Comments on: Chicken Fried Steak with Country Gravy

By: swordofdestiny

swordofdestiny — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:02:00 +0000

I wasn’t saying your cut was expensive. I was mentioning that because I’ve seen a lot of people online saying things like, “Bottom round? That’s terrible steak! Why not use tenderloin?” The whole point of the dish is to be able to make even the worst cuts of meat tender and edible. Sorry for the confusion there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:20:00 +0000

I used yogurt that day because I didn’t have any buttermilk. It serves as a
meat tenderizer and it also makes it more moist. As for the cut, I was under
the impression that bottom round is a cheap cut of meat. My local market
carries it for 3.99/lbs which makes it about the cheapest cut next to
chuck.

By: swordofdestiny

swordofdestiny — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:02:00 +0000

Quick question, what’s the yogurt for? I’ve made cfs plenty of times (in fact you’ve seen a picture of my cfs http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/swordofdestiny/Food/IMG_1307.jpg), but I’ve never used yogurt. I also rub it down with my spices before tenderizing it in an attempt to have the spices penetrate the beef more. Also, I don’t know if you know, but there is an interesting story behind the conception of the chicken fried steak. Basically, one of the staple exports from Texas was beef. In order to make the most profit, we (I was born here, raised here and still live here in Texas today) shipped off all the select cuts of beef. A majority of the immigrants to Texas were German so CFS has its roots in the Germany’s version of “Schnitzel” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnitzel#Germany). Chicken Fried Steak was an attempt to utilize the worst cuts of beef so that they could maximize profits and so that they wouldn’t waste beef. In my opinion, if you use premium, select, etc cuts of beef for chicken fried steak, you’re missing the point of it and abusing good steak.

By: Home with Mandy

Home with Mandy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:24:08 +0000

YUM! Just like my momma made them in Houston growing up. I'm making chicken fried steak sliders for dinner tonight and needed a refresher on the recipe. I can't wait for the gravy, my favorite part – hopefully there will be leftover gravy for biscuits in the morning. Great post!

By: norecipes

norecipes — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:59:55 +0000

Hi Patrick, if you flour the steak first, before you egg it and flour it
again, the breading should stick to the meat.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:01:43 +0000

Marc!!! one question! how do you get the breading to stick onto the cfs?? Im a born and bred texan and chicken fried steak is MY FAVORITE FOOD in the ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NYC is ridiculous in not having a decent chicken fried steak so i've spent the past 4 years trying to perfect my chicken fried steak and it tastes pretty damn good! BUTTTTTT my main problem is i cant get the breading to stick! I miss a good texan chicken fried steak!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:16:22 +0000

made this last night and my partner LOVE the gravy. he practically licked the plate clean. cheers.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:16:00 +0000

made this last night and my partner LOVE the gravy. he practically licked the plate clean. cheers.

By: Brenden

Brenden — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:22:35 +0000

oh so bad for you, but oh so good. I have heartburn just thinking of it. But im STILL gonna make it tonight! : )

By: Brenden

Brenden — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:22:00 +0000

oh so bad for you, but oh so good. I have heartburn just thinking of it. But im STILL gonna make it tonight! : )

By: HB

HB — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:09:09 +0000

Haha I’m the same way…heck sometimes those frozen ones taste better than my “homemade” ones

By: HB

HB — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:09:00 +0000

Haha I’m the same way…heck sometimes those frozen ones taste better than my “homemade” ones

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By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:59:56 +0000

This is my first time on this site, so maybe I’m confused, but why is there a recipe on NORECIPES.com?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:59:00 +0000

This is my first time on this site, so maybe I’m confused, but why is there a recipe on NORECIPES.com?