The Best Chicken Fried Steak

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Ingredients

• 4 (1/2 pound) beef cube steaks
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups vegetable shortening for deep frying
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 4 cups milk
• kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste