An easy, delicious and comforting anytime Southern comfort dish!

It was literally a BBQ Bonanza this 4th of July holiday at my house folks! Pool side even!My incredibly ambitious students made BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, BBQ Baby Back Ribs and BBQ Baked Beans! All served with chilly Cole Slaw, sweet buttery Corn On The Cob, fresh garden salads, fresh garnishments and fresh fruits!Man! Talk about a sticky little weekend! I'm sure any one of you parents out there can imagine how big of a mess 15 tiny little students can make with fresh fruits, sugary sodas and 4 large bottles of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce huh? 😒 Jeeze! I'm still cleaning it all up! [so are the ants]Anyway, since there were too many recipes to post - I had them list the easiest and the tastiest of those presented. I'll post their recipe for the Copy Cat KFC Cole Slaw and BBQ Ribs on a separate post.Know all photos and instructions were taken and posted by my 7 and 8 year old talented icky - yicky - sticky lil' culinary monsters! Excellent job kiddos! Mom's, dad's, siblings, guests and teacher were ALL so very impressed!

Traditionally, a Chicken Fried Steak is a salt and pepper thing....at least it is in the mid west where my Dad comes from. The addition of garlic and cayenne, and the breadcrumbs add an updated approach to this classic American dish.

My son Aaron requested I include this meal in my collection of recipes.Good choice son . . .

Here are instructions and tips to cast iron pan-sear perfect, melt in your mouth T-Bone steaks. There are also easy instructions on making your own garlic steak butter, frying onions and mushrooms and to jazz up your baked asparagus and baked potato sides.

I love steak fried this way. This buttermilk is the curdled milk sold in stores, not the milk leftover after making butter. If you cannot get this type of milk, then take 4 cups of whole milk and add 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar. Stir and let it curdle.

For those of you in the know, I recently asked my wife to pick me up a three pound Prime Rib for my students. Somewhere in there she heard me say, "15 pounds of Prime Rib." [?] With that, we were all forced to get a bit creative this week.Anyway, great work kiddos! As always, delicious creations and excellent directions!

Definitely, "Dude Food 101!" Grilled juicy sliced NY steak, sautéed onions, grilled mushrooms, horseradish and two melted cheeses. All piled hot and high on thick garlic French bread slices. Trust me, your carnivore is gonna love this samich!

Sure, she isn't much for presentation but, she's lip smacking delicious and 10 minutes quick! Even quicker than a McDonald's drive thru!Anyway, on a depressing note, my neighbors wife recently left him. Bottom line? Culinarily speaking? Without her, he couldn't open or even heat up a can of Raviolis if he were literally forced to folks. Bless his sweet little lonely heart!So, a long story short, Mario came over last night starving and desperately, yet sheepishly, seeking any hot, homemade dish. And - BOY - did he want that meal made with the quickness! [starving men are appreciative of literally anything homemade = ADORABLE! ♡]Well, being a culinary instructor, luckily I usually have most any ingredient at the ready and, this is the dish I quickly decided to serve him. Yup! There would only be 10 easy minutes in between a grown Mexican man starving - to a hot, creamy, homemade, buttery, savory, meaty, charred, tummy filling, rib stickin', carb packed, USA Southern comfort food dish in his mouth and tummy! [excuse my elongated sentence] 😆But, if you do find yourself with a few extra minutes, carmelize some sweet Viadailla onions in salted butter, a dash of black pepper and olive oil. Then, add some fat, juicy button mushrooms and a splash of white wine to top your steaks with. They're always an appreciated addition! Another great addition is chilled bacon grease smeared thick on your pre-baked potatoes as opposed to garlic olive oil as listed below.Also,

I adore the fact that my culinary students are so very willing to help out the less fortunate. This week, they decided to feed the women and children at our local battered women's shelter. Not only did my 6, 7, 8 and 9 year olds come up with the entire menu, they fully documented it, photographed it and delivered it all by 6 30 am for the New Years holliday. I couldn't be any more proud of you kids!P.S., they quadrupled this recipe. 😆

Very crunchy and delicious. My Dad ate the whole dinner and he had 2 steaks and 2 cups of rice, with the green beans and potato salad.. ade me happy. He doesn't always eat much. He will be 86 this year.

This is how my mother makes chicken fried steak. It's my brother's favorite meal he always requests for his birthday. Just crush the crackers finer than I did this time I was being lazy 😋