Recipe: Delicious Fried Chicken with Gravy
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Chicken (how long does chicken last?)fried steak is a southern classic that needs no introduction. It’s a sure-shot crowd pleaser and perfect for a sit-down dinner. Hence, I always plan on making those, when I’m hosting a few-friends-and-friends-of-friends, get-together. But being an elite procrastinator, I usually postpone cooking and cleaning (no judgments please) to the very last minute. By then, it’s a half-hour too late to start making chicken fried steak. So, I switch to a dish that’s just as good but doesn’t require as much time. Enter fried chicken with gravy.
Fried chicken follows the same recipe as steak but with chicken breasts instead, which reduces the prep and cook time considerably. In almost half the time and effort, you get crunchy on the outside and juicy, tender on the inside paprika-spiced chicken, topped off with creamy, peppery white-sauce gravy and a side of velvety mash potatoes.
Quick, elegantly simple, and delicious, this chicken recipe might not be finger-licking good, but that's only because it's fork-licking awesome! And if, unlike me, you aren’t pressed for time, take it up a notch, by adding a side of classic southern deep-fried okra.
Making Fried Chicken with Gravy
Prepare the Breading
Slice chicken breasts in half, lengthwise (butterfly), and season them well with salt and pepper. For the breading, in a flat plate, or a bowl (wide enough to fit chicken filets) take all-purpose flour. Add paprika, salt, and pepper. Mix well and keep aside. Crack two eggs in another bowl, add milk, and whisk to combine. Coat seasoned chicken breasts with flour, then dip them in the egg-milk mixture then coat them again with flour. Tap gently to remove excess flour and let it rest for 5 minutes.
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Fry the Chicken
Heat oil in a skillet. Add butter cubes and melt over low-medium heat. Once butter is melted and begins sizzling, place breaded chicken in. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side till chicken is evenly browned from both sides and tenderly cooked from within. Remove and rest on a wired rack for 5 minutes.
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Make the Sauce
In the same skillet, used for frying chicken, add all-purpose flour (how long does flour last?), salt and mix well with butter and chicken grease and saute for a minute. Add milk and stir continuously to avoid forming lumps. Allow the gravy to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes till it is thick and bubbly.
Assemble Fried Chicken with Gravy
Spread a layer of mash potato on a serving plate. Place fried chicken on top, slather white sauce gravy on the chicken and top off with a sprig of marjoram.
Fried Chicken with Gravy
Ingredients
- 1 Chicken Breast, butterflied
- 1 ½ cups of whole milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1 cup mash potato
- A few sprigs of fresh marjoram
Instructions
- Slice the chicken fillet in half. If using round steaks, pound them till they’re thin and flat with a mallet.
- In a large bowl take all-purpose flour. Add paprika, ground pepper, and salt. Mix well and keep aside. Coat the chicken pieces evenly with salt and pepper on both sides. In another mixing bowl, crack open two eggs, add milk and whisk well.
- Coat the seasoned chicken steak with flour on both sides, then dip it in the egg and milk mixture, and then coat it again with flour, shake off the extra flour and rest the breaded chicken on a clean plate. Repeat the process with the second piece as well.
- Heat oil in a skillet. Add butter and allow it to melt over low-medium heat. Once the butter begins to sizzle, place the breaded chicken in. Cook each side for about 3 minutes till the chicken steak is evenly fried and brown from all sides. Remove meat and rest on a wired rack.
- Meanwhile in the same pan, add flour, salt and mix well with the chicken grease and oil to form a light brown mixture.
- Add milk and stir continuously to avoid forming lumps. Stir for two more minutes till the gravy becomes thick and starts bubbling.
- Lather some potato mash on a plate, lay a piece of chicken fried steak on top, pour over some creamy gravy, top off with fresh marjoram and serve!
Nutrition Facts
Calories
628Fat
20 gSat. Fat
9 gCarbs
79 gFiber
4 gNet carbs
75Sugar
14 gProtein
33 gSodium
1392 mgCholesterol
159 g
