Grilled Chicken Fried Steak Food

CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper evenly over steaks.
• Combine cracker crumbs, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, red pepper, and baking powder.
• Whisk together 3/4 cup milk and eggs. Dredge steaks in cracker mixture; dip in milk mixture, and dredge again in cracker mixture.
• Pour oil into a 12" skillet; heat to 360 degrees (do not use a nonstick skillet). Fry steaks 3-4 minutes. Turn and fry 2-3 minutes or until golden. Remove steak to wire rack in a jellyroll pan. Keep steaks warm in a 225 degree oven. Carefully drain hot oil, reserving cooked bits and 1 tablespoon of dripping in skillet.
• Whisk together remaining 4 cups of milk, 1/4 cup of flour, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1 teaspoon black pepper. Add milk mixture to reserved dripping in skillet; cook, whisking constantly, over medium-high heat for 10-12 minutes, or until thickened. Serve gravy with steaks.

FRIED CHICKEN RECIPE DONE ON THE GRILL

Steps:

• Prep. Cut the chicken into parts, separating drumsticks, thighs, wings, and breasts. Cut the breasts in half crosswise. This will make them similar in size to the thighs. Cut off excess fat, but leave the skins on.
• Salt. Lay the pieces out on a plate, sprinkle both sides with the salt, and let them sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. This method is known as dry brining (read more about the process here). Alternatively, you can wet brine or pickle brine (see above).
• Dredge. To dredge the chicken, begin by sprinkling the surface of the brined chicken lightly with the herb blend, black pepper, and if you wish, hot pepper powder such as chipotle or hot smoked paprika. I strongly recommend you sprinkle it with Accent too. Accent contains MSG and it amps the flavor to 11.Wash and thoroughly dry your hands. Pour the flour and corn starch in a bowl and mix them together. Crack the eggs into another bowl and whisk them. With one hand, place the chicken pieces in the flour/starch one at a time and completely coat the meat. Keep the other hand behind your back. Shake off the excess flour (important). Then dunk the chicken in the egg, and back into the flour mix. Then place the chicken on a rack, sheet pan, or platter.
• Hydrate. When you are done coating the chicken, discard the leftover flour/starch and the egg and let the coated chicken sit in the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes while you get the oil up to temp (next step). This rest hydrates the flour mix and helps gluten form and that helps the crust stay on. You can see in this picture some of the flour has not hydrated yet and remains white, while some has been soaked through by the egg.
• Fire up. Place your frying pot, preferably a Dutch oven, over a burner on the grill grate. Add the oil to the pot about 1-inch deep. When frying chicken, I prefer shallow frying, where the oil does not quite submerge the chicken. I believe this technique works slightly better than deep frying, where the meat is completely surrounded by oil. In shallow frying, the meat is in contact with the bottom of the pan where hot metal conducts more heat than hot oil, and the steam that's produced by the cooking meat can escape into the air rather than being submerged in oil. Fire up your grill in a 2-zone setup. Put the pot on the hot side and bring the oil temp up to about 350°F. If it goes higher, dial down the gas or move the pot off of the flames onto the indirect side. Don't let it go above 400°F or it could start smoking.
• Cook side 1. With a spider, slotted spoon, or tongs, slide the meat, skin side down, into the hot oil carefully so it doesn't splash or spatter. Do not crowd the pot and try to cook pieces of similar thickness together. Close the lid of the grill, but don't put a lid on the pot. The cold chicken will knock the oil temp down a lot, and you should adjust the grill temp to keep the oil in the 325°F plus range.
• Flip. After 10 minutes, you can look at the bottoms of each piece. When they are golden brown, flip them over. After you flip, they should take another 10 minutes or more. Remove them when they are GBD all over, put them on the indirect side of the grill to drain (no paper towels needed), and immediately check the internal temp of each and every piece. All pieces need to have an internal temp of at least 160°F to be safe. Thighs and drums (dark meat) are safe at that temp but they are best at 170°F. If the pieces are not all done, close the lid and let them drip dry and bake on the indirect side of the grill until the temp is just right. When the oil gets back up to 350°F, keep frying the rest of the chicken in batches. Here is the pot with chicken frying and chicken pieces next to the pot finishing cooking and drip drying.
• Serve. Plate the fried chicken and serve immediately. I like a final sprinkle of large grain salt. But taste first because the meat has already been salted. If you want to amp it up to 11, serve the chicken with a dipping sauce such as our recipes for Mumbo Sauce or Alabama white BBQ sauce. I also absolutely love it drizzled with hot honey butter, a mix of honey, melted butter, and hot sauce. If you serve biscuits with the chicken, and you absolutely should, hot honey butter is great on them too.

GRILLED CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

Steps:

• Cut meat into serving size pieces (4 or 5). Season well with salt and pepper. Dip in egg-buttermilk wash. Let excess drain off. Dredge in seasoned flour (salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne for example). On griddle heated to 375-400*, pour half of clarified butter and lay steaks on it. Pour remaining butter over steaks. Cook until golden brown and turn to cook other side. Serve with milk gravy (use seasoned flour) and mashed potatoes. Cooking should be around 10-15 minutes total.

CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 250 °F and get out an oven safe platter/pan.
• Start by pounding the steaks to about 1/4-inch thickness to ensure even cooking throughout.
• Salt and pepper each steak on both sides thoroughly.
• In a medium bowl, add the 2 cups of flour, baking powder, baking soda, onion powder and set aside.
• In a second bowl, mix together the buttermilk, egg, Tabasco sauce and minced garlic.
• Place the steak first in the flour, covering completely on all sides, then remove and dredge in the second bowl with the remaining ingredients. Ensure you cover completely.
• Now place the steak back into the flour mixture and coat thoroughly so that the steaks are covered in the dry flour. Place on a baking sheet and let rest while you heat the oil.
• Place a 1/4 inch of oil in a deep skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Fry the steaks until golden brown. This can take up to 5 minutes per side but be sure to keep an eye on them to avoid burning.
• Once browned, remove onto a plate covered in paper towels to soak up any excess oil, then set on the ovensafe platter and place into the preheated oven.
• Carefully drain all but 1/4 cup of the fat from the skillet. Try to leave as much of the fried brown bits as possible as these will add flavour to your gravy.
• Heat the skillet to medium-low heat now with the leftover oil still in it. Whisk in the 1/4 cup of flour and scrape the bottom of the pan to remove all browned bits into the soon-to-be gravy mixture. Stir in milk, raising the heat to medium and bring to a simmer.
• Continue cooking until the gravy thickens, about 5 minutes give or take. If the gravy gets too thick, add in a little more milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon gravy over steaks and serve.

CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK WITH SPICED MILK GRAVY

Steps:

• For the marinade: Soak the tenderized steaks in the buttermilk for 1 hour or up to overnight. This will help tenderize the meat. For the spiced milk gravy: Like any good gravy, we are starting out with a simple roux of equal parts butter and flour. Melt the butter in a medium saucepot over medium heat, then whisk in the flour. Cook the flour and butter until it's a light blond color (just enough to cook the raw taste out), about 2 minutes, and then whisk in the broth and milk. Bring the gravy to a simmer and cook until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the Worcestershire sauce, peppercorns, brine, hot sauce and salt to taste and bring back to a simmer. Check for seasoning and set aside until ready to use. For the chicken-fried steaks: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Add the flour, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, baking soda, cayenne and onion powder to a shallow baking dish. Remove the steaks from the buttermilk and place each steak in the flour mixture, coating all of the sides and shaking off the excess. Next, dip the steaks back into the buttermilk, coating them on all sides and allowing the excess to drip off. Return to the flour mixture once again, shaking off the excess. Reserve the flour mixture for dredging the steak a third time for an extra-crispy crust after resting. Let the steaks sit on a wire rack in the fridge 30 minutes (this will help the coating to really adhere to the chicken-fried steak). Then re-dredge in the seasoned flour just before frying. Heat 1-inch vegetable oil in large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat to 350 degrees F. Working in batches of two at a time, place the steaks in the hot oil and fry until golden brown, using tongs to turn once, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a wire rack set over a baking sheet and place in the oven to keep warm. Repeat the process with all the steaks. Transfer the chicken-fried steaks to individual plates. Spoon the Spiced Milk Gravy over the steak and serve immediately.