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[Bri369]

I found it at Target.  4 ounce bottle for $2.99.

[On It]

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@Bri369 wrote:

I found it at Target.  4 ounce bottle for $2.99.

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I think you may have solved the problem. My local stores do not have it available. Target says it can be shipped, but I must be with a $35 order.

[spumoni99]

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@On It wrote:

@spumoni99 I am looking at my recipe card. It is titled "Steak Casserole." The recipe follows:

Chicken fry round steak.

Make gravy:

     3 t. Boullion in 1 c. Water

     1 t. Kitchen Bouquet

      Flour

      Water

Cook 3 hours in slow oven.

This is how my family recipes are written.

I will try to write better instructions as I make the dish and share them with you on Sunday after Thanksgiving.

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Thank you!  Do you brown the chicken fry steak before baking in the oven?  This made me remember that my mom would make a chicken fry steak,it was really good, she just floured the pounded round steak and fried it though I don't remember her finishing in the oven but this sounds really good.

[coffee drinker]

@On It Buy those Rastelli steaks and you won't need Kitchen Bouquet.  Just kidding about that, but to listen to the presentations, you'd think you wouldn't have to cook them.  

ETA Just check Walmart on line and it's available at our local store for $2.75.  Someone mentioned Gravy Master.  That's readily available in local grocery stores, too.  I even have some in my cabinet.  I'd be willing to share it with you.

[Marp]

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@eddyandme wrote:

@On It 

Look on amazon -they have 2-4oz bottles for $14.89.

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@On It,  check Walmart.  They have it for $2.73 (4 oz).  Why do you think it was discontinued?

The brand is owned by Hidden Valley which recently had a supply chain issue that caused shortages of their ranch dressing and other products in some areas.  Perhaps Kitchen Bouquet is just in short supply.

[On It]

@spumoni99  Cook the chicken fried steak (but do not tenderize it) on top of the stove. After it is cooked, let it rest on a plate or platter to allow it to settle and some of the grease drain away from it. Then place the cooked steak into a casserole or Pyrex dish that is oven safe.

Mix the buillion in the water. Drain almost all of the grease from the skillet. Leave the crumbles from the steak. Add flour to the grease using a whisk or dinner fork to keep it from getting lumpy. The ratio is the grease will disappear into the flour. Do not leave any exposed grease. Add flour slowly until this happens. Stir in the buillion mixture and more water to get the consistency of gravy that is a bit more runny than how you would serve it alone. Don't get it too thick. Cover the steak with the gravy. I use a Corningware casserole that has a fitted lid and put the lid on the casserole. Foil would work on Pyrex.

In my family a slow oven is about 275-300 depending on the quirks of the oven. Cook for 3 hours. The meat will tenderize itself during the slow cooking. The flour from the gravy will thicken it more. 

If you have Kitchen Bouquet add it into the buillion water. I usually stir it into that to be sure it is dispersed evenly. This is an easy meal that affords an opportunity to clean up the chicken fried steak mess and relax before dinner. We like to have mashed potatoes with it.

Enjoy! I hope you like it with or without Kitchen Bouquet.

By the way, I have the butcher tenderize my round steak that I eat as chicken fried steak. Tenderized steak in this casserole doesn't work as well as the undisturbed beef. Finding round steak is sometimes a challenge. Finding a whole one with the bone verges into unicorn territory.

[On It]

@Marp I thought it was discontinued because I could not find it at our HEB or Walmart. My son said he could not get it in NY. I searched the internet and could not find it in stock locally. Walmart is the default site when trying to place an order from Hidden Valley. It said out of stock. Target was suggested, so I tried that. It is not available at either of the two Targets here. Maybe it is a regional problem. Target will ship it if I place a $35 order. 

If it is a supply chain problem that is good news. It could be the bottle. It is an odd shape that is probably custom. 

[deeva]

It's still available at Fry's, Safeway and Albertsons stores here in Arizona.

I switch between this and Gravy Master, so I'll be okay. 

[On It]

@deeva  Thank you for the information. I am hoping it is a temporary regional problem and not a discontinued item.

[On It]

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@Bri369 wrote:

I found it at Target.  4 ounce bottle for $2.99.

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Yipee! I went to the Target website. Our local stores did not have Kitchen Bouquet available for curbside pickup, but it could be ordered with a $35 order. I put it in the cart with some antihistamines to reach the $35. It arrived this afternoon Fri. Nov 10. I have been following its journey. The shipment was sent from Oklahoma City.

In the meantime neither Walmart nor HEB has it here in West Texas. The Walmart in New Mexico now shows it available for curbside. Success, thanks to your advice.