How to make country fried steak

Yay! Brian is home tonight! And since I was able to get a great deal on cubed steak this week, I made Brian his favorite meal for dinner tonight: Country Fried Steak with white gravy.

This recipe is so easy and delicious, but I guess it is not really a recipe since I don't really measure anything. I guess it would be more like instructions? Anyways, here is how I do it:


You will need:
enough oil to coat a large skillet
cubed steak (I made a pound for the 2 of us, but Brian eats alot)
flour
salt
pepper
3 eggs
approximately 2 tablespoons of milk? again, I don't measure so just eyeball it!  (I usually just use regular milk but tonight I used buttermilk and it was way better than normal. But it is still pretty awesome even with regular milk!)
seasoned bread crumbs

This recipe is so simple I really don't even measure this stuff.

Heat enough oil to cover bottom of skillet over medium  high heat.

In small bowl, mix flour with a little bit of salt and pepper. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with milk. Dump a bunch of bread crumbs in another bowl or on a plate. (The only thing I don't like about this recipe is that I have to dirty about a million dishes to make it!)

when measuring out your flour and bread crumbs, just keep in mind you need to coat each piece of steak.

Pound flour mixture into both sides of meat with a meat tenderizer. Coat meat with remaining flour mixture, dip in egg mixture, then coat with breadcrumbs. Place meat in skillet and brown quickly on both sides. Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook 15-20 minutes, turning occasionally. Remove meat from skillet and keep warm.

Now you are ready to make the gravy. Here is what you will need for that:
milk (about 2 to 2.5 cups)
3 or 4 tablespoons of flour
salt and pepper

Whisk the flour into the meat drippings in the skillet. Add milk, bring to a boil, continue to cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Add salt and pepper to taste.

And that is it! Even without measuring, I think it would be kind of hard to mess this up. It is that simple!