Country Fried Steak
Source of Recipe
Based on Ronni Lundy�s �Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken�
Recipe Introduction
This is just good, classic comfort food. I only made a couple of changes to her good recipe. She starts with round steak and tenderizes it herself; I just went ahead and started with cube steak. Also, I found the gravy a little flat, so I added some Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and a smidgen of beef �Better than Bouillon�. Serve with mashed potatoes and biscuits or good yeast rolls.
List of Ingredients
1 lb. cube steak, cut into serving sized pieces
1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
4 T. bacon grease
4 T. flour
2 c. milk
A few drops each of Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce
1 t. beef �Better than Bullion�
Recipe
Mix the flour, salt and pepper. Dredge the cube steak pieces in the flour mixture and refrigerate for a half an hour. Heat the bacon grease in a skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the cube steaks on both sides, lower the heat to low, cover and cook for about 15 minutes. Remove the cover and return the heat to medium-high, allowing the meat to crisp up. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
Leave all the browned bits in the pan and add more bacon grease to make 4 tablespoons, if necessary. Lower the heat to medium-low and sprinkle with the 4 T. flour, whisking well. Let the flour/grease mixture is well browned and smelling nutty and then slowly add the milk, whisking all the while. Add the Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and �Better than Bouillon�. Let it come to a simmer and thicken, about 3-5 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning (I always want more black pepper).
Serves 4
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