Chicken Fried Steak With Pan Gravy

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 3/4 lbs round steaks, sliced 1/2 inch thick or 6 cube steaks (about 1-3/4 lbs.)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• flour
• 4 -6 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk (about)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 pound steak to 1/4" thick or ask butcher to tenderize; cut into 6 pieces, if using round steak.
• 2 beat eggs and water together in pie plate.
• 3 mix flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper on wax paper.
• 4 dip steaks in egg mixture.
• 5 dip in seasoned flour mixture to coat well.
• 6 brown meat, 3 pieces at a time, in hot oil on both sides in a large heavy skillet.
• 7 return all meat to skillet; lower heat; cover.
• 8 cook 20 minutes or until tender.
• 9 remove steaks to a heated platter.
• 10 to prepare pan gravy, pour off all but 3 tblsp.
• 11 of the pan drippings; blend in flour.
• 12 stir in milk, salt and pepper.
• 13 continue cooking and stirring until gravy thickens and bubbles for 1 minute.
• 14 if gravy is too thick, add more milk.