Name: Chicken Fried Pork with Milk Gravy
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 hr
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 (1/2-inch-thick) boneless rib pork chops (1 1/2 lb total); 2 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 3/4 teaspoons salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper; 1 large egg; 3 1/4 cups whole milk; 2 cups vegetable oil; a meat pounder with rough-textured side; a deep-fat thermometer

In this recipe, associate food editor Alexis Touchet uses pork to create a new sensation based on her mother's recipe for traditional chicken fried steak.

Cooks' note:

To take the temperature of a shallow amount of oil with a metal flat-framed deep-fat thermometer, put bulb of thermometer facedown in skillet, resting other end (not plastic handle) on rim of skillet. Check temperature frequently.

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