chicken fried steak sandwiches

I think the names are interchangeable.
I don't want to derail this thread but I will:

The chicken fried chicken at Ellis Island and the Village Pubs is also excellent.
CFS Magnolias in the 4 Queens has a a pretty good one. I have it for breakfast every visit.

Years and years ago Dennys use to serve them.
The 15 Best Places for Country Fried Steak in Las Vegas, published 3/0/2016

Lots of Indiana joints sell this dish.

Is it 'chicken' or is it 'steak'. It's mystery meat.
CFS is one of my favorites as well, although I've never heard of making a sandwich out of it. Whenever I get it, or make it, I love it swimming in sausage(or sawmill) gravy. Actually it's super simple to make, getting the gravy spot on is the hardest part. I used to make it pretty often but since it's just the two of us, not so much anymore.

To make a ggod CFS:
Buy a pack of cube steaks, dredge through flour, egg, then panko (or bread crumbs). Heat about 1/2" oil in an iron skillet, fry up up turning ONCE. When all done, start making gravy from the leftover oil, make certain all those yummy brown bits are still in there, that's where all the flavor comes from. Will take about 20 minutes to make a decent gravy, the slower and longer, it seems the better it turns out.

EASY PEASY.
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Originally posted by: malibber2
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Originally posted by: billryan
Never been in a Wal-Mart but these steaks are hard to come by in NY supermarkets. I usually order them from Omaha Steak when they have a 50% off sale.
They still are expensive at that price.


As far as I know, every Wal-Mart has these.

I tried them a couple of years ago thinking they wouldn’t be very good, but they were. If you heat them up in the oven, they are better tasting than you get in a lot of restaurants.


These, surprisingly, aren't that bad. I usually never buy buy the processed stuff, but did so out of shear laziness and was pleasantly surprised.
A true chicken fried steak is beef round steak that has been tenderized and is cooked in the same style as fried chicken. I assume that the Tyson product is fried chicken which is also very tasty. You can not have really good CFS without really good gravy which is hard to find in restaurants.
Sausage gravy is super easy.

1/2# Bob Evans original sausage
1/2# Bob Evans sage sausage
3.5 Tablespoons of flour
2.75 Cups of whole milk
1T butter
salt
Pepper

Browns sausage
Sprinkle flour (1/4 quarter at a time) into the sausage, mixing well
Add the milk (1/4 at a time) into the sausage flour mix
Simmer for maybe 10 minutes, stirring to assure no scorching. Toss in the butter during this simmer time.
Salt and pepper to taste. I think it needs a bunch of pepper.


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Originally posted by: jatki99
CFS is one of my favorites as well, although I've never heard of making a sandwich out of it. Whenever I get it, or make it, I love it swimming in sausage(or sawmill) gravy. Actually it's super simple to make, getting the gravy spot on is the hardest part. I used to make it pretty often but since it's just the two of us, not so much anymore.

To make a ggod CFS:
Buy a pack of cube steaks, dredge through flour, egg, then panko (or bread crumbs). Heat about 1/2" oil in an iron skillet, fry up up turning ONCE. When all done, start making gravy from the leftover oil, make certain all those yummy brown bits are still in there, that's where all the flavor comes from. Will take about 20 minutes to make a decent gravy, the slower and longer, it seems the better it turns out.

EASY PEASY.


I'm not a fan of the gravy. When I make mine at home, I bake it using shake and bake and top it with a slice of pepperjack cheese.
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