Chicken Fried Pork With Milk Gravy
"This recipe is like the chicken fried steak you grew up with, only uses boneless rib pork chops. You will need a meat mallet with a rough textured side and also a deep fat thermometer. I discovered this recipe in Gourmet."
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- 1hr
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ingredients
- 4 boneless pork chops (1/2-inch thick, 1 1/2 lb total)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 3⁄4 teaspoons salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 large egg
- 3 1⁄4 cups whole milk
- 2 cups vegetable oil
directions
- Pound pork chops on both sides with rough-textured side of meat pounder until 1/4 inch thick.
- Season with salt and pepper and cut into 3-inch pieces.
- Whisk together 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper in a shallow dish.
- Whisk together egg, 3/4 cup milk, remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper in another shallow dish.
- Dip pork pieces in egg mixture to coat, then dredge in flour.
- Transfer pork as coated to a large rack set on a baking sheet.
- Let pork stand, uncovered, at room temperature 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 250°F.
- Heat oil in a deep 10-inch heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over high heat until thermometer registers 375°F (see cooks' note, below).
- Fry pork in batches, turning over once, until golden, about 4 minutes per batch, transferring to paper towels to drain. Return oil to 375°F between batches.
- Keep pork warm on a clean baking sheet in oven.
- Pour off all but 2 tablespoons oil into a heatproof bowl, leaving any brown bits in bottom of skillet, then add remaining 3 tablespoons flour to skillet and cook roux over moderate heat, stirring constantly, 3 minutes.
- Bring to a boil and whisk in remaining 2 1/2 cups milk.
- Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Season gravy with salt and pepper (to taste) and serve over pork.
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** Note:
- To take the temperature of a shallow amount of oil with a metal flat-framed deep-fat thermometer, put bulb of thermometer facedown in skillet, resting other end (not plastic handle) on rim of skillet. Check temperature frequently.
- Makes 4 servings.
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I've done similar things for a long time. Glad to see the recipe written out for everyone. I only do a couple of things differently. First, I add garlic powder to the dredging flour and some corn starch plus extra salt. Second, I use pork stew meat trimmed of fat. It's cheap and tender and my family loves the bite sizes.
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My Husband and I loved this recipe !!! Pounding the chops made them extremely tender. Just delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Bev! All my adult life I've been trying to make "Chicken Fried" anything, with less than satisfactory results. Why? Because the coating would fall or peel off during cooking, either just slipping off, or sticking to the pan and being pulled off. I have followed your recipe twice, now, with excellent results. The only changes I made were to season the flour with some onion powder and smoked paprika as well as the salt and pepper. I think the secret is letting the pounded, egged, and flour-coated meat sit on the racks for the 15 minutes before placing in the hot oil. (the last time I made it, it sat a little over 30 minutes.) The coating did not stick or want to slip off. It stayed married to the meat, thickened slightly, and became golden brown with a nice crunch to the bite upon eating. My family loved this recipe; my husband raving for days about it each time. It IS very fattening, so we won't have it too often, but what a treat to have occasionally. Thank you, again, for posting this recipe..
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These tasted great. So comforting and filling. I used up some pork steaks I had in the freezer instead of the pork chops and they were awesome. My only complaint was that it didn't make enough gravy for me so I added some pre-made country gravy. Will make again. -
TASTY !! I have always made pork cutlets this way. Which is what I will use this evening when I make it. The only difference I can see between what you have written and what I do is some spices. I add a couple of dashes of hot sauce to my egg mixture. And also to my gravy. That is just how I was taught to make chicken fried anything. Make this at least once a month
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