Classic Country Fried Steak
It may not be healthy, but country fried steak is a classic Southern dish that never gets old. Serve it up with mashed potatoes and green beans or corn for an ultimate home-cooked comfort meal.
Ingredients
- 24 ounce(s) sirloin steaks, use a mallet to tenderize
- 1/2 cup(s) flour
- 1 salt and pepper
- 6 teaspoon(s) bacon grease or lard
- 2 tablespoon(s) flour
- 2 cup(s) half and half
- 4 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
Instructions
- Trim visible fat from meat and cut into 4 equal serving pieces.
- Mix flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow, wide bowl and dredge each piece of meat in it, coating well on both sides.
- Heat grease or oil until hot but not smoking in a heavy, wide skillet with a lid.
- Brown the meat pieces on both sides, turn heat down a bit, cover and let steak fry like chicken for 15 to 20 minutes, until done.
- Remove cover and let steak crisp for about 5 minutes.
- Take steak from the pan and drain.
- Leave about 2 tbsp of drippings and all the browned flecks of crust in the pan.
- Turn the heat a bit lower, sprinkle Wondra flour into the drippings and stir to keep from lumping while it browns.
- Slowly add half and half, stirring.
- Let it cook until thick, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add seasoning and return the steaks to the gravy and cook an additional 5 minutes.
- Ready in 50 min.
Nutrition
Calories: 2451.36kcalCarbohydrates: 77.56gProtein: 168.76gFat: 165.54gSaturated Fat: 93.48gCholesterol: 679.68mgSodium: 2969.11mgFiber: 7.69gSugar: 22.03g
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