Texas Chicken Fried Steak

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SERVES: 4

CHILL TIME: 30 Min

COOK TIME: 15 Min

What's the best place for down-home Texas Chicken Fried Steak with Texas River Bottom Gravy? We found traditional recipes for both when we visited Hickory Hollow restaurant in Houston, Texas, and now you can make it at home.

What You'll Need

4 beef cubed steaks (1 to 1-1/4 pounds total), pounded to 1/4-inch thickness
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups milk
1/4 cup chicken broth

What to Do

In a large resealable bag, marinate cube steaks in Worcestershire sauce 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Place flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Pour buttermilk into another shallow dish.
Dip steaks in flour mixture, coating completely, then in buttermilk and again in flour. Reserve remaining flour mixture.
In a large deep skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil until hot but not smoking. Add steaks and cook 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until cooked through and coating is golden. Drain on a paper towel-lined platter and cover to keep warm.
To make the gravy, add 1/3 cup of remaining flour mixture to skillet. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until flour is browned, stirring constantly. Whisk in milk and broth, stirring until thickened. Serve gravy over steak.

Recipe courtesy of Hickory Hollow Restaurant, Houston, Texas

Notes

Check out another great recipe we discovered in Texas: Secret Recipe Chili

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Nutritional InformationShow More

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
Calories 624
Calories from Fat 356
Total Fat 40g 61 %
Saturated Fat 9.0g 45 %
Trans Fat 0.1g 0 %
Protein 32g 64 %

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
Cholesterol 91mg 30 %
Sodium 670mg 28 %
Total Carbohydrates 33g 11 %
Dietary Fiber 0.9g 4 %
Sugars 7.9g 0 %

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rlepage5 7869720

Apr 16, 2021

I did try it and it was awesome so yummy

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fredhomer 9960735

Apr 27, 2018

I use top sirloin or rib eye to make this!! You can cut it with a fork! Enjoy

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ItsMeItsMe

Apr 04, 2016

I contacted Hickory Hollow yrs ago for this river bottom gravy. They also use Chicken base on the gravy. That is where you tase the difference. The guy told me that if the gravy starts turning green, you have added too much chicken base.

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2jmburks 4702538

Jan 29, 2015

I've been eating the chicken fried steak at Hickory Hollow for years and love it. Their river bottom gravy is the best. I was really excited to finally find this recipe online and made it tonight for supper. It was okay, but it is NOT like Hickory Hollow. I plan to tweak the gravy to see if I can get it closer to theirs. I suspect it has something to do with the addition of broth to the gravy. Until then I will go back to my old, tired chicken fried steak and gravy recipe.

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kkneumann 4454813

Sep 23, 2014

I made this tonight for supper. What a waste of time, dishes, and expectations!!!!! I fried that meat longer that the time the recipe called for, but my husband said he could not eat it. Not only did I waste my money on buttermilk, which I never buy otherwise, but when a meal doesn't turn out to look like the picture it's truelly a waste of time and enjoyment. This recipe is going in the garbage!

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CruiseDiva

Aug 19, 2014

From a different show I found a good alternative to flour for the first dredge. Use dry corn starch (seasoned or unseasoned). It doesn't give fried foods that "over floured" taste and works extremely well keeping the egg wash and final coating (flour, bread crumbs, corn meal) on thel food. When using on fish I season the corn starch with Old Bay Seasoning.

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lleach 7256987

Sep 14, 2013

Tried this for dinner tonight. The taste was wonderful but the breading would not stick. I used a hot cast iron frying pan. What could I do to correct this?

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K C CHEF

Oct 31, 2013

based on 50 pl us years of working in kitchen as you dip in flour first time you might press flour on to meat and then the buttermilk and the back into flour again press flour. ALso you might try to use a little deeper oil in the pan or even quickly deep fry for the same amount of time. you might fry one and check. Just make sure oil is hot when deep frying.. enjoy...

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totseeilove 3666450

Sep 11, 2013

Dear Spikeygrrl, If you don't like the recipe, just don't make it anymore. In my experience with cooking(which has been a long, long time; Worcestershire sauce can compliment about anything if used correctly. Evidently, Ms. Spikeygrrl hasn't been cooking very much and( for sure),doesn't know how to fry food. Worcestershire sauce is very good with all beef, no matter how you prepare it. Personally, I think it would have tasted bland without it. If you can't say something nice, please, don't say anything at all......Thank you!

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Dogpatchdaisy 5300885

May 07, 2013

Without the worcestershire sauce, it's exactly the way my grandmother cooked it. By the way there is nothing better than an iron skillet for cooking it in. LOVE it.....

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fleetarrow927

Jan 18, 2013

If you don't want to use the Worcestershire sauce, you could always marinate it in buttermilk like fried chicken and then follow the rest of the instructions.

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seews59 1299020

Dec 16, 2012

Made this last night for dinner. Will not be making it again. Strange taste with the Worcestershire Sauce and Buttermilk combination. I also added the salt as stated and wished I hadn't. Way too salty for us.

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shelleytraywick 3076071

Oct 25, 2012

living in texas all my life, i have made chicken fried steak about every way you can make it, tried this recipe last night, my family really liked it, the secrect is to get your oil hot, but not smoking to get a good crust so it won't be soggy....used my grandmother's gravy recipe with it.....will be making this agian real soon........

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Spikeygrrl

Oct 24, 2012

This recipe was truly dreadful. As per some of the other comments, I think leaving out the Worcestershire might have helped the flavor -- which was VERY weird to my palate IN THIS RECIPE even though I like Worcestershire sauce in general -- but I don't think anything could have helped the thick, soggy breading. I will not be making this again, especially since I have just found a much healthier recipe for this dish which is much crisper AND has only 18 net carbs per serving (yep, gravy and all).

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loug

Oct 27, 2012

Why not share your better recipe with us, if this is dreadful?

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fefehill60 3243438

Oct 20, 2012

why is everybody tripping on round or cubed steak? just give your veiw and quit getting upset!

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Member 2123185

Oct 20, 2012

It is a DYNAMITE recipe!! Thanks!!

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whosyournana 9622226

Oct 19, 2012

first time i had this i flipped for it. could not get recipe for what i had just did the best i could from memory not as good. the double dip is the magic move for really great chicken fried stk, thanks

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VBrown88 6420128

Oct 19, 2012

I love Texas chicken fried steak, but it is impossible to get outside of the Southwest. Thank you so much for the recipe! Ah, mashed potatoes and gravy, too.

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RonG333

Oct 19, 2012

I was a retail meatcutter for 34 years working for a national food company .... I know from wence "Cube Steak" comes from. In my case it was from ANY lean cut from the hind quarter of the beef, most often made from the beef round as it is the cheapest cut from the hind quarter. Now days the meat for cube steak in the larger retail stores come in a vacumed incased plastic bag in small lean pieces that are then cut down to smaller cube steak sized and run through the 'cuber' or cubeing machine. These 'pieces', as I've said, come from the hind quarter. Stew beef, like cube steak, comes from cuts of meat that other wise wouldn't be used for a normal retail cut of beef, but instead comes from the fore quarter of the beef and is cut into smaller stew beef size. Neither are 'normally' used for the other.

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gatorgrowl

Oct 18, 2012

I like chicken fried steak but I can't fry it. Anyone tried this recipe as oven fried CFS yet?

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whosyournana 9622226

Oct 19, 2012

using 1 stk, give baking a try, that's how i tried to perfect a new recipe

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Marlene73

Oct 02, 2012

Cube Steak IS round steak! Been making chicken fried steak for 56 years. I also worked in restaurants that had chicken fried steak on it's menu & this recipe is as close as it gets. Thank you for the wonderful recipe & a touch of nostalgia.

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louiseandcamile 2257955

May 12, 2011

Please cancel louiseandcamile@att.net Thanks

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Texas Gigi

Jan 09, 2012

I don't think this is the appropriate place to get off of the mailing list but if you don't like the recipes why go to the bother of logging in, perusing them, opening them and then posting a mrddsgr that is not relevant to the recipe. You COULD aways just ignore the e-mail alerts.

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TexomaDeb

May 21, 2012

Just go to the bottom on this page and click unsubscribe.

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Gaileann

Apr 18, 2011

Bratzy, I asked my local buthcher and he said all his cube steak is made from round steak, and he thought this is what almost all of them use. You can always ask your butcher or meat market manager to see what they use. I love cube steak am having it today !

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Member 8901156

Mar 30, 2011

I would like to make this, but, since our family is on a restricted fat intake diet, I'd like to try making it in the oven.

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Linda McG

Sep 29, 2012

How did it work out in the oven?

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luzianagal

Mar 07, 2011

FYI to bratzy1....Cube steak IS tenderized round steak!! I use it every time for my chicken fried steak and get RAVE reviews. Have a great day!

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Bill Kreher

Feb 12, 2011

This is a very easy recipe, it is also very good. The omission of the Worcestershire Sauce is a minor detail. If you like that flavor--use it, if not don't use Worcestershire. You could choose to add a little soy sauce or Miso.

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bratzy1 2847375

Feb 12, 2011

IMHO real chicken fried steak should be made with tenderized round steak cut into serving pieces and not cube steaks. This is what my Mom and everyone I grew up around made theirs with, this is what all the local cafes and restaurants used, and this is what I still use and I've been cooking for 48 years. To me cube steaks just don't taste as good or the same as when round steak is used. Of course nowdays everyone is always looking for a quick and easier way to do things to save time because they work or someother thing. I also worked full time when my family was young, but still found time to go home and prepare dinner from scratch for them. But hey, whatever floats your boat, right! BTW, yes, I am a native born Texan.

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TexomaDeb

May 21, 2012

I would like to agree with you. Cube steak is NOT the same as tenderized round steak...I'll bet if you check the store they have both and they won't be priced the same. BTW, sometimes when sirloin is on sale I will buy that and have it put thru the tenderizer twice...it is delicious too.

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JudyTrudy

Sep 12, 2012

guess I must live in an honest area. ours just calls our "cubed round steak" so there is no question as to what type of steak they are cubining. I don't have to ask.

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L Graham

Feb 12, 2011

OMIT the Worcestershire sauce! Houston restaurants, for the most part, come a poor second to restaurants in WEST Texas where this is prepared Without the Worcestershire sauce. Where but in Houston would you find a slice of American cheese used to make cheese enchiladas, for example

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