The other day while perusing the meat section at the local supermarket, I was intrigued by the cube steak which was bright red with a waffley pattern on it. I had never cooked a cube steak before but I did remember reading about it in the New York Times. Yes, it was an article on swiss steaks and chicken fried steak. I really do love southern fried chicked and the chicken fried steak was calling my name. I've never had steak cooked this way but it I imagine it to tast like chicken. So instead of looking for the NYTimes recipe, I adapted the chicken fried steak recipe from the foodtv website.
For the steaks:
2 - 4 cube steaks
1 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper ground
2 eggs
1/4 cup oil
For the gravy:
2 cups chicken broth
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp fresh or ground thyme
1/2 cup milk
Mix flour, salt and pepper together in a shallow dish. Beat eggs in a separate shallow dish.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Dip the steaks in the eggs first and then dredge in the flour mixture.
Place the steaks in the hot oil and cook until both sides are golden brown about 3 minutes each side. When steaks are done, set aside.
Add about 1/4 cup of the flour mixture into the frying pan with the oil until the flour becomes a paste. Add the chicken broth and stir until flour mixtures dissolves. Add thyme and milk. Stir until gravy is thickened.
Serve gravy over chicken steaks.
I thought the steaks came out quite well. John was excited when he heard that I was making cutlets for dinner. He sat down and took a bite and almost spit it out. He yelled, "What is this? I can't eat this. I thought this was a chicken cutlet!" It turns out the chicken fried steaks freaked him out as he was expecting chicken.
