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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're telling me a chicken fried this... chicken?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Probably for its own dinner. Chickens don't feel any angst about eating their own.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Over the fried remains of its beaten children. Savage.

I want a bite.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eggs aren’t fertilised. So its the beaten remains of chicken ovulation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As if you've never had a beak in your scrambled. 🤮

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mmmmm crispy scramble

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Most of them are fertilized, they just aren't incubated so it doesn't really matter

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We just call it fried chicken. I should know, I'm Mr. Manager. That being said, looks great and I want all of that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's due to being cooked like chicken fried steak not sure how regional it is.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But chicken fried steak is called that because it’s fried in the style of fried chicken.

“Chicken fried like a steak that was fried like chicken” is very needlessly redundant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'll be a flattened or cubed cutlet, not a natural piece of the bird, means you can fry in a pan with a little oil and not a big pot or fryer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah but the gravy and mashed potatoes make it what it is as well. This is the root dish for the name.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken-fried_steak

I'm not trying to argue, just trying to explain ops naming choice not just calling it pan fried chicken with black pepper white gravy and mashed potatoes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve always took bone-in deep fried chicken as fried chicken. This was a boneless breast fired in a pan, which I understood to be chicken fried chicken. Can’t remember where I read that though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I get the clarification. Just wanted to make an Arrested Development joke and it turned into a whole semantic argument. Alas, as Michael tells Tobias: "There's gotta be a better way to say that."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just manager.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you make that gravy?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It looks like a standard white gravy, in which case it's mostly milk, butter, and flour (plus some salt and pepper).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And a little of the grease used to fry the chicken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is most key. Bacon fat preferably if going for the authentic breakfast diner style.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Cook equal parts flour and some fat (butter or oil) until it’s a thick paste. Slowly drizzle cold milk and mix. Add milk until consistency you want. Add salt and shit load of pepper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused. You mix cold flour, cold butter, and cold milk?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They meant cook . Heat your butter till melted, stir in your flour to make a roux then add your milk then salt and pepper to taste.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

From Texas and gotta give props - looks great!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I would inhale this in an instant. Looks great!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I still don't understand why people pour gravy or sauce over fried meat. Doesn't it get soggy?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It like cereal, the longer it rests the mushier it gets.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Gotta chew fast while it's still got that cronch

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t get too mushy if you eat in a timely fashion. There’s also enough crispiness from the underside.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It sort of does but it’s not really crispness you’re going for in a chicken fried steak (or chicken). It’s just downright hearty and rich and so dang good. Have you had it before?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it’s not really crispness you’re going for in a chicken fried steak (or chicken).

You stop your filthy lies right this instant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hehe fair enough. I’m craving some chicken fried chicken or steak hardcore now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't tried chicken fried steak yet. But when I make Schnitzel or Backhendl crispiness is key. Whether or not pouring sauce over fried meat is ok seems to be a regional issue here in the German-speaking parts of the world. There are Reddit and Lemmy communities collecting "crimes" against Schnitzel (r/schnitzelverbrechen).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Chicken fried steak or chicken is just American schnitzel really.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No real recipe. I dry-brined some boneless breasts overnight. Then did a traditional flour, egg, flour dredge and fried in a pan with a little oil. I added some hot sauce to the egg and some spices to the last flour stage. Cheers!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, it looks fabulous!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Looks good homie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gonna need a recipe