Mouthwatering Chicken Fried Steak with Mushroom Gravy

            This is another recipe to add to the comfort food section of your recipe list. These are crispy Country Fried Steaks that are smothered in a wonderful and creamy mushroom gravy. This dish can be served with baked potatoes, mashed or boiled potatoes or even rice. It makes a meal to warm you up while it fills you up.

            Although it may seem that it is loaded with calories, there are only 226 calories per serving!

Go ahead and have a scoop of homemade mashed potatoes or a small baked potato, there is room in the caloric count.  My family all have different comfort foods they crave when the weather starts cooling down.

This Chicken Fried Steak is one that they can all agree on. That alone is an amazing thing in our home.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Is this one of the healthier recipes?

I have trimmed down the calories and the fat in this recipe quite a lot. I used only egg whites and skim milk, no yolks. I used a cube steak which I fried in a nonstick pan, with a drop of oil. Not a deep frying process.

How did you reduce the calories and fat in the gravy?

Country fried steak is most often served with a milk based thick white gravy. For this recipe, I substituted lower sodium broth, a little cornstarch and some chopped mushrooms.

How can I create an even browning on each one?

The easiest method of doing this would be to only turn the steaks each over one time. When you turn or flip them more often, it weakens the coating, and then coating will fall off.

What ingredients do you need for Mouthwatering Chicken Fried Steak with Mushroom Gravy

            1 tsp black pepper

            1 tsp onion powder

            1 tsp seasoning salt

            1 cup all purpose flour

            ⅓ cup finely diced onion

            6-4ounce cube steaks

            ¼ cup Peanut oil, for frying

Gravy:

            10 ounces beef broth, low sodium

            ⅛ cup water

            1 tbsp cornstarch

            1 cup finely chopped mushrooms, with juice from can

How to make Mouthwatering Chicken Fried Steak with Mushroom Gravy

FIRST STEP:

Preheat the oven to 350*

Use cooking spray to spray the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.

SECOND STEP:

In a shallow dish, put flour in.

Dredge the steaks each in the flour

THIRD STEP:

With a little peanut oil, in a skillet on medium heat, cook each steak for 5 to 8 minutes per side

In the prepared baking dish, place three cube steaks and sprinkle with the seasonings, sprinkle ⅓ cup of the diced onions over the three steaks

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FOURTH STEP:

Repeat the same steps with the last three cube steaks.

In a small saucepan, pour in the juice from the mushrooms and the beef broth.

FIFTH STEP:

Bring this to a boil

Mix the cornstarch with water

SIXTH STEP:

Using a whisk stir the cornstarch and water into the broth. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously until the liquid starts to thicken.

Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped mushrooms.

SEVENTH STEP:

Pour this liquid over the steaks, layered in the pan.

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Cover the pan with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

Lower the heat to 300* and bake another 20 minutes until onions are tender and the gravy is boiling.

Enjoy!