Yay! Chicken Fried Steak!

[penguin]

I haven't made chicken-fried steak (DH's favorite meal) since January, before I was gluten-free. Needing iron desperately coupled with desperately needing to buy some meat at Sam's, the time had come for me to use up some cube steaks I had kicking around my freezer.

I have been deathly afraid of making chicken-fried steak gluten-free. I didn't want to disappoint. I didn't want to deal with wierd flours. I sucked it up and made the dish thusly:

Flour mixture:

2 c. brown rice flour

3/4 c. potato starch

1/4 c. cornstarch

3 tsp. xanthan gum

Other ingredients:

1c flour mixture

garlic salt

lemon pepper

2-4 cube steaks

2 c. milk or substitute

Oil for frying (I use shortening)

-Heat 1 inch of oil over medium/medium high heat in a heavy pan (I use cast iron)

-Season about a cup of the flour with garlic salt and lemon pepper (I've never measured, but slightly more than you think you need), and dredge cube steaks completely, lightly shake off excess

-Place steaks in the hot oil, and cook about 7 minutes on each side, or until lightly browned. Remove and drain on paper towels, keep warm.

-Remove the oil and reserve ~2 tbsp drippings in the pan. Heat pan over med heat and add ~3 tbsp. of the seasoned flour mixture and make a roux. After a few minutes of cooking the flour (stirring constantly), add 2 c. milk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until thickened. Season if necessary (there should be enough from the flour)

Serve with favorite veggies!

This completely made my day! DH didn't know there was anything different, and I'm happy to have this old family favorite back

[wolfie]

That sounds great!! I haven't had Chicken fried steak since I was a child!! My Mom used to make it all the time when we lived in Texas. I will have to give this recipe a try! Thanks for sharing!

[mouse]

This sounds so awesome as I love chicken fried steak. But, I have to leave the cornstartch out. Maybe I will use a little more potaote starch in place of it, unless you have a better idea. Thank you.

[penguin]

This sounds so awesome as I love chicken fried steak. But, I have to leave the cornstartch out. Maybe I will use a little more potaote starch in place of it, unless you have a better idea. Thank you.

Yeah, I think any starch will do, I just had corn starch on hand. You could use tapioca, I don't, because I'm a bit sensitive to it. I don't see why more potato starch wouldn't work

[Guest Robbin]

This sounds great! Thanks Chelsea

[indyceliac]

that sounds yummy...i never made chicken-fried steak..but im gonna try this. thanks for sharing!

[Mango04]

I can't believe I'm admitting this, but I always thought chicken fried steak was made with chicken

I've obviously never had it. I think I saw it once, in some sort of cafeteria, but the meat was not very identifiable

Hmmm....it all makes sense now

[penguin]

I can't believe I'm admitting this, but I always thought chicken fried steak was made with chicken

I've obviously never had it. I think I saw it once, in some sort of cafeteria, but the meat was not very identifiable

Hmmm....it all makes sense now

I guess you're not from the South

When we lived in Syracuse and my friends would ask me what I had for dinner and if I said chicken fried steak, I got met with a

Same goes for ham hocks and beans, biscuits and gravy....I'm a yank raised by southerners, I'm definitely southern

[Mango04]

I guess you're not from the South

When we lived in Syracuse and my friends would ask me what I had for dinner and if I said chicken fried steak, I got met with a

Same goes for ham hocks and beans, biscuits and gravy....I'm a yank raised by southerners, I'm definitely southern

Well I'm kinda sorta from Syracuse, in the sense that I was born there. So I know about things like....half moons? Isn't that a Syracuse thing?

But the Southern stuff...that is all lost on me. I always thought chicken fried steak was just some nasty part of the chicken fried up (I don't know why I thought this)

[VegasCeliacBuckeye]

Thanks for the recipe Chels,

I made country fried steak tonight and it was delicious!!

It has been too long.

Now, if I can figure out how to make decent sausage gravy for my whole foods biscuits...

[penguin]

Well I'm kinda sorta from Syracuse, in the sense that I was born there. So I know about things like....half moons? Isn't that a Syracuse thing?

But the Southern stuff...that is all lost on me. I always thought chicken fried steak was just some nasty part of the chicken fried up (I don't know why I thought this)

Yeah! Half-moons were the best! I thinkthe rest of the state calls them black and white cookies, how lame

How cool that you were born in Syracuse! Jersey and I even went to the same high school at different times and had at least one teacher in common

Now, if I can figure out how to make decent sausage gravy for my whole foods biscuits...

I think if you cook up the sausage and remove it then follow the same method/flour blend for the steaks, you should get good results that way. I made it with just cornstarch once and it was pretty gross.

[Guest nini]

Thanks for the recipe! Being a southern girl, I miss my chicken fried steak! I'm also missing my chicken biscuits and fried okra... help me! LOL!

oh, and if anyone can come up with a gluten-free recipe for Krispy Kremes I will kiss you!

[marciab]

Thanks for the recipe Chelse,

I am sitting here this morning trying to force myself to eat another plain rare steak. THis sounds yummy .. I copied it an will be making it asap. Marcia

[jerseyangel]

Well I'm kinda sorta from Syracuse, in the sense that I was born there. So I know about things like....half moons? Isn't that a Syracuse thing?

But the Southern stuff...that is all lost on me. I always thought chicken fried steak was just some nasty part of the chicken fried up (I don't know why I thought this)

Mango--you are from Syracuse, too? What a small world! I love chicken fried steak--my great-aunt introduced it to us years ago--she lived in Florida. Much later, we lived in Georiga for a while, and of course it was very common there.

Not only did Chelsea and I go to the same high school and all, floridanative (Tiffany) actually lives in the same neighborhood in Georgia that we lived in for 7 years before returning to NJ!

[penguin]

Thanks for the recipe! Being a southern girl, I miss my chicken fried steak! I'm also missing my chicken biscuits and fried okra... help me! LOL!

oh, and if anyone can come up with a gluten-free recipe for Krispy Kremes I will kiss you!

What's your old chicken biscuit recipe? Maybe we can modify it

As for fried okra (yum!), I'm modifying a recipe from Paula Deen, as she is the perfect Southern cook

Open Original Shared Link

FRIED OKRA

6 cups oil, for frying

1/2 cup cornmeal

1 cup flour blend

2 teaspoons garlic salt/lemon pepper

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 pounds fresh okra, sliced 1/2-inch thick

1/2 cup buttermilk

Heat oil in a large, heavy-bottomed skillet or Dutch oven to 350 degrees F. (You may not need to use this much oil; do not fill the pan more than halfway up the sides with oil.)

In a medium bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, Seasoning, and cayenne pepper. Dip okra in buttermilk and then dredge in cornmeal-flour mixture to coat well. Carefully add okra to the hot oil and cook until golden brown. (It may be necessary to fry the okra in batches.) Remove from oil, drain on paper towels, and then serve immediately.

I'm going to say to use the same flour blend as for the steak, since it seems to work well for frying. I also changed her seasoning, because she had her house seasoning which is on the link I posted. I just changed it to garlic salt/lemon pepper because that's my house seasoning. In reality, her house seasoning is the same as mine except I use lemon pepper instead of plain pepper.

[Guest nini]

recipe for chicken biscuits??? I didn't MAKE them! I got them at Po Folks! LOL or at Bojangles!!! But if I had a good recipe for the chicken, I could put them on 123 gluten-free Southern Glory Biscuits...

oh and thanks for the Fried Okra recipe! I'm gonna have to try that!

[jerseyangel]

Po Folks!!! I used to love that place! My husband would go there and buy their sweet tea by the gallon. I think they have the best biscuits in the world!

[MtLady]

I haven't made chicken-fried steak (DH's favorite meal) since January, before I was gluten-free. Needing iron desperately coupled with desperately needing to buy some meat at Sam's, the time had come for me to use up some cube steaks I had kicking around my freezer.

I have been deathly afraid of making chicken-fried steak gluten-free. I didn't want to disappoint. I didn't want to deal with wierd flours. I sucked it up and made the dish thusly:

Flour mixture:

2 c. brown rice flour

3/4 c. potato starch

1/4 c. cornstarch

3 tsp. xanthan gum

Other ingredients:

1c flour mixture

garlic salt

lemon pepper

2-4 cube steaks

2 c. milk or substitute

Oil for frying (I use shortening)

-Heat 1 inch of oil over medium/medium high heat in a heavy pan (I use cast iron)

-Season about a cup of the flour with garlic salt and lemon pepper (I've never measured, but slightly more than you think you need), and dredge cube steaks completely, lightly shake off excess

-Place steaks in the hot oil, and cook about 7 minutes on each side, or until lightly browned. Remove and drain on paper towels, keep warm.

-Remove the oil and reserve ~2 tbsp drippings in the pan. Heat pan over med heat and add ~3 tbsp. of the seasoned flour mixture and make a roux. After a few minutes of cooking the flour (stirring constantly), add 2 c. milk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until thickened. Season if necessary (there should be enough from the flour)

Serve with favorite veggies!

This completely made my day! DH didn't know there was anything different, and I'm happy to have this old family favorite back

Oh my goush ChelE!! Consider yourself hugged!!! I have a freezer full of elk meat ( wonderful stuff!!) and use to make chicken fried steak with it but haven't since going on the diet.. My family will be so blessed tonight!!

By the way, does anyone have a good meal loaf receipt??? and I use to make a Chocolate mayonnaise cake using Miracle Whip.. anyone got a good substitute for that??.. My kids and Grandkids still ask for it..

Thanks!! MtLady

[penguin]

recipe for chicken biscuits??? I didn't MAKE them! I got them at Po Folks! LOL or at Bojangles!!! But if I had a good recipe for the chicken, I could put them on 123 gluten-free Southern Glory Biscuits...

oh and thanks for the Fried Okra recipe! I'm gonna have to try that!

Oh, you just need the chicken & gravy part? Well that's easy enough! It takes a while but is easy. I guess you could easily do it in a slow cooker. Just dump everything in and leave it alone until you need to make the gravy. I'm going to have to try that!

CHICKEN GRAVY

1 whole chicken or 3 bone in chicken breasts with skin (my mom uses whole, my sister and I use breasts because there's less skin and bone to pick out later)

1 onion quartered

2 cloves of garlic, whole

garlic salt

lemon pepper

3-4 c. water

add a bay leaf if you want (my mom does, I don't) make sure to remove it at the end.

3 tbsp. cornstarch (or some gluten-free flour blend, whatever floats your boat)

1: Liberally season the chicken with garlic salt and lemon pepper. Rub the seasonings into the skin, under the skin, and any exposed part of the chicken.

2: Put the chicken, water, onion, and garlic into a dutch oven or large pot over high heat. Heat to boiling and reduce heat to low/med-low and cover. Simmer for approximately 2 hours until the chicken falls off the bone.

3: Remove the chicken and pick the meat off the bones. Set chicken aside. Discard the skin and bones and either check the broth for skin and bones or strain it. Remove the onion (if you can find it by this point, if not it's ok), remove galic cloves.

4: Bring the broth back up to a boil. Dissolve the cornstarch in a small amount of cold water, shaking it in a mason jar works best. Add the dissolved cornstarch to the broth and stir untl thickened to gravy. Season to taste if necessary, if you seasoned the chicken well enough at the beginning you shouldn't need anyway.

5: Serve over your favorite gluten-free biscuits.

Hope that helps!

[MtLady]

I'm laughing as I read your posts.. Being a MtLady from the West anyone knows that "Chicken Fried Steak" is made with wild game!!! At least that was the way I was raised.. Never in my life have I heard of a "half moon" unless it was on the out house.. Are we funny or what??? MtLady

[Mango04]

Mango--you are from Syracuse, too? What a small world! I love chicken fried steak--my great-aunt introduced it to us years ago--she lived in Florida. Much later, we lived in Georiga for a while, and of course it was very common there.

Not only did Chelsea and I go to the same high school and all, floridanative (Tiffany) actually lives in the same neighborhood in Georgia that we lived in for 7 years before returning to NJ!

That is really crazy about you and Chelsea and floridanative. I didn't live in Syracuse for very long but my parents lived there for a while and we go back to visit every so often.

Never in my life have I heard of a "half moon" unless it was on the out house.. Are we funny or what??? MtLady

[jerseyangel]

That is really crazy about you and Chelsea and floridanative. I didn't live in Syracuse for very long but my parents lived there for a while and we go back to visit every so often.

How about that! We're going up there in a week and a half for my parent's 55th. anniversary. I haven't been up for quite a while--it's been a rough couple of years.

[May9]

Try "Pamela's Products Ultimate Baking and Pancake Mix". I have found it in most speciality food stores. It is good for a flour substitute to roll meat in and fry. It says to add 1/2 cup of fine corn meal to 3/4 cup of the mixture to bread other foods but I haven't tried that yet. It is wheat-free and gluten-free. It has recipes for cookies, pancakes and bread right on the bag using oil, eggs and the mix among other things. All of which are delicious and don't taste wheat free at all to me. They do have a small nutty flavor though.

The ingredients are brown rice flour, white rice flour, cultured buttermilk, natural almond meal, tapioca starch, sweet rice flour, potato starch, grainless and aluminum free baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, potato starch), baking soda, sea salt and xanthan gum. (I have tried my best to ensure these are complete and accurate.) The bag says the product is produced in a facility that produces products with tree nuts, soy and dairy. Here is the contact information - Pamela's Products Inc. Phone (707) 462-6605, Email info@pamelasproducts.com.

This product is great and I would swear by it for all wheat-free gluten-free diets. I have had no reaction to it and am pleased with their help. They also donate to celiac sprue research as well as Autism.

[Guest Robbin]

Chelsea, I made your recipe for chicken fried steak last night and it was a huge success. I used a couple of substitutions-sweet rice flour and potato starch and rice milk and lots of black pepper. (Southern roots here too. ) I was so excited I had made extra and had enough for lunch today. Yay! Thanks again.

btw- The "English muffins" by George foods are awesome just as biscuits. They are great with sausage and gravy. Really light and good and gluten, corn, and casein free.