How to Make Country Gravy
Description
Chef John's classic American-style savory sausage and milk gravy is perfect for anything from biscuits and fried chicken to grits and country-fried steak.
Ingredients
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2 tablespoons butter
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8 ounces breakfast sausage links, casings removed and meat broken up
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4 strips bacon, sliced crosswise
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1/2 cup chopped green onions (light parts only)
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1/3 cup packed all-purpose flour
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2 1/2 cups cold milk
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1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
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salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Directions
1
Melt butter in a large skillet or saucepan over medium heat. Add sausage and bacon. Cook, breaking sausage into small pieces, until sausage is browned and bacon is almost crisp, about 10 minutes. Add light green onion to sausage mixture and saute until soft, about 3 minutes more.
2
Stir flour into meat mixture, 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time, until thoroughly combined and mixture is pasty. Cook, stirring often, to remove raw flour taste, 2 to 3 minutes.
3
Whisk milk into meat mixture, about 1 cup at a time, until combined. Continue to whisk until gravy begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Turn heat to medium-high, bring gravy to a simmer. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low.
4
Continue to simmer gravy, stirring occasionally, until flavors have blended and gravy is thick, 10 to 15 minutes. Garnish with green onion and cayenne pepper.