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Chicken-fried Steak with Cream Gravy

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Why it works: Evaporated milk and sauce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 53 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chicken-fried Steak with Cream Gravy

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Trim steak and pound, if needed, to ½ inch thick; cut into 6 to 8 pieces.

  2. Combine milk, tabasco sauce and salt in a bowl.

  3. Measure 1 cup of flour into a bowl.

  4. Combine remaining flour, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper in another bowl.

  5. Dip steak into flour, into milk mixture, and then into seasoned flour.

  6. Set aside until all meat is coated.

  7. Heat 1 or 2 inches of oil in fry pan.

  8. Fry meat until both sides are golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.

  9. Drain on paper towels.

  10. Serve with cream sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

983Calories
47 gProtein
38 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
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.

Explore the science

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. Evaporated milk + saucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Flour + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Evaporated milk + flourtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together495 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + flourtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (evaporated milk, sauce, flour, pepper):

  1. Jalapenofits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

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

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