# smothered steak and.... do you insist on the rice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766 "2013-03-01T21:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/41 "2013-03-03T02:20:37Z")
Neither smothered steak nor CFS is made from the kind of steak usually broiled or grilled. CFS is breaded, fried & served with mashed potatoes; the white gravy may even be served on the side to preserve the crunch. For smothering, pork chops might work better. Oxtails are the best… And, yes: over rice. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/42 "2013-03-03T03:33:16Z")
I want my steak nekkid and kicking. 🆒 Unless your speaking of chuck roast/chopped steak type meat, then yea, over rice or noodles…it’s the sauce that makes that tolerable. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/43 "2013-03-03T04:32:27Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > For smothering, pork chops might work better. They do! And this is “steak” in the sense that it’s a cut from a cow eaten as a single person’s portion. It’s not a typical steak cut like a NY Strip, filet mignon, etc… I think it’s usually flank steak or chuck or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/44 "2013-03-03T20:47:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m not southern, but chicken fried steak and smothered steak(pork/chicken) are two quite different dishes. > > [This is what I think of when I think of chicken fried steak](http://cravedfw.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/marys.jpg) > > [this is what I think of when I think of smothered steak](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OFpCCX-zBts/TQpkylz8IXI/AAAAAAAANWo/UdvNvxovgTw/s400/Creole+Smothered+Steak.jpg). > > I’ve never had smothered steak with a white gravy, and I can’t remember ever having chicken fried steak with anything but white gravy. Okay, fair enough. I’d never heard of smothered steak before, and the previous picture in the thread was pretty bad for trying to figure out if it was the same or not, and many people were talking about CFS, so I thought maybe they were the same. These new pics clear it up, they’re not the same, so I know nothing about SS, maybe rice is great. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/45 "2013-03-03T20:54:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m with **Darth Nader**. Country fried steak demands mashed potatoes, and while I’ll eat it with any kind of gravy, it really ought to be white gravy. And the white gravy should be made from the little crackling bits left over in the pan that the country fried steak was cooked in. I like rice, but I like good rice, preferably long grain or wild rice that falls apart. I do not like sticky rice and the idea of putting gravy on rice is foreign to me. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/46 "2013-03-03T21:16:04Z")
I get the idea of gravy on rice. I eaten it that way and it’s yummy. But underneath a smothered steak? I voted that I’d eat it that way, because it’s not an outrageous idea, and it would probably taste fine. But potatoes are what should go with smothered steak. Any kind of steak really. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/47 "2013-03-04T16:13:21Z")
Put me down on the ‘this is chicken-fried steak a whole different dish than smothered steak’ side. No, rice is not traditional with chicken fried steak. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/48 "2013-03-04T16:21:39Z")
If I got gravy over rice I would send it back. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/49 "2013-03-04T16:27:20Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > If I got gravy over rice I would send it back. You guys are odd. Have you never had creole or Cajun food, where it seems like almost everything is served over rice? Or Chinese food? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/50 "2013-03-04T20:06:08Z")
Rice demands gravy, or saucing of some kind. Bare-ass rice is boring. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/51 "2013-03-04T20:06:12Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’m okay with or without rice. But I don’t want the gravy to be white. That’s not right. Mostly this–white gravy is fine on potatoes but gross on rice. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/52 "2013-03-04T20:17:34Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Mostly this–white gravy is fine on potatoes but gross on rice. White gravy is gross on _anything_. With mashed potatoes, it only compounds the problem that you’re being served potatoes instead of rice. No offense to you tater-lovers, but you can definitely have my share. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/53 "2013-03-04T20:26:40Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Mostly this–white gravy is fine on potatoes but gross on rice. I will agree that white gravy on rice is a bit odd. I’m not sure if it’s “gross” or not, but I would not have ever thought of putting white gravy on rice. For white gravy, I think biscuits first, then on chicken fried steak, and then potatoes. Rice doesn’t seem like a good match for that kind of gravy, but I can be persuaded. But gravies/sauces, in general, are awesome with rice. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/54 "2013-03-04T20:36:03Z")
I just returned from my local cafeteria with a take out of Country steak over rice, pinto beans, and mac&cheese. Brown gravy on the steak of course. White gravy over rice wouldn’t be something I’d ask for. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/55 "2013-03-04T21:47:49Z")
Haven’t had that before, but damn it looks nice. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766/56 "2013-03-05T02:09:46Z")
Only kind of gravy I’m usually willing to eat is sausage gravy, on biscuits. I like my rice plain (butter, salt and pepper), but I’d rather have potatoes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-steak-and-do-you-insist-on-the-rice/651766.md?page=2)