Peppery Sausage Breakfast Gravy

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

For a hearty, Southern-style breakfast, this thick breakfast gravy made with sage-flavored breakfast sausage is hard to beat.

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package sage pork sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
2 tablespoons salted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or more as needed
2 cups milk, or more to taste
ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1 Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 8 to 10 minutes. Add butter and stir until melted.
2 Add flour; stir until absorbed by the mixture. Add milk and pepper. Increase heat and stir until heated through and thick, about 5 minutes.