Dairy Queen Dude, also known as a chicken fried steak sandwich is a tasty take on your every day hamburger. When I was in college I worked at a Dairy Queen, and I am quite familiar with how to make these sandwiches.
A chicken fried steak sandwich is a classic living in the southern part of the country. While you can't have a full on chicken fried steak at any meal, you can have a chicken fried steak sandwich when ever you like. By dipping this into buttermilk you get a tangy and crunchy crust that is difficult to beat.
Dairy Queen Dude
You can make a chicken fried steak sandwich and enjoy this flavor anytime.
Ingredients
- 4 4 ounce tenderized beef cutlets - you can use top sirloin, cube steak, round steak
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 hamburger buns
- 8 slices tomatoes
- 4 - 8 pieces of lettuce
- Mayonnaise
- oil for cooking
Directions
Preheat oil in a deep skillet to 350 degrees. Add enough oil to cover the bottom 1 1/2 inches of the pan. Prepare seasoned flour by adding flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Stir dry ingredients together with a fork. In another shallow dish mix together the buttermilk and the water. Season beef cutlets with salt and pepper. Dredge the meat in the flour, then the buttermilk, and then the flour. Ideally allow the floured cutlets to rest for 10-15 minutes before cooking.
Cook meat cutlets in the hot oil, flip over when the bottom has browned. When both sides are browned remove and allow cooked meat patties to drain on paper towels.
Assemble the sandwich by placing the chicken fried steak patty on the bottom bun, then build by adding 2 sliced tomatoes, and then the lettuce. Spread mayonnaise on the top bun and place the top bun on the sandwich.
Variations: You can add pickles and onions, and even a slice of cheese.
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I was under the impression, from having ingested many a Dude sandwich in my day, that the dressing of choice was a “Miracle Whip” sort of thing, not regular mayo. Perhaps that “twang” comes from the buttermilk in the batter though. I had not know/given any thought to that being the case. I’m off to DQ now to test my theory!
As someone who used to work at the DQ in Texas, we only had mayonnaise in the house. So it was mayonnaise that went on the sandwiches served where I worked.
Thanks for the recipe, I am going to make this.
“you can’t have a full on chicken fried steak at any meal”
Who says? If you live in the South or places in the West you can.