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chicken-fried steak food Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: country-fried steak Written by Laura Siciliano-Rosen Laura Siciliano-Rosen is a freelance writer and editor based in New York City and the co-founder of the website Eat Your World (EYW), an original guide to regional foods and drinks around the globe. Launched... Laura Siciliano-Rosen Fact-checked by Britannica Editors Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Britannica Editors History Britannica AI Ask Anything Homework Help Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask Anything

chicken-fried steak, battered and fried steak dish popular in the southern United States. The meat—usually tenderized cube steak—is dipped in a milk or egg wash, dredged with seasoned flour, and fried in a skillet or deep-fried. It is served smothered in a creamy gravy traditionally made with pan drippings. The term chicken-fried comes from the manner in which the meat is breaded and cooked, which is similar to the preparation of fried chicken.

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Chicken-fried steak is commonly thought to have originated in Texas, the product of German and Austrian immigrants who adapted the dish from wiener schnitzel, which is similarly cooked but uses veal and breadcrumbs. Chicken-fried steak also resembles cotoletta alla milanese, an Italian dish in which tenderized veal or pork is breaded and fried.

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