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.
We are still working on our 1/4 of a cow. Had Fr. Mike Sis over for dinner last night and we cooked up some t-bones – he was impressed! Glad it is grilling season and we can cook up the rest!
I still have a few rib steaks – do you know how to cook those? Maybe I should ask your dad!
Looks like a great dinner! I’m such a fan of chicken fried steak/chicken. Never seem to make it at home, though….
Happy Mother’s Day my friend!
Mmmmmm…chicken fried steak! Sounds super yumm-o. You should take a picture of it next time.
Happy Mother’s Day!!
I used to make something very similar to this sans the gravy with our cube steak. I didn’t know it was called “chicken fried steak”. I’ve printed out your recipe and will try it out on Dad. If the son liked it, chances are the father will too! Thanks!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! chicken fried steak. Yummy for the tummy. When Grandma Gretencord goes out to eat. It’s always chicken fried steak with extra gravy and add some of that gravy on the mashed potatos. If Grandma loves it and she is 91 and 8 months it must be great.
Y’all might also like to try Swiss Steak using cube steak. I like the recipe on SimplyRecipes.com – it takes 2 hours in total (but most of that is simmering on its own) so be sure to leave enough prep time. The one from Alton Brown on The Food Network takes even longer, but you can’t go wrong with Alton Brown! The “country style steak” recipes are also interesting (similar to Chicken Fried Steak). Additionally, the Cattleman’s Association runs a nice site (http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/) with recipes & tips for all sorts of cuts! Enjoy!! (Can you tell we were raised by cattlemen?)