Homemade Country Gravy & Biscuits
This recipe uses the dry mix listed on the site, shortcut for that is in the Recipe Notes section. This makes the equivalent of using 2 store bought country gravy packets. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Notes section.
Ingredients
- 500 grams bulk breakfast sausage, (1 lb), Shortcut
- 1 bell pepper, your choice of color, diced
- 6 tablespoons homemade country gravy mix, Shortcut
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups milk
- ½ cup chicken broth, Shortcut
- hot cooked biscuits, your choice, Shortcut
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, add the breakfast sausage and cook, breaking up the meat with a spatula, until no longer pink and cooked through. Drain any excess fat, then remove the sausage to a plate and set aside.
- To the same saucepan, add the bell pepper and cook until softened, stirring occasionally. When cooked, remove bell pepper and place on the plate with the sausage.
- Now you will want the butter, gravy mix, and milk all measured out and ready, the gravy will come together quickly.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan on medium heat, do not let it boil or burn, then add the gravy mix to the pan and whisk into the butter to make a thick paste, this takes less than a minute.
- Whisk in the broth and whisk continuously until the mixture is smooth and creamy, this should take less than a minute.
- Keep whisking and pour in the milk, keep whisking until the gravy just comes to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for another 1-2 minutes, whisk or stir often.
- When the gravy is thick and creamy, return the sausage and bell pepper to the saucepan and stir in. Cook for a minute or two to heat the sausage through.
- Serve over hot cooked biscuits, and enjoy.
Notes
Low cost per serving.
Shortcuts: Breakfast Sausage, Homemade Country Gravy Mix, Chicken Broth, Linda's Biscuits.