Chicken Fried Cube Steaks

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs cube steaks
• meat tenderizer
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• cooking oil or shortening
• 2 -4 tablespoons meat drippings
• 1/4 cup flour
• 4 cups milk
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle meat tenderizer on both sides of steaks prepare coating by mixing salt, pepper, and paprika into flour with a fork beat eggs in a mixing bowl and stir in the milk heat the oil/shortening at medium heat while you assemble the steaks.
• 2 if you have a large skillet you can fry more than one at a time.
• 3 use enough oil/shortening so it covers the bottom of the skillet by 1/2 inch.
• 4 dip each steak first in flour, then in egg&milk, then in flour, back in egg&milk, final dip in flour and then set carefully in the hot oil.
• 5 fry for about 10 min.
• 6 then turn steak over-be careful!
• 7 the steaks are heavy and you don't want to splatter hot oil everywhere!
• 8 if you have some metal tongs, they come in handy for this job, paired with a fork to lift the steak enough to get a firm grip on it.
• 9 fry the other side for about 5 min. until golden, then use tongs/fork to lift onto a paper-toweled plate to drain.
• 10 transfer 2-4 tbsp. grease from frying pan to sauce pot, heat at medium setting.
• 11 make a roux by mixing 1/4 c. flour into the hot grease with a fork, cooking until golden brown.
• 12 add milk and stir mixture often until it bubbles and thickens to your liking.
• 13 salt and pepper the gravy.
• 14 serve gravy over steaks.