Country Sausage Gravy
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground pork or ground chicken
- 1 cup butter (250 grams),
- 1 cup onion (250 grams), diced
- fresh sage, chopped to taste
- fresh thyme, chopped to taste
- 2 3/4 tablespoons Sausage Season Kit (40 grams)
- 3 tablespoons salt (50 grams)
- 2 tablespoons black pepper (30 grams)
- 1 3/4 tablespoons chicken bouillon (25 grams)
- 1 cup flour (226 grams)
- 1 gallon milk
- 3/4 teaspoon tabasco (3 grams)
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika (3 grams)
- 1 teaspoon cayenne (5 grams)
Directions
- Cook ground pork or ground chicken in butter. Add onions and cook through until browned.
- Add half of the fresh herbs and all of the seasonings and mix well.
- Add flour and cook on medium heat for about 7 minutes. Add milk, stirring constantly.
- Simmer (do not allow to boil) until mixture thickens and flour taste is cooked out Add the rest of fresh herbs. Serve gravy over fresh buttermilk biscuits. Garnish with herbs and fried chicken skins (optional).
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Chef Melvin Johnson is not holding any punches when it comes to his country sausage gravy recipe that is poured over and enjoyed with his flaky, buttery biscuits inspired by his grandmother.
Bring it all together and try the full recipe: Harlem Biscuit Company Biscuits and Seasoning Kit.
Let Chef Melvin walk you through the recipe step by step in “Revealing the Secrets to Winning Biscuits and Gravy.”
Original recipe ingredients converted from grams and may not be as accurate. Use baking scale with grams for exact accuracy.
About the Recipe Creator
Chef Melvin “Boots” Johnson is the renowned culinary talent behind the NYC dining hotspot Harlem Biscuit Company. He’s also competed (and won) on several TV cooking shows—including “Beat Bobby Flay” where bested his former boss using his grandmother’s biscuits and gravy recipe.
Read more about this culinary journey on and off the big screen in our article “Melvin “Boots” Johnson Shows How Winning as a Chef on TV is Also a Win For the Industry.”
