Chicken Fried Steak Bites with Country Gravy is a classic southern dish that is guaranteed to please!
How about some good ol' comfort food, Southern style? Well that's what we have here. Chicken fried steak is probably my favorite meal, especially with gravy. It has to be milk gravy or cream gravy. No brown gravy for my chicken fried steak!
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Chicken Fried Steak Bites with Country Gravy
I originally shared this Chicken Fried Steak Bites recipe in 2010, it's hard to believe I've had this little space on the internets for so long.
I do make chicken fried steak often and wanted to add a few new photos. Getting photos of our favorite foods can be a challenge. They often disappear in a flash.
Sometimes when I make chicken fried steak, I cut the cube steak into bite size pieces and it makes it a little more kid friendly and everyone can eat as little or as much as they like.
I prefer to fry it up in a cast iron skillet and it's also great for making the gravy!
Usually, I serve it up with creamy mashed potatoes or fried potatoes, we all love it, but my husband jokes that he can feel his arteries clogging as we eat. Everything in moderation, right? Um, yeah, I'll try to work on that!
The gravy is the best if you make it with bacon grease. If you want the secret to the easiest way to cook bacon be sure to read my recipe for How to Cook Bacon.
Now, I can't really fathom it, but I do realize not everyone eats bacon, and that leads me to believe that there may be folks who don't keep a mason jar in the fridge full of leftover bacon grease. Crazy talk, but whatever.
So if you are one of those folks, just use a couple of tablespoons of the oil that you are frying the steak in. You lose a little flavor, but it will still make gravy.
I always save all of the bacon drippings in a jar so I can make gravy on demand, even if I don't have bacon. Gravy is very important around this outfit. Very important.
If you are a chicken fried steak fanatic like I am you are also going to love my Chicken Fried Steak Sandwiches. It's my kind of comfort food, how about you? This Venison Steak Pot Pie is another comfort food classic that our family loves.
That and a side of Fried Squash and I am in heaven!
This recipe has been burning up the internets so I think y'all love chicken fried steak as much as I do, so let's all get in the kitchen and make it happen!
Delicious Dishes to Complete Your Meal:
- The Best Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
- Oven Fried Tater Tots
- Buttermilk Ricotta Skillet Rolls
- Pineapple Lemonade
More Deep Fried Recipes to Check Out:
- Southern Fried Shrimp
- Pork Schnitzel
- Fried Chicken Strips
- Chicken Fried Bacon
- Fried Pickles
- Fried Apple Hand Pies
If the beautiful orange dish caught your eye, it is from Fiesta. They were kind enough to provide this Fiesta Individual Skillet in poppy for my photos.
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Chicken Fried Steak Bites with Country Gravy
Chicken Fried Steak Bites with Country Gravy is a classic southern dish that is guaranteed to please!
How about some good ol' comfort food, Southern style? Well that's what we have here. Chicken fried steak is probably my favorite meal, especially with gravy. It has to be milk gravy or cream gravy.
Ingredients
For the chicken fried steak bites:
- 2 pounds cube steak, cut into 1 ½ to 2 inch pieces
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ tablespoons seasoning salt (I use Lawry's)
- 2 teaspoons coarse ground pepper
- 4 cups vegetable oil for frying
For the Gravy:
- 2 tablespoons bacon grease (or vegetable oil)
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 3 to 3 ½ cups whole milk (substitute cream for some or all of the milk if you like)
Instructions
- Mix egg and milk together in a shallow dish.
- Mix flour, seasoning salt and pepper together in another shallow dish.
- Dredge steak pieces in flour mixture, into egg mixture, coating both sides and then back into flour mixture.
- Layer on a baking sheet, I like to line it with parchment paper.
- Heat oil in a large skillet to 350°
- Add steak pieces a few at a time, cooking until golden brown on both sides. About 4- 5 minutes.
- Drain on paper towel lined baking sheet.
- In an 8-inch cast iron skillet, over medium-high heat, add bacon grease.
- When grease is melted, add flour, salt and pepper, whisking until all combined.
- Whisk occasionally as flour mixture starts to brown. You want it to get golden brown, but be careful to not let it burn.
- Gradually whisk in 3 cups of milk, and continue to whisk until it is thick and starts to bubble, adding more milk if it gets too thick. Lower heat and keep warm until serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1295Total Fat: 62gSaturated Fat: 28gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 26gCholesterol: 328mgSodium: 2554mgCarbohydrates: 88gFiber: 3gSugar: 33gProtein: 91g
Nutritional calculations are estimated and may not be accurate.
Bobbie
Have you tried frying in an air fryer?
Sylvia
Thank you so much. You have some wonderful re ipes. I can't wait to start serving some to my family.
Nancy
Bobbie, did you ever get an answer? I am wondering the same thing.
Kim
If you are like me when i use flour to make gravy it always comes out lumpy so i started using wondra it is finely sifted flour it make perfect sausage gravy my family loves it and no lumps