Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Sausage Gravy and Biscuits ~ Southern-style comfort food for breakfast or brunch. Creamy country-style sausage gravy over split warm buttermilk biscuits.
I don't even know where to start with this post. This is the kind of food that is just good old comfort food, plain and simple. It's homey, hearty, down-home delicious. And it is so easy to make.
Here I go with another Ohio story. When we visit my husband's family, we stay with his brother, Don, and sister-in-law, Paula. She often makes us a big breakfast before we hit the road to go back home. This is where my kids fell in love with biscuits and gravy. Picky Eater ordered it in a restaurant here at home and said it was good but not as good as Aunt Paula's. My other two girls say the same thing.
In Ohio, the sausage to use is Bob Evans. That's what everybody eats and Paula swears by the stuff. It comes in a pound package, and to brown it, Paula wields some sort of utensil with prongs on it to help break up the meat. Never seen anything like it.
So I started making sausage gravy and biscuits for these guys on an occasional Sunday morning or holiday. Well, I don't make the biscuits, for two reasons. One, I do not like to bake first thing in the morning. And, two, I am not a great baker.
There are really good frozen biscuits out there and that's what I use. They taste great, better than my attempt at homemade. If you make good biscuits, then by all means, make a batch.
The gravy is pork breakfast sausage, flour, butter and milk. And lots of fresh, cracked pepper, and I like to add a little Old Bay seasoning. That's it. I wanted to make this for Picky Eater before she headed off to college but it just didn't happen. So I just made it for Meathead and me and froze the leftovers for her when she comes home soon.
The store I was at did not have Bob Evans sausage. So, blasphemy, I used Jimmy Dean. I'm sorry Don and Paula, please forgive me. Use whatever kind of sausage you like, mild or spicy or even turkey sausage. It will be just fine.
Also, it is kind of hard to break up the sausage while it's browning. I take the big hunk of sausage and tear off little pieces into the pan, then turn on the heat and brown it. Much easier this way, I think.
When we are all home and I make this, we always have scrambled eggs with it. My husband and I decided on over easy eggs and it was the best. Nothing like a runny yolk and sausage gravy and biscuits. Only thing missing was some hot sauce. We were out of it. Next time I'll be sure to have some, it just elevates it a notch with a good shake of hot sauce.
I think of this as hearty breakfast food but it occurred to me as Meathead and I were stuffing our faces that this would be good for dinner some time. He agreed wholeheartedly. So dinner it is sometime soon. We're still talking about how good this is ~ Kelly
I make this all the time for the family breakfast on holidays, and usually this sour cream coffee cake, too!
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Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 pound of pork breakfast sausage (any darn kind you like)
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 2 cups of whole milk (plus more to thin, as needed)
- lots of fresh , cracked pepper, like 2 teaspoons at least
Instructions
- Prepare biscuits, either homemade or frozen.
- Cut open cylinder package of pork sausage and tear into small pieces and place in a single layer in a large, heavy skillet, preferably cast iron.
- Turn heat on to medium and let brown before stirring, you want to hear a good sizzle before you start stirring and browning until just done. While sausage browns, make roux: melt butter in small saucepan, stir in flour and mix well, cook and stir for one minute.
- Do not drain grease. Add the roux to the browned sausage/drippings and mix well and cook another minute or so. Stir in some freshly cracked black pepper.
- Slowly add the milk and stir the whole time until it starts to thicken. Be sure to scrape up any browned bits and be careful not to burn the gravy while it's thickening. Stir frequently until thick, adding more milk to thin, as necessary.
- When desired thickness is reached, add a little salt and more freshly cracked black pepper. Taste. Add some more pepper.
- Split a biscuit and generously spoon the sausage gravy over it. Add an over easy egg or two if desired (highly recommended) and a few shakes of hot sauce.
Recipe Notes
- I like to add a little Old Bay seasoning, it's so good! Or a little seasoned salt. You're the boss, apple sauce.
Nutrition
This recipe sounds delicious! Could oat milk be substituted? Just wondering!
I've never tried oat milk in this recipe but I think you could try it, it shouldn't affect the taste, just not sure how well it will thicken up?
Gravy turned out awesome!
As I read your comments above about the biscuits. I went to the web site for the biscuits you posted, and after reading the whole process,I can see why you use frozen or canned. Try the 7-up biscuits using sour cream, 7-up or sparkling water, butter, and bisquick or jiffy biscuit mix. They are super easy to whip up and are sooooo good. They are my go to recipe for biscuits, & you can change them up to suit your tastes, ie; cheese, garlic, or other spices.
Glad you liked the gravy and I will have to check out the 7-Up biscuits!
First time trying any kind of gravy, this was really easy. Just learning to cook. Old Bay was awesome. Plenty of pepper. Thank you for this recipe.
I tried this and mine was so greasy! What did I do wrong?
Not sure. If the sausage is excessively greasy, maybe remove some of it and sprinkle a little flour over the browned sausage, stir for a minute to combine, then add the roux and milk. It should be really thick and creamy, not greasy, takes several minutes of stirring and simmering.
This was my first attempt at sausage gravy. My husband always orders it when we go out for breakfast but I honestly have never liked it. Adding the extra extra pepper seems to do the trick! He ate half the pan and I had a good scoop too. Thank you!
It gets better and better each time you make it as you get the hang of it and season the way you like it.
It was really good. I made it for breakfast for my family!!!
Yay!
This was my first choice and I am so happy I went with it! Everyone in my family loved it!!!
Best part it was super easy and quick!
That's great!! It's not hard and so, so good. My family loves this recipe.
Before making my husband was sure to tell me that he never liked any sausage biscuits and gravy. That was before this recipe! He and I both love it!
Too funny, this is pretty hard not to like. Happy to hear it worked out for you ?
Loved it!
Was my first time making biscuits and gravy and this recipe was very easy to follow!
I just made this sausage gravy this morning and it’s wonderful! Thank you for the recipe
You are very welcome, glad you liked it.
I tried this recipe for breakfast this morning and loved it! I ended up using a whole stick of butter, and of course more flour, because we love the creamy gravy in our house - and momma loves butter! ?
It was AMAZING! Two thumbs up!
Thank you for the recipe!! ?
So glad you liked it! My family loves the sausage gravy, it’s their favorite Sunday morning breakfast ?
How long should it take to thicken? Mine will not thicken up!
Not very long. I add milk a little at a time and use a flat whisk to incorporate, and it starts thickening right away. It's definitely thick enough after 5 - 10 minutes. Did you make the roux and not drain the grease? I'm at a loss as to why it didn't thicken. I just made it Christmas morning, it was perfect!
This is kind of the same way I make it but my husband and son like it spicy so instead of hot sauce I use the dried red pepper flakes. When I melt my butter I add salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, onion flakes and then stir in the flour and add warm milk thickens faster. After it is thick I add the sausage. When I make it I usually make large batches and freeze in containers for individuals as my son likes it less spicy and my husband likes it real spicy. This way I have it any time the way they like it. We serve it over grands biscuits and fried eggs. This is their favorite breakfast. (when my husband was in air force they served it at midnight chow)
It's good for the whole family!
This is my go to recipe for Sunday morning breakfast! It's perfect and leaves everyone happy and full. I don't deviate from the recipe because I think it's great exactly as is. I'm going to try it with eggs this morning!
It's such a great weekend breakfast, my family just loves biscuits and gravy!
Kelly I just love buckwheat cakes and gravy and your gravy is just like mine try buckwheat cakes and you sound cool