Country Fried Steak - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 lbs sirloin steaks ((pinned)( if not pinned use a mallet to tenderize))
    1/2 cup flour
    salt
    fresh pepper, ground
    2 tablespoons bacon grease or 2 tablespoons lard (you can use a oil like canola)
    2 tablespoons Wondra Flour (or another gravy flour)
    2 cups half-and-half
    4 tablespoons sweet creamy butter
Preparation
    Trim visible fat from meat and cut into 4 equal serving pieces.
    Mix flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow, wide bowl and dredge each piece of meat in it, coating well on both sides.
    Heat grease or oil until hot but not smoking in a heavy, wide skillet with a lid.
    Brown the meat pieces on both sides, turn heat down a bit, cover and let steak fry like chicken for 15 to 20 minutes, until done. Remove cover and let steak crisp for about 5 minutes.
    Take steak from the pan and drain.
    Leave about 2 Tbsp of drippings and all the browned flecks of crust in the pan.
    Turn the heat a bit lower, sprinkle Wondra flour int o the drippings and stir to keep from lumping while it browns.
    Slowly add half and half, stirring.
    Let it cook until thick, about 3 to 5 minutes.
    Taste and add seasoning, if needed.
    Return the steaks to the gravy and cook an additional 5 mins or so.
    Serve on plate, Mashed potatoes, maybe some green beans with country ham.

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