Chicken fried steak is steak prepared like fried chicken. The dish is said to have originated in South Texas, a region largely known for cattle production, and it is sometimes called country fried steak. Less tender cuts of beef are used, and chicken fried steak is almost always accompanied by mashed potatoes- both are topped with a cream gravy. The cream gravy may be called country gravy, white gravy, or pepper gravy in different regions.
Gluten-Free Chicken Fried Steak
- 3/4 Cup Cornstarch
- 3/4 Cup Brown or White Rice Flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoons Pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon Paprika or Chili Powder
- 2 medium eggs
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 4 Round Steaks or 2 Sirloin Steaks
- oil for frying
- If using sirloin, cut each steak in half. Loosely cover each steak with plastic wrap, and pound wrapped steaks with a meat mallet until they reach 1/4 inch thickness.
- Pre-heat oil in a electric deep fryer to 300 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs and milk to make a wash
- In a second large bowl sift (or mix) cornstarch, rice flour, baking soda and spices
- Dip each steak in egg wash, then cover with dry mix
- Deep Fry in pre-heated fryer for two minutes, flip steak with tongs, and continue frying another minute or until coating is gloden brown.
- Serve accompanied with mashed potatoes and top with cream gravy.(below) Serves 4.
- 1 1/2 Cups Milk, divided
- 2 Tablespoons Corn Starch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Warm 1 Cup Milk in a small saucepan over Medium Low heat. Add Salt and Pepper.
- In a mug or small bowl, mix remaining 1/2 Cup milk and cornstarch
- Increase the heat to bring the milk to simmering, DO NOT BOIL MILK
- Immediately add cornstarch mixture to simmering gravy, return to simmer for about 1 minute while stirring gently, remove from heat.
- Let gravy stand for 3 minutes, gravy will thicken as it cools.
Brown rice flour makes the coating a more natural color than white rice flour. Paprika makes a milder dish than chili powder. The classic Southern tradition requires that chicken fried steak be pan fried. To cook steaks traditional style: put 1 inch of oil in a skillet over medium to medium high heat. Cook breaded steaks, uncovered, for 3-5 minutes per side, turning once during cooking.
Notes About Cream Gravy
Using freshly ground black pepper is especially important in this recipe, because most of the flavor comes from the pepper. If packaged ground pepper must be substituted, it may be necessary to add additional pepper to achieve the desired flavor. To make sausage gravy crumble 1/4 lb cooked ground breakfast sausage into the milk during step one.
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