Chicken fried steak, a popular dish in the South, is a riff on southern fried chicken, only it’s made with beef. This is my vegetarian version. It’s made with seasoned and floured “meaty” portobello mushrooms cooked to golden brown, crunchy-crusted goodness.
Chicken Fried Portobello Steak and Chive Eggs
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 large portobello mushrooms
- 1/2 cup 64-grams all-purpose flour, divided
- 10 large eggs divided
- 1 tablespoon 15-ml water
- 6 tablespoons 54-grams cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons 8-grams chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 3 tablespoons 9-grams chopped chives
- 1 tablespoon 15-ml olive oil or (14-grams) margarine
Instructions
- Rinse, trim, and dry the mushrooms.
- Place 1/4 cup (32-grams) flour in a dish. Place 2 eggs in another dish and beat with 1 tablespoon water.
- Mix the remaining 1/4 cup (32 grams) flour, cornmeal, parsley, sage, garlic powder, paprika, cayenne, and salt in a third dish. Coat the portobellos with the flour.
- Dip each mushroom into the egg mixture, making sure to coat the entire surface. Then dip into the flour-cornmeal mixture, making sure to coat the entire surface. Place the mushrooms on a cake rack and let them air-dry for at least 15 minutes.
- Heat about 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) vegetable oil (enough to come halfway up the sides of the mushrooms) in a large sauté pan over a medium-high heat. When the oil is hot enough to make a breadcrumb sizzle, fry the mushrooms for about 3 minutes on each side side or until crispy and golden brown.
- Beat the remaining 8 eggs and the chives in a bowl.
- Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the eggs and cook them, stirring occasionally, until they are almost set but still glossy. Transfer the eggs to serving plates accompanied by a fried mushroom.
- SERVING SUGGESTIONS AND VARIATIONS: If the mushrooms are large enough, you can serve the eggs inside of them. If you prefer, fry the eggs in butter for a dairy meal.
- Source: The Modern Kosher Kitchen Cookbook
Forgot to say I put the eggs inside the mushrooms
Made this for supper the only change I had to make was to use scallions instead of chives because grocery store sent the wrong thing. I served this on top of the potato and parsnip latkes the latkes I divided into four so they were nice and big and looked real nice together.
I have never eaten chicken fried steak, but my husband has. He said the breaking was not right on this, chicken fried steak has a fried chicken batter on it. He was disappointed. My opinion was that the mushrooms were good. I would prefer this as a sandwich with some type of mayonnaise based sauce. The eggs were just eggs.