chicken-fried

verb (used with object), chick·en-fried, chick·en-fry·ing.

1. to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.

noun

2. food or a meal prepared in this way: He claims to do the best chicken-fry in Texas.

adjective

1. (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
2. informal, oft derogatory variant of countrified Compare Southern-fried