Marlboro Country Chicken Fried Steak (country Fried)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs round steaks
• 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons green tabasco jalapeno sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
• vegetable oil or other fat, for frying
• flour
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 trim steak, cut into 6 to 8 smaller pieces and pound thin.
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 heat 1 to 2 inches of oil or fat in a heavy fry pan (a cast-iron skillet is most authentic ;).
• 5 fry steaks approximately 2 min per side until golden brown.
• 6 drain on paper towels, serve with cream gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits.
• 7 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 -- ).
• 8 pour off all but 6 tbsp of fat from the fry pan.
• 9 using the leftover seasoned flour first, add 6 tbsp flour and blend well.
• 10 gradually stir in milk.
• 11 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, season with salt and pepper.
• 12 serve gravy over steaks (or on the side for yankees!).