Chicken Fried Steak Dinner
Last weekend we bought another quarter calf from D&D Farms. If you like grass fed beef, this is a nice local farm to buy from. And the meat is excellent! We bought our last quarter back at the beginning of November. (A quarter lasted our family about 6 months.)
This time around they gave us a greater variety of cuts of beef. And quite honestly, I’m not beef savvy enough nor do I have the cooking channels to know what to do with most of the meat. BUT my dad does. I consider him an expert in beef cuts and preparing them to perfection. So I gave him a call last night to find out what else I could possibly feed the fam with all this nice beef.
On the topic of tenderized beef cutlets he gave me a few ideas including chicken fried steak and carne gisada (a Mexican beef dish I love but never knew how to make). The pregnancy cravings immediately kicked in for that chicken fried steak! I found this great recipe that used things I already had, turned on some country music for ambiance and made these yummy Texas-style chicken fried steaks with cream gravy. I got a couple of raised eyebrows of delight from my husband upon his first bite and a “This is excellent.” (Typically any food that elicits a response from my husband is either really great or a total dud. He’s quite conservative on his food critiquing with good reason.)
I did make one change to the recipe. When you’re making the cream gravy, replace the 3/4 water with either 3/4 cup chicken broth or 3/4 water with a chicken bouillon cube. It comes out tastier and less bland.