In an earlier post for my Southern Chicken Fried Chicken with White Pepper Gravy, I mentioned that I grew up having a very different version of Chicken Fried Chicken or Chicken Fried Steak and called what my mom makes “Midwestern Country Fried Steak”. Don’t get me wrong, I love the traditional Chicken Fried Chicken with the white gravy but my mom’s Country Fried steak with the dark rich gravy and mushrooms is pure comfort and probably one of my favorite meals! I have always struggled to make my mom’s recipes taste like when she makes it but its very hard to do – it must be that mom cookin’! But this recipe is one of the few that I’ve been spot on with and one that I don’t change.

I usually serve mom’s country fried steak with Creamy Mashed Potatoes and peas. I think there is something awesomely nostalgic about having that traditional ’50’s dinner combination. Plus it just looks good on a plate.

Mom’s Country Fried Steak

Ingredients

– 1 regular package of cube steak
– seasoned flour
– vegetable/canola oil
– 1 box of fresh mushrooms, sliced
– 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
– 1 can of beef consumee
– 1 tablespoon of Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce- salt and pepper

Directions

Dredge the cube steak pieces through the seasoned flour and pan fry in a hot skillet with a few tablespoons of oil until golden brown on both sides. Put cooked pieces in a casserole dish.

In the same skillet, saute mushrooms with salt and pepper until slightly soft and pour over cooked cube steak.

Again in the same skillet, add in the beef consume and scrape and bits off the bottom of the pan. Add in the cream of mushroom soup and stir to remove all lumps. Sprinkle in a tablespoon or so of the seasoned flour. Once gravy comes to a simmer, add in the kitchen bouquet and salt and pepper to taste and cook until slightly thickened and bubbly. Stir and pour over steak and mushrooms.

Put casserole dish in a 350° oven for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour to tenderize the meat and thicken the gravy.

Serve with your favorite sides!

Much love,M