Copycat Dennys Chicken Fried Steak Recipes

COPYCAT DENNY'S CHICKEN FRIED STEAK & COUNTRY GRAVY

Steps:

• The night before, put the steaks in a single layer on a dish. Brush them on both sides with an even coating of corn oil. Dust them on both sides with a generous amount of seasoning salt. Drizzle each steak with wine.
• Seal the dish in foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate it for about 24 hours prior to preparing the final dish.
• Remove the steaks from the fridge and coat both sides well in the Bisquick. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Combine the butter with the oil in a large skillet until melted. Place the steaks in the skillet. Brown both sides of each steak, until crispy.
• Transfer to a baking dish and seal in foil. Bake at 375 F for about 30 minutes.
• Top each steak with prepared country gravy.
• FOR COUNTRY GRAVY: Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour until well blended, cooking 1 minute.
• Gradually whisk in the milk. Bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute, whisking constantly.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Add bouillon granules, pepper and salt.
• Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

COUNTRY FRIED STEAK

Steps:

• Place 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup milk, and eggs in 3 separate shallow bowls in the working area.
• Mix 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, and the paprika into the flour and mix well.
• Season both sides of cube steaks with additional salt and pepper, if desired.
• Dip cube steaks in milk, then dredge in seasoned flour.
• Dip floured steaks in egg wash, then again in the seasoned flour.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large skillet on medium heat and do half the cube steaks at a time, or work with two skillets, if you desire.
• Brown the cube steaks on each side, about 8-10 minutes total cooking time; remove from heat and set the steaks aside.
• Drain all but 1 tbsp oil (if any- I don't usually have any, but the steaks are less greasy with less oil) from the pans.
• Add enough butter to the pan to equal 3 tbsp along with the oil.
• Melt the butter and add 3 tbsp flour and stir with a whisk to make a roux, deglazing the bottom of the pan, and cook for a few minutes on LOW heat; do not burn.
• Slowly add the remaining 2 cups milk, and stir or whisk constantly until mixture comes to a boil and thickens; cook for another minute or so and remove from heat.
• Serve Country Fried Steaks (Chicken Fried Steak, as we call it) with plenty of gravy on top, and mashed potatoes on the side (double gravy recipe if you use a LOT of gravy on your potatoes, etc).

TEXAS STYLE CHICKEN FRIED STEAK WITH CREAM GRAVY

Steps:

• Beat together the egg and milk and set aside.
• Mix together the salt, black pepper, paprika and white pepper and sprinkle on both sides of beef cutlets.
• Fill plastic zip lock back with flour. Drop steaks into bag to manually and dredge the steak in flour. Then pour flour into a shallow dish and shake excess flour off of the steaks. Use a pair of tongs for dipping steak into egg mixture and a separate pair of tongs for dipping into the flour.
• Set cutlets aside on a piece of waxed paper.
• Heat the cooking oil in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet over medium-high heat for a few minutes. Oil should be about a half-inch deep in the pan. (This recipe is not about diets!) Check the temperature with a drop of water; if it pops and spits back at you, it's ready.
• With a long-handled fork, carefully place each cutlet into the hot oil. Protect yourself (and your kitchen) from the popping grease that results. Fry cutlets on both sides, turning once, until golden brown. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook 4 or 5 minutes until cutlets are done through. Drain cutlets on paper towels.
• Cream Gravy.
• After the cutlets are removed from the pan, pour off all but about 2 tablespoons of oil, keeping as many as possible of the browned bits in the pan. Heat the oil over medium heat until hot.
• Sprinkle 3 tablespoons flour (use the left-over flour from the chicken fried steak recipe (waste not -- want not) in the hot oil. Stir with a wooden spoon, quickly, to brown the flour.
• Gradually stir in 3/4 cup milk and 3/4 cup water, mixed together, stirring constantly with the wooden spoon and mashing out any lumps. Lower heat, and gravy will begin to thicken. Continue cooking and stirring a few minutes until gravy reaches desired thickness. Check seasonings and add more salt and pepper according to your taste.

RANCHERO CHICKEN FRIED STEAK W/COUNTRY STYLE GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large Ziploc bag, combine the flour, 1 dressing packet mix, salt and pepper.
• In a shallow baking dish, combine 2 cups of buttermilk, beaten egg and 1 dressing packet mix; soak cube steaks in mixture.
• While steaks are soaking, make the gravy: in a small pot, combine 1 cup buttermilk, broth and dry graving mix; simmer over medium heat and stir well and keep warm.
• One by one, add each steak into Ziploc bag and shake to coat; dip steak back again in buttermilk mixture and recoat and shake in Ziploc bag.
• In a deep skillet, heat 1/2 inch of oil to 350 degrees; fry steaks for about 4 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels; serve with gravy and side dishes.

MARLBORO COUNTRY CHICKEN FRIED STEAK (COUNTRY FRIED)

Steps:

• Trim steak, cut into 6 to 8 smaller pieces and pound thin.
• Combine milk, green Tabasco sauce, and salt in one bowl. Add 1 cup of flour to a second bowl. Combine remaining flour, paprika, garlic, salt and pepper in a third bowl.
• Coat steak in first bowl of plain flour. Dip floured steak into milk mixture then coat with seasoned flour mixture. Set aside until all meat has been coated.
• Heat 1 to 2 inches of oil or fat in a heavy fry pan (a cast-iron skillet is most authentic ;).
• Fry steaks approximately 2 min per side until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels, serve with cream gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits.
• For the Cream Gravy: (try at your own risk, it did not turn out for me but I am a gravy novice so I might have done something wrong -- ).
• Pour off all but 6 tbsp of fat from the fry pan.
• Using the leftover seasoned flour first, add 6 tbsp flour and blend well.
• Gradually stir in milk.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, season with salt and pepper.
• Serve gravy over steaks (or on the side for Yankees!).