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Chicken-Fried Steak

Type: Meat
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Four 8-ounce slices round steak - cut
  Hick
  Texas hot salt - to taste
2   Eggs (large)
1 1/4 cups 296mlMilk - plus 2 tablespoons
4   Hot pepper sauce - (up to 6)
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozPlus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons 60mlLard or oil
1   Onion - minced
  Worcestershire sauce to taste
  Salt
  Cayenne pepper to taste

Recipe Instructions

Season the meat on both sides with Texas Hot Salt (recipe follows) and pound to a thickness of 1/4-inch.

In a bowl whisk together the eggs and 2 tablespoons of milk and the hot pepper sauce.

Dredge the steaks in 1 cup of the flour, dip in the egg mixture, letting the excess drip off, and dredge in the f lour again.

Heat the lard or oil in a cast iron skillet over moderately high heat until hot.

Add the steaks in batches and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Transfer the steaks to a platter lined with paper towels and keep them warm.

Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the pan. Add the onion and cook about 5 minutes, or until golden. Add 2 tablespoons of flour and cook, stirring, until lightly colored.

Heat and add the remaining milk, and the Worcestershire Sauce, salt, and cayenne to taste and simmer, stirring, until thickened.

Strain into a sauceboat and serve with the steak.

Source:
David Rosengarten

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