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My Easy Gravy Recipe takes only 5 minutes and is perfect for turkey, chicken, or beef! It’s a foolproof gravy that thickens perfectly and has tons of flavor (even if you don’t have drippings!)
Easy Gravy Recipe in 5 minutes!
I’ve come to realize as I’ve gotten older that gravy is the star of the meal. My husband could drink gravy, he loves it so much, and he drowns everything in it, so it’s important that it not only tastes good but is the perfect consistency. Watery gravy was never my thing, and I was always looking for the perfect thick gravy that was easy to make.
THIS is the perfect gravy for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and ANY time you want to make homemade gravy for turkey, chicken, beef, or even vegetarian gravy! It’ll thicken up every time and has so much flavor even if you’re just using stock and not drippings!
Easy Gravy Recipe Ingredients
- Butter: I love butter in gravy – it makes it so thick and rich. It’s best to use unsalted butter and then add salt to taste because you never know how much salt is really in stock or bouillon and you don’t want your gravy recipe to be too salty.
- Flour: Use all-purpose flour for this. The butter and flour mixture cooks and makes a roux which thickens the gravy to the perfect thickness.
- Chicken Stock or broth: Use your favorite brand – but use a good one. I prefer using low sodium stock. You can also use drippings from your roast or turkey.
- Bouillon: I use this to add extra flavor when I’m just using stock or broth. If I’m using the drippings I don’t usually add this because turkey or beef drippings have tons of extra flavor.
- Spices: Use your favorites, but I love adding herbs and onion powder.
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Dorothy’s Expert Tips for Gravy
- This gravy recipe calls for stock so make sure to use one that is high quality. The more flavor the better!
- If you are making a turkey or chicken with drippings, strain it, remove the fat, and measure it with the stock to add tons of extra flavor.
- If you’re using stock and not drippings don’t skip the bouillon. But if you’re using drippings you can reduce them or omit them.
- It’s best to use unsalted butter, just because stock, drippings, and bouillon often have lots of salt. Taste your end product to see if it needs extra salt or pepper.
- It really only takes 5 minutes. Don’t walk away from the stove; this gravy thickens fast!
Easy Gravy Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups (474ml) chicken, beef, vegetable, or turkey stock
- 2 beef or chicken bouillon cubes
- 4 tablespoons (57g) unsalted butter
- ¼ cup (31g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Combine the stock and the bouillon cubes in a microwave safe bowl or measuring cup. Heat for 1 minutes and stir. Repeat until bouillon is dissolved.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the flour, onion powder, thyme, sage, and rosemary and cook for 1 minute to cook the flour. Slowly whisk in the stock until smooth and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook, whisking, until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
Notes
- If you have pan drippings, use those then add stock to make 2 cups.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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How To Make Gravy From Scratch
- Always melt the butter first, before adding the flour or flavors.
- Always whisk the flour into the melted butter so it makes a thick “rue” or paste. It needs to cook a few minutes to get rid of that “flour” taste.
- Adding hot stock makes this boil much faster than if it’s cold!
- Whisk almost constantly so it doesn’t stick.
FAQs
This gravy recipe is thickened with flour – the butter and flour make a rue that thickens the stock.
You’d have to use cornstarch to thicken the gravy. Bring the stock to a boil in a saucepan and use 2 tablespoons of cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water. Stir the cornstarch slurry into the boiling stock until it thickens.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will gel; heat to thin and add additional stock or water if you want it thinner.
Fantastic recipe! will definitely use again, and share! Used crushed rosemary and rubbed sage – delicious!
Very easy and full of delicious flavor. I made this using low sodium prepared broth and Better Than Bouillin Chicken Base instead of cubes. But it is the addition of the herbs that makes this a stand out. This has been moved to my recipe file for future use.
This is the best gravy I have ever had, and it is so easy to make. It’s hard to believe people labor over gravy when this one is so easy & flavorful. Thank you!
I do not like gravy. I’ve never liked gravy. Well, I actually do kind of like KFC gravy, but no other restaurant or homemade gravy that I’ve tasted over the past few decades. But my fiancé likes gravy. I came across your recipe early in my search and thought it sounded easy enough to justify giving it a try in order to make our two-person Thanksgiving feel a little more complete for him. Then I discovered many gravy recipes take forever and was really glad I came across this recipe before ruling out making it entirely. Well, it was just as easy as promised. And we BOTH really liked it! I’ll be making this 5 (or 10) minute gravy again for sure.
This truly is the best gravy recipe and it’s a bonus that it only takes five minutes! I didn’t use a bouillon cube and it was still good. I made mine in an iron skillet and it was wonderful. Nice to know I can put together a nice gravy in such a short time. Thank you!
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