The Ultimate Chicken Fried Steak

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 19.

	this recipe	typical
dairy	522%	339%
egg	48%	48%
liquid	522%	339%
leavener	2%	0%
salt	6%	4%
aromatics	1%	1%
fat	104%	6%

Where it stands out

• #4 of 19 for browning depth
• #17 of 19 for tenderness

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

151 g	4 cube steaks (about 1/3 lb each)
180 g	1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
5 g	2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper, divided
12 g	2 teaspoons kosher salt or sea salt, divided
1 g	1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
2 g	1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 g	1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 g	1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 g	1/2 teaspoon baking powder
368 g	1 1/2 cups buttermilk
	2 teaspoons TABASCO® Sauce (original)
100 g	2 eggs
218 g	1 cup vegetable oil
	4 tablespoons grease
30 g	4 tablespoons flour
610 g	2 to 3 cups whole milk
119 g	1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
	salt and pepper to taste

Method: 16 steps, published by www.momontimeout.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Made these basically exactly as written (only thing I did was increase the amount of everything in the gravy section by 1/3 since I was making 6 steaks at once instead of 4) and they were an absolute hit! Alas after spending several hours prepping and cooki” — a cook, 5.0★

“Made this last night for dinner and followed the recipe exactly for the chicken fried steaks themselves. My husband prefers brown mushroom gravy so we made that instead to go along with the steaks. The steaks were SUCH a hit, that I didn't even get a chance t” — a cook, 5.0★