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Easy Gravy - quick homemade gravy with only 4 ingredients. This gravy is great for turkey, chicken, pork, steak and potaotes. So good!
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It’s that time of year when I crave for comfort food; simple, no-fuss, homey food that makes homemade dinners something to look forward to after a busy day at work.
This time of year, I wanted to also have gravy on everything I eat, so I made this easy gravy recipe.
Homemade gravy is one of the easiest recipes to make and it takes only a few ingredients.
I love my gravy with fat drippings, and I have an easy cheat for you.
For the fat drippings, I always use the fat dripping from rotisserie chicken, which you can easily get from the stores.
That was exactly what I did. I got a rotisserie chicken, scoop out the fat drippings, and then make the gravy.
I then serve the chicken with the gravy, especially on the drier chicken breast.
This recipe yields 2 cups of gravy, which you can use for potatoes, steak, turkey, or more!
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This recipe is only 230 calories per serving.
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Easy Gravy
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons fat drippings, from rotisserie chicken or roasted meat
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch , + 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups chicken broth
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper
Instructions
- Save the fat drippings from the rotisserie chicken or any roasted meat you have. In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with the water and stir well. Set aside.
- Heat a small saucepan over medium heat and add the fat drippings along with the chicken broth. Bring the mixture to a boil. Stir in the cornstarch to thicken the sauce. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Although gravy is no need a lot of time to make but it is important thing of delicious meal. And I absolutely agree that some time we just need easy gravy like this to eat everything we want. Thanks for your sharing!
Thanks Ellen for your sweet comment. :)
I enjoy following your delicious recipes. My family
Loves everyone I make
Hi Jean – awww, thanks so much for trying my recipes, I am so happy that you family loves everything you make. :)
Basic is good. I would offer a tip: This is even easier if you don’t use cornstarch but potato starch. Also, if you suspend the dry starch in shoju or diluted vodka, you will NEVER get a lumpy gravy. The potato starch is finer than corn starch and goes into solution quicker and at a lower temperature than cornstarch does. For those who don’t know shoju, it is a Korean vodka made from starchy vegetables, usually diluted at the factory to somewhere between 20-30% alcohol. It has no pronounced flavor to compete with any other ingredients. This trick also works with dry sherry.
Hi Harry, thanks for the great tips!! :)
Good and easy thanks
My father also makes gravy like this, so easy and tasty! Thanks for sharing.
Another way to make a quick gravy is to heat a little oil in a pan, then add a 1/2 cup of flour. Let it cook a bit until the flour is a little brown and add any type of liquid like water or broth. Salt and pepper and you’re done.
Thanks for your tips!
my recipe for all purpose gravy: Check out Cook’s Illustrated Nov.-Dec. 2003, page 8. It is very very good. Made without fat drippings and tasted like you did use fat drippings.
Thanks for letting me know!! :)
That looks easy enough for me to make! ☺That is my kind of recipe, short and easy.
Yes, and this is gravy season!!