Yield: 6 servings
Easy Homemade White Gravy Recipe
This ultra-rich, creamy and flavorful Homemade White Gravy recipe is made from scratch in just 10 minutes with 5 simple ingredients! This classic Southern gravy is perfect for topping your favorite comfort foods like biscuits or chicken-fried steak.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups whole milk, or half and half
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
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Instructions
- Use a heavy bottom skillet or deep sided sauté pan. If using a pan with pan drippings from frying something (like chicken fried steak), drain any excess grease from the skillet, but leave the crispy fried pieces behind for flavor.
- Over medium heat melt butter, constantly stirring. (If using a pan with pan drippings, scrape the pan to remove the pan drippings as you melt the butter.)
- Once the butter has melted, whisk in the flour. While whisking constantly, cook the flour/butter mixture, until it turns light brown.
- Then, slowly whisk in the milk, constantly stirring the entire time.
- Cook for 2 to 3 more minutes, until gravy has thickened, whisking the entire time.
- Season to taste, with salt and pepper, and serve immediately!
Notes
Pan Drippings: If you have leftover drippings from cooking meat use those for extra flavor. After frying chicken or beef don’t clean the skillet, just pour off any excess grease and make the gravy in the same skillet to get all the flavor and follow the recipe as directed!
Storing: You can store leftover gravy in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. To reheat, place it back on the stove, over medium-low heat. Add a couple more tablespoons of milk and whisk until warmed through.
Freezing: You can freeze white gravy for up to 3 months! We recommend letting it thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating. And again, you may need to add some more milk to get the consistency that you had from the original batch.
Nutrition
Serving: 1, Calories: 133kcal, Carbohydrates: 7g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 28mg, Sodium: 306mg, Sugar: 4g