaten 6 ounces saltine crackers -- coarsely crushed 1/4 cup corn oil 4 cups milk Season each steak on both sides with a
- 3
One at a time, dredge the steaks into the flour, then in the egg, then in the cracker crumbs
- 4
Reserve 1/4 cup of the flour
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In a large heavy skillet over medium heat, warm the corn oil
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Add the steaks and cook them, turning them carefully once or twice, until the meat is fully cooked through and the crumb coating is brown an
- 7
transfer them to a platter and keep them warm
- 8
Pour all but 4 tablespoons of the fat in the skillet through a strainer and discard it