Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
Chicken Fried Steak
4 -6 beef cube (tenderized) steaks (1 1/2-2lbs) 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon black pepper 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups buttermilk 1 egg 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (I use Tabasco Chipotle) 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups vegetable oil for frying Directions 1. Place 2 cups of flour in a shallow bowl. Stir together the baking powder, baking soda, pepper, and salt. In a separate shallow bowl; stir in the buttermilk, egg, pepper sauce, and garlic. Dredge each steak first in the flour, then in the batter, and again in the flour. Pat the flour onto the surface of each steak so they are completely coated with dry flour. 2. Heat the shortening to 350F. (I use an electric fry pan in the garage). Fry the steaks until evenly golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place fried steaks on a plate with paper towels to drain. Keep steaks warm in 225F oven. 3. Make your favorite country gravy. I use the packaged stuff. 4. Have wife make mashed potatoes and corn while you're doing the heavy cooking in the garage. |
#2
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:26:04 -0400, John H
wrote: Chicken Fried Steak 4 -6 beef cube (tenderized) steaks (1 1/2-2lbs) Looks good. I still think you should try the 48 pin tenderizer. I just did one tonight using top sirloin and the texture is so much better than cubed steaks. |
#3
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:39:51 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:26:04 -0400, John H wrote: Chicken Fried Steak 4 -6 beef cube (tenderized) steaks (1 1/2-2lbs) Looks good. I still think you should try the 48 pin tenderizer. I just did one tonight using top sirloin and the texture is so much better than cubed steaks. Which one do you like? http://tinyurl.com/y9l5xc2e Normally our Safeway has nice cuts of cube steak that look like they must come from the eye of the round. But the ones yesterday were tough and gnarly. I'm plenty willing to give the sirloin a try. |
#4
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 05:33:16 -0400, John H
wrote: On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:39:51 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:26:04 -0400, John H wrote: Chicken Fried Steak 4 -6 beef cube (tenderized) steaks (1 1/2-2lbs) Looks good. I still think you should try the 48 pin tenderizer. I just did one tonight using top sirloin and the texture is so much better than cubed steaks. Which one do you like? http://tinyurl.com/y9l5xc2e Normally our Safeway has nice cuts of cube steak that look like they must come from the eye of the round. But the ones yesterday were tough and gnarly. I'm plenty willing to give the sirloin a try. I have the Deni MT48 but I see they have been knocked off by someone at $12 in that ad. Even if the cube steak is made from a nice piece of meat it still loses a lot of the meaty texture. The tenderizer allows you to control how badly you beat it up and you can see the meat before it gets tenderized. You can really use just about anything that is on sale if you trim out the gnarly parts and feed them to the dog. Publix had that top sirloin for $5 a pound and it worked great. You really do not need to "cube" it to tenderize it. |
#6
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:27:14 -0400, John H
wrote: I talked to the meat man at Safeway. He said he always uses eye of round, which is good. When I showed him a package of what I'd bought yesterday, he blamed it on his underling. But he did pull the stuff off the shelf. He had put out some eye of round this a.m. I should have waited a day. I don't really trust what they say, particularly with a mystery meat like cube steaks. It is far to easy to just cube whatever they have around and can't sell. Once it has been through the machine and perhaps knitted (laying a few thin slices together and running them through) you do not know what you are getting. |
#7
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
|
#8
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:20:17 -0400, John H
wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:14:26 -0400, wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:27:14 -0400, John H wrote: I talked to the meat man at Safeway. He said he always uses eye of round, which is good. When I showed him a package of what I'd bought yesterday, he blamed it on his underling. But he did pull the stuff off the shelf. He had put out some eye of round this a.m. I should have waited a day. I don't really trust what they say, particularly with a mystery meat like cube steaks. It is far to easy to just cube whatever they have around and can't sell. Once it has been through the machine and perhaps knitted (laying a few thin slices together and running them through) you do not know what you are getting. I have no trouble telling the eye of round cut from the other. The eye of round steaks are very uniform in size and dimensions. Around here cube steak is just mystery meat and if you read cooking books or watch the TV guys they say the same thing. I agree if you really look close you might be able to see fat and gristle in the product but sometime they put that on the down side in the tray. I used to buy them all the time with widely mixed results. I used them for sandwiches more than anything else and some time there was so much gristle in them you couldn't bite through the sandwich. I do not have that problem when I make my own, the texture is much better and the price is better. |
#9
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Damn good chicken fried steak
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:30:00 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:20:17 -0400, John H wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:14:26 -0400, wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:27:14 -0400, John H wrote: I talked to the meat man at Safeway. He said he always uses eye of round, which is good. When I showed him a package of what I'd bought yesterday, he blamed it on his underling. But he did pull the stuff off the shelf. He had put out some eye of round this a.m. I should have waited a day. I don't really trust what they say, particularly with a mystery meat like cube steaks. It is far to easy to just cube whatever they have around and can't sell. Once it has been through the machine and perhaps knitted (laying a few thin slices together and running them through) you do not know what you are getting. I have no trouble telling the eye of round cut from the other. The eye of round steaks are very uniform in size and dimensions. Around here cube steak is just mystery meat and if you read cooking books or watch the TV guys they say the same thing. I agree if you really look close you might be able to see fat and gristle in the product but sometime they put that on the down side in the tray. I used to buy them all the time with widely mixed results. I used them for sandwiches more than anything else and some time there was so much gristle in them you couldn't bite through the sandwich. I do not have that problem when I make my own, the texture is much better and the price is better. Normally it's mystery meat most everywhere, but this Safeway has been using the same cut for years. Yesterday was the first time I've seen something other than the eye of round cut. These make good sandwiches also, but I'd rather have them with mashed potatos, country style gravy, and some corn. Good meal there. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Country Fried Steak | General | |||
Damn I'm good... | General | |||
Negroes eat too much fried chicken | ASA | |||
Fried chicken now ok | ASA | |||
The good xian paranoid again, was Chicken Hawks | ASA |