Chicken fried steak
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 Chicken fried steak, served with country gravy and baked beans. |
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| Origin | |
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| Alternate name(s) | Country Fried Steak |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Texas |
| Creator(s) | Multiple claims |
| Dish details | |
| Course served | Main Course |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredient(s) | Tenderized cube steak Flour |
Chicken fried steak (also known as country fried steak or CFS) is a piece of steak (tenderized cube steak) coated with seasoned flour and pan fried. It is associated with Southern U.S. cuisine and hospitality. Its name is likely due to chicken fried steak's similarity in preparation to fried chicken, though the dish is also similar to the classic Viennese dish Wiener Schnitzel (known in Latin American cuisine as milanesa), a tenderized veal or beef cutlet, coated with flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs and fried.
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[edit] History
The precise origins of the dish are unclear, but many sources attribute its development to German and Austrian immigrants to Texas in the nineteenth century who brought recipes for Wiener Schnitzel from Europe to the USA.[citation needed] A 1943 American Cookbook recipe for Wiener Schnitzel includes a white salt and pepper cream gravy.[1] It is possible that the name change for this recipe was due to the war with Germany. Lamesa, the seat of Dawson County on the Texas South Plains, claims to be the birthplace of chicken fried steak, as does Bandera, Texas.[2]
Chicken fried steak is among numerous popular dishes which make up the official state meal of Oklahoma.[3][4]
[edit] Variants
Typically, in Texas and surrounding states, chicken fried steak is deep fried in a pan and served with traditional peppered milk gravy. [5][6][7] The same dish is sometimes known as "country fried steak" in other parts of the United States, where it is subject to some regional variations. Often there is a brown gravy, and occasionally the meat is either pan fried with little oil, or simmered in the gravy. In some areas, "country steak" may refer to Salisbury steak, a chopped or minced beef patty in brown gravy.
Other meats may be used, with chicken fried chicken having appeared on many menus substituting a boneless chicken breast for the steak. The dish known as "chicken fried chicken" differs from the dish known as "fried chicken" because the meat is removed from the bones, and cooked in the fashion of chicken fried steak. Another term is steak fried chicken. Boneless pork chops, usually center cut, are served in this manner, as well as beef cutlet (tenderized round steak), buffalo, or boneless chicken breasts.
Note that, although the dish described here is the most common definition of "country fried steak," some regions of the United States use this term to refer to what, in other regions, would be called chicken fried chicken (or, at least, something similar, depending on how one precisely defines the recipes).[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Victory Binding of the 'American Womens Cookbook', Wartime Edition, Ruth Berolzheimer 1943
- ^ Yonan, Joe (2008-06-25). "Deep in the Heart of Texas, We Bread Steak". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062400507.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ 'Oklahoma State Icons'
- ^ 'Oklahoma State Emblems'
- ^ John T. Edge (2009-04-15). "Chicken Fried Steak, Steamed Sandwiches, Georgia Barbecue". New York Times. http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/from-john-t-edge-chicken-fried-steak-steamed-sandwiches-georgia-barbecue/.
- ^ Denise Gee (March 1998). "Dueling steaks". Southern Living. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_199803/ai_n8802413/?tag=content;col1.
- ^ John Raven. "Chicken Fried Steak: One-third of the Big Three". Texas Cooking. http://www.texascooking.com/features/july2009-chicken-fried-steak.htm.
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