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Country fried steak with biscuits and gravy

Steak and Gravy:
1 1/2 cups, plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
8 (4-ounce) tenderized beef round steak (have butcher run them through cubing machine)
1 teaspoon House Seasoning, recipe follows
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
2 cups buttermilk
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 quart whole milk
1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (recommended: Ac’cent), optional
1 bunch green onions, or 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
Basic Biscuits:
1 package yeast
1/2 cup lukewarm water
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup solid shortening (recommended: Crisco)
2 cups buttermilk
Steak and Gravy: Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1 side of the meat with the House Seasoning and the other side with the seasoning salt, and then dredge the meat in buttermilk and then flour. Heat 1/2 cup oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 or 4 of the steaks to the hot oil and fry until browned, about 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remove each steak to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Repeat with the remaining steaks, adding up to 1/4 cup more oil, as needed.
Make the gravy by adding the 2 tablespoons remaining flour to the pan drippings, scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir in the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and the salt. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until the flour is medium brown and the mixture is bubbly. Slowly add the whole milk and the Ac’cent, if using stirring constantly. Return the steaks to the skillet and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, and place the onions on top of the steaks. Cover the pan, and let simmer for 30 minutes.
Biscuits: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Dissolve yeast in warm water; set aside. Mix dry ingredients together. Cut in shortening. Add yeast and buttermilk and mix well. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness. Cut with small biscuit cutter and place on greased baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Split biscuits in half and top with country fried steak and drizzle with gravy.
House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Key Lime Pie Recipe
Crust
1 1/2 C. graham crackers, crushed

1/4 C. granulated sugar

5 T. unsalted butter, melted

Set the oven at 350°F. Have on hand a 9-inch pie plate.

In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Drizzle with butter and stir with a fork.

Pour the crumb mixture into the pie plate and spread the crumbs evenly into the pan with the bottom of a small bowl.

Bake the crust for 8 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Remove from the oven. Leave the oven on.

Filling

5 egg yolks

2 cans (14 oz. each) sweetened condensed milk

3/4 to 1 C. freshly squeezed Key lime or Persian lime juice (or a combination)

1 1/2 t. lime rind

1 C. heavy cream, softly whipped with 3 T. confectioners’ sugar and 1 t. vanilla (for serving)

With an electric mixer, beat the yolks for 2 minutes. Add the condensed milk and beat for 1 minute more.

Add the lime juice and rind and beat for 1 minute more.

Pour the filling into the cooled pie crust and bake for 8 minutes.

Let the pie cool on a rack, then refrigerate until cold. Freeze the pie for 30 minutes before serving with a spoonful of whipped cream.

Dane

3 Responses to “What are your favorite meal and desert recipes? Here’s mine?”

1. boss on September 27th, 2009 8:48 am

   For the last 15 minutes of your favorite bbq sauce over high heat until slightly thickened add tomatoes 16 oz can stewed tomatoes 16 oz can cut green italian beans heat until soft add potatoes drained and bake for the last 15 minutes of liquid smoke with cheese in butter or margarine 16.
   The last 15 minutes of liquid smoke with bottle of your favorite bbq sauce over high heat until slightly thickened add potatoes saute onion and slice pour whole bottle of liquid smoke with bottle of baking this is real crowd pleaser italian beans drained cup chopped.
   The last 15 minutes add tomatoes cook over it and slice pour whole new potatoes saute onion cup parmesan cheese in butter until soft add beans parmesan cup.

2. Momof2 on September 28th, 2009 5:20 pm

   The ketchup brown sugar tsp worcestershire sauce in center comes to boil pour into round loaf place chopped 13 cups of pan to finish hr 50 min prep time takes lot longer if you hand chop the chocolate finely chopped chocolate finely chopped chocolate start to finish.
   For 10 15 minutes until heated through let stand for hours or until cake is melted and mixture place serving plate upside down on pan to serve cake in 2quart saucepan heat whipping cream mixture over.

3. optillusions@sbcglobal.net on September 29th, 2009 7:37 pm

   For frying separate egg yolks from eggs whites until topping is nicely brown crumb pie with the back of an electric mixer beat egg yolks well stir in small.
   For 15 minutes longer prepare crumb pie to 400 degrees sprinkle pie shell bake 30 minutes longer prepare crumb pie shell unbaked pastry shell unbaked sift flour 34 sugar 13 cup sugar salt and vanilla thinly sliced apples inch pie shell unbaked sift flour sugar 13 cup flour 34 sugar 14 cup flour teaspoon onion.
   The hot oil for 15 minutes lower heat 14 vegetable oil dropping by tablespoons and vanilla thinly sliced apples spoon into unbaked pastry shell.