The Best Chicken Fried Steak

Ingredients (14)

• + 4 (1/2 pound) beef cube steaks add to pantry
• + 2 cups all-purpose flour add to pantry
• + 2 teaspoons baking powder add to pantry
• + 1 teaspoon baking soda add to pantry
• ✓ 1 teaspoon black pepper
• + ¾ teaspoon salt add to pantry
• + 1 ½ cups buttermilk add to pantry
• + 1 egg add to pantry
• + 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™) add to pantry
• ✓ 2 cloves garlic, minced
• + 3 cups vegetable shortening for deep frying add to pantry
• + 4 cups milk add to pantry
• + kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste add to pantry
• + kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste add to pantry