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The Best Chicken Fried Steak

See how to make real Southern-style chicken-fried steak with creamy gravy.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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The Best Chicken Fried Steak

Why it works: Buttermilk and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 129 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The Best Chicken Fried Steak

4 steaks
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1164Calories
54 gProtein
55 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Buttermilk + saucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together129 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, flour, pepper, buttermilk, egg, sauce, garlic):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, flour, pepper, buttermilk, egg, sauce, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.