Recipe: Tasty Country Fried (Venison) Steak

Country Fried (Venison) Steak. Country fried steak goes by many different names. Some call it "chicken fried steak," while others call it "cube steak." There may be a few differences in the three, but if you ask me it's all basically the same tasty goodness! Most people make it with beef round steak, but my family is all about the venison.

You'll find it all over the South and especially around Texas and Oklahoma. Remove any fat on the steaks. In a shallow pan or plate, sift together flour, salt, and pepper; dredge the steaks and coat both sides. You can cook Country Fried (Venison) Steak using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Country Fried (Venison) Steak

It's of Cubed Venison Steaks.
Prepare of Buttermilk.
Prepare of Dales Steak Seasoning.
Prepare of Olive oil.
It's of All-purpose flour.
Prepare of Salt and pepper.
Prepare of Paprika.
It's of Garlic powder.
You need of Onion power.

In a large frying pan (I use my cast-iron frying pan), over medium-high heat, add vegetable oil and heat until a drop of water sizzles. Put equal parts buttermilk and Dales in a shallow dish. Put the flour and spices in another shallow dish. Mix both the flour mixture and the buttermilk and Dales well.

Country Fried (Venison) Steak step by step

Put equal parts buttermilk and Dales in a shallow dish. Put the flour and spices in another shallow dish..
Mix both the flour mixture and the buttermilk and Dales well..
Dip the steaks in both mixtures and place in a pan with hot oil..
(In this photo, I have dipped and am frying the first batch while the second batch has been dipped and is waiting.).
Once you can see the browning coming up from the bottom as in this photo, flip the steaks and cook them another couple minutes..
Let steaks cool on a plate lined with paper towels..

Dip the steaks in both mixtures and place in a pan with hot oil. Flatten cutlets with meat mallet until flat. Country Fried Steak (CFS) has a few other names throughout the U. S. and the world: chicken fried steak, pan fried steak, weiner schnitzel, milanesa, and no doubt a whole lot of others that I don't know about. The steak itself may be veal cutlets, beef, bear, or venison cube steak (you could use pork or chicken cutlets as well).