Yum. Last night for dinner I made this. My parents have a cow butchered every year and we reap the benefits of having their freezer stocked full of hormone-free meat all year long. Lucky us – I know! The last time I went ‘shopping’ in Mom’s freezer I grabbed a package of cube steak. I had no idea what this is or what to do with it. I’m much more comfortable with ground meat or hamburger patties. So, I looked online. Thank you Sandra Lee. It was really, really good and actually pretty easy. I do love some good southern comfort food. It felt like were at Cracker Barrel – minus the rusty signs and farm implements hanging from the ceilings. I did feel a little guilty about breading and frying grass-fed, organic meat! I felt more ashamed that we had nothing green on the plate. Carrots and potatoes are veggies, but not green ones. Whoops. The sawmill gravy was delicious, too. Here are the recipes that I used.
Chicken Fried Steak:
- 1/4 cup milk and 1 egg
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 4 cube steaks, about 1 to 1 1/4-pounds
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- Sawmill Gravy, recipe follows
In a pie pan, whisk together the egg and milk. In a second pie pan, combine the flour, cornmeal, paprika, cayenne, salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste.
Sawmill Gravy:
- 12 ounces breakfast sausage, small diced
- 3 tablespoons canola oil or butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
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