I love chicken fried steak,  Every Sunday, during football season, when I am not at the game, I go to this restaurant in San Diego and always order the chicken fried steak for brunch.  I wanted to recreate this dish at home. This dish has the most crispy batter with a juicy tender steak inside. I love how the gravy gives it a good creamy touch, which I usually put on the side.

Ingredients:

• 1 1b of Beef round steak
• salt and pepper to taste
• Vegetable Oil

Flour mixture:

• 1/2 tsp of mix black pepper
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp of paprika
• 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
• 2 eggs beaten
• splash of milk

Gravy:

• salt and pepper to taste
• 3 tbs. of butter
• 3 tbs. of flour
• 1 cup of chicken broth
• 1/4 cup of whole mik
• 1/4 tsp of fresh thyme

1. Tenderize your steak until 1/4 inch thick and season both sides with salt and pepper.
2. In a bowl, mix black pepper, salt, garlic pepper, paprika, and flour.
3. In  a separate bowl, beat the eggs with the milk.
4. Dredge meat in flour and dip in egg mixture and repeat one more time.
5. Set steaks on a wire rack and let it sit for 20 minutes before cooking.
6. Heat up vegetable oil in an iron skillet over medium high heat.
7. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
8. Once oil has heated, cook meat in batches until golden brown on both sides.
9. Let steaks rest on a clean wire rack and place in oven to keep warm.
10. In the same pan, ditch the fat and keep the pan drippings.
11. Melt butter.
12. When butter has melted, whisk flour and cook through.
13. Add chicken broth and whisk until gravy reaches a boil.
14. Add milk and whisk until gravy becomes  thick.
15. Season with he thyme, salt and pepper.

Serve gravy on the side or on top of the chicken fried steak.

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