Chicken Fried Steak

Chicken Fried Steak has always been a comfort food for most of the people I know.  My daughter absolutely loves it!  I don't make it often, but it is always a big hit.

Chicken Fried Steak

4 thin minute steaks (or thin slices of round steak)
3 eggs beaten in a bowl with 4 Tbsp. milk
1 Tbsp. ground pepper
1 tsp. hot sauce (optional)
1 Tbsp. salt
2 cups flour
4 Tbsp. vegetable oil

In bowl 1, 1 cup of flour 
In bowl 2, beat eggs, hot sauce and milk together.  
In bowl 3, add 2 cups of flour, salt and pepper and mix

Lay out steaks on a good cutting board and pound with a meat mallet or rolling pin to thin out and tenderize the meat. 

Add 4 Tbsp. vegetable oil (more or less as needed) to a skillet and bring up heat to medium heat.

Dip the meat in the flour only of bowl 1, coating both sides.  Dip it into bowl 2 with the eggs and milk, coating both sides.  Dip it in bowl 3, coating both sides.

Place on hot skillet or griddle.  Cook on one side until it is browned and then flip over to finish cooking the other side.  (Don't flip too many times or you will lose your breading).  Set aside as they come out of the skillet while you make the gravy.

Gravy:

Use same pan that you fried the meat in.  Add more vegetable oil if necessary.  You should have about 2 to 3 Tbsp. in the pan.  Add 2 heaping Tbsp. flour and whisk immediately.  Once it starts to thicken, add your milk/water mixture below.

In a bowl, combine 1 can evaporated milk + 1 cup of water.  Add salt & pepper to taste.  Pour into the skillet and continue to whisk until it thickens.  If your gravy doesn't thicken as you would like, combine 1/4 cup water and 2 heaping Tbsp. cornstarch.  Slowly drizzle it in until your gravy starts to thicken to the consistency you want.

Lay steak on plate and top with gravy.  I always serve this with mashed potatoes.

Enjoy!