Oil for cooking(I used a combination of butter and light olive oil)
Country Sausage Gravy:
2tbspbutter
12ozpork breakfast sausage
2/3cuponiondiced (I skipped the onion for a lower carb count)
3clovesgarlicminced
1 1/2cupsheavy cream
1tbspfresh parsleychopped
1/2tspsea salt
Instructions
Sprinkle the cube steaks with salt and pepper on both sides.
In a shallow bowl, combine the heavy cream and eggs. Whisk with a fork.
Combine the crushed pork rinds, Parmesan cheese, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika and cayenne. Spread into a thin layer on a large plate.
In a large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium-high heat, heat 1/4 inch of oil.
Dip cube steak into the egg wash and then dredge in pork rind breading, coating thoroughly on both sides.
Place into hot oil and fry until crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.
Country Sausage Gravy:
Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Once butter is melted, add sausage (crumbled if ground, slice if using sausage links). Cook until sausage is browned. Remove using a slotted spoon and set aside.
Add onion (if using) and garlic to drippings in pan. Reduce heat to medium low and cook until onion is translucent, stirring frequently.
Add cream, parsley and salt. Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer. Once gravy begins to thicken, add sausage back into pan.
Pour over chicken fried steak.
Notes
Serves 4. I've broken out the nutritional counts of the steak and gravy separately below. Suffice it to say...it's more than a meal!Steak: Food energy: 583kcal Calories from fat: 389 Cholesterol: 264mg Carbohydrate: 2.96g Total dietary fiber: 0.49g Protein: 46.11g Sodium: 890mgSausage Gravy (does not include the onion, which raises the carb count considerably): Food energy: 700kcal Total fat: 65.64g Calories from fat: 590 Cholesterol: 197mg Carbohydrate: 6.03g Total dietary fiber: 0.11g Protein: 13.88g Sodium: 1060mg