Chicken-Fried Steak

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Appears in Cook's Country April​/May 2009

This iconic Texas dish boasts steak that is crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside and always served with a peppery cream gravy and mashed potatoes. We wanted to master this recipe and bring it into every home cook's repertoire.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1 hour

Chicken-Fried Steak

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Many recipes for Chicken-Fried Steak called for using cube steaks, which are cut from the round and put through a tenderizing machine that makes small, cubelike indentations. Unfortunately, overzealous supermarket butchers often mangle the ...

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