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Chicken Fried Chicken
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![]() I was watching a US food show and there are several names for similar recipies. Southern Fried Chicken - Several methods but usually involved dredging the chicken in flour then frying it. Chicken Fried Steak - I guess people liked the breading on the chicken and decided to do it to steak. Also called Country Fried Steak. But then they just went off on one They wanted a battered out chicken breast coated in flour and deep fried so what do you call it? Well we have chicken fried steak and it's the same as that so why not call it chicken fried chicken? ![]() Nothing new though as it's not too dissimilar to schnitzel or parmigiana. |
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I saw this on Come Dine recently. I think the contestant was from Texas orginally.
Seems a sure-fire way to spoil a good steak to me! http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipe...vourite-recipe |
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I think the trick is not to use good steak. In the US they use "round". Not sure what it would be here. Possibly use a thick slice of topside. You then give it a good hammering to tenderise it.
I've tried it before and was not a fan. Although I do like the similar versions of pork schnitzel and chicken parmo. |
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I had a chicken fried steak in the U.S. once, it came drenched in thick white 'gravy'. It was very unpleasant.
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Chicken Fried Steak is different in different states - in some it is breaded, in others it is not, some come with that awful white sauce that they call 'gravy' - which clearly is not!
The "chicken fried" bit means that it is cooked in chicken fat. |
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Chicken Fried Steak is different in different states - in some it is breaded, in others it is not, some come with that awful white sauce that they call 'gravy' - which clearly is not!
The "chicken fried" bit means that it is cooked in chicken fat. |
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I spend quite a bit of time in the US with work (about 2 weeks every 2 months) and I have NEVER heard that. As far as I'm concerned (and Wikipedia seems to back me up), it's called "chicken fried" because it's the same cooking method (i.e. breaded/battered then deep fried) as fried chicken.
One of our party had it and it was breadcrumbed and served with white 'gravy' |
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I'm American, and I've never made it myself, but when my mom used to she used veal cube steak that she dredged in seasoned flour, and then made a pan gravy with the drippings.
It's possible it's just one of those things that will vary from region to region or even cook to cook. |
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The "chicken fried" bit means that it is cooked in chicken fat.
I've seen it cooked in regular oil to bacon grease and clarified butter. |
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Chickens don't have all that much fat to fry anything in. It would taste a little rank too, imo
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Chickens don't have all that much fat to fry anything in. It would taste a little rank too, imo
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Yeah, I've never heard of the chicken fat thing either-- it was usually canola oil.
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You can cook with chicken fat. In Jewish cooking it is called schmaltz.
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The Lyon episode of Raymond Blance, the hungary frenchman this week showed how much fat you get from a chicken. Quite a bit really considering how small they are. Its all around the offal.
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that awful white sauce that they call 'gravy' - which clearly is not!
If you want to be all pissy about it, call it a roux. |
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Yes it is. It's a breakfast gravy. It's just bacon or sausage drippings, flour, and milk.
If you want to be all pissy about it, call it a roux. |
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Which part(s) of the US? - I have visited a lot, last year we did Route 66 and when we asked about this dish - the chicken fried steak, that is what we were told, cannot remember which state it was as we visited 9 of them.
One of our party had it and it was breadcrumbed and served with white 'gravy' |
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Yes it is. It's a breakfast gravy. It's just bacon or sausage drippings, flour, and milk.
If you want to be all pissy about it, call it a roux. ![]() And it is STILL disgusting, almost as disgusting as grits and corn dogs, yuk |
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I just like chicken.
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Not sure if it is a roux as traditionally this is just flour and butter or any other dairy fat. Of course you can use meat fat but then it isn't a roux, it's something else
![]() And it is STILL disgusting, almost as disgusting as grits and corn dogs, yuk |
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Not sure if it is a roux as traditionally this is just flour and butter or any other dairy fat. Of course you can use meat fat but then it isn't a roux, it's something else
![]() And it is STILL disgusting, almost as disgusting as grits and corn dogs, yuk |
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Not sure if it is a roux as traditionally this is just flour and butter or any other dairy fat. Of course you can use meat fat but then it isn't a roux, it's something else
![]() And it is STILL disgusting, almost as disgusting as grits and corn dogs, yuk |
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I really want to go to America after getting to watch American Food Network when I was in the Caribbean. American food looks gorgeous, makes what we have look grim. Although I suppose it could be different in reality!
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I really want to go to America after getting to watch American Food Network when I was in the Caribbean. American food looks gorgeous, makes what we have look grim. Although I suppose it could be different in reality!
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On a show I watch the food that UK people may class as American food is now refered to as American Classic as the variety is so broad now with all the immigrate cuisine.
Some of the best i've seen on the program has been Greek, Costa Rican/Puerto Rico/South American. |
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