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The Best Cuts Of Meat For Tender And Juicy Chicken Fried Steak By Jonathan Kesh Sept. 27, 2025 12:00 pm EST

Southern chicken fried steak is one of those regional steaks you need to try at least once . If you've never had it before, you should know there's no actual chicken involved. Instead, the steak is coated in an egg mixture (often including buttermilk) and a flour dredge and fried until crispy like it's chicken. For help on what cut of steak to fry, we spoke to Jamie Waldron, butcher and owner of J. Waldron Butchers in Ontario, Canada, about how he prepares chicken fried steak. Waldron admits his choices may not be traditional, but he gravitates toward either top sirloin or flat iron because of their tenderness.

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