Chicken-Fried Steak the Lone-Star State Way – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 1 lb. beef tenderloin
• 1½ cups flour
• 2 tsp. kosher salt
• 2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
• 1 tsp. smoked paprika
• 1 egg
• ½ cup milk
• ½ to 1 cup vegetable oil (enough to cover the steaks halfway up their sides when frying)
• ½ cup pan drippings
• ½ cup flour (feel free to use leftover dredging flour)
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 tsp. freshly ground pepper
• 8 tbsp. clarified butter, divided
• 4 cups frozen hash browns
• 4 eggs
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste