Best + Quick + Easy + Delicious: Delicious Steak Fingers — Cookin’ with Mack

Today's recipe is one of the easiest ones I have and it came from Florence Badowski.

As you all know my New Year's resolution is to start helping my husband with the cooking around our house, so this is all new to me and I learn something every time I make something. So if you have tips or a recipe for me, submit them below!

This week I learned that the USDA recommends that your meat reach a certain temperature to kill harmful bacteria, so when cooking remember:

• Ham, Sausage, Ground Beef, Roasts, Steaks, Pork, Hamburger, Sauces, Custards and Casseroles: 160°F
• Ground Chicken or Turkey and Stuffing: 165°F
• Chicken, Duck and Turkey: 180°F

Steak Finger Ingredients:

• 1 Pound Boneless Beef Top Round Steak between 1/2-3/4 thick
• 1 Teaspoon of your favorite seasoning (I use Lowery's but you can substitute with lemon pepper, or a mixture of dried basil, savory or thyme)
• 1/4 Teaspoon of Salt
• 1/2 Cup Buttermilk (I use a milk and egg mixture: 1 egg and approximately 1/2 cup of milk)
• 1 Cup of Flour
• 1/4 Cup Oil

Tips:

• I gather all the ingredients, bowls, utensils and measuring spoons that I'll need so that I'm not looking for stuff while I'm cooking.
• And my mother always told me to, "Clean as you go, so you don't have a HUGE mess when you're done." So keep a used grocery bag near by and dump all the cans/trash in it as I go.

1. Place steak on cutting board and sprinkle with seasoning and salt
2. Pound to a 1/4" thick (I don't have a pounder so I use a couple of forks to puncture the seasoning into the meat . . .)
3. Cut steak into 1/2" strips
4. Dip steak fingers into buttermilk or egg/milk and then through the flour
5. Place oil into a large skillet over High and add steaks strips until brown on both sides, approximately 3 to 4 minutes (always being sure to reach the safe internal temperature stated above)
6. Remove to layered paper towels to drain oil, then to serving platter to keep warm.

Goes great with any type of potato, bean, noodle or rice!