Chicken-fried elk steak is buttermilk-marinated, double-dredged and fried to perfection. Now that's how Wyoming makes comfort ...

Chicken-fried steak is dipped in an egg-based batter before being dredged in flour and fried while country-fried steak is only dredged in flour before frying. Read more: The Worst Pan To Cook ...

But the real magic happens after the steak is fried: Ree whips up a creamy homemade gravy using leftover pan drippings and whole milk (no skim milk, unfortunately). “You cannot have chicken ...

To make what he thought was ordered, he coated a beef round steak in the batter he used for his fried chicken, cooked it in a grease-filled pan and a dish called chicken-fried steak was born.

And did a chicken fry this steak? Also called country fried steak, the dish typically features a cheap cut of beef that is tenderized, breaded, fried and served with gravy made from the pan drippings.