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Sausage gravy over biscuits on a plate next to a bowl of gravy

Sausage Gravy Recipe

Isabel Laessig
Learn how to make the best sausage gravy recipe for biscuits, fried chicken, and more! Your family will love this easy country gravy recipe!
4.64 from 11 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 13 minutes
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 13
Calories 295 kcal

Equipment

  • 6 qt. Instant Pot (if using)
  • Skillet (if using)
  • Wooden spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound sage breakfast sausage or other ground breakfast sausage of your choice
  • 3 Tablespoons butter
  • cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 teaspoon Chicago steak seasoning or steak seasoning of your choice
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • red pepper flakes to taste, if desired

Instructions
 

Instant Pot Instructions

  • Set Instant Pot to saute mode and add ground breakfast sausage. Cook until browned, about 5 minutes.
    1 pound sage breakfast sausage
    Browned sausage in a pot
  • Add butter to the sausage and mix it in until it melts completely.
    3 Tablespoons butter
    Butter added to sausage in a pot
  • Stir in all-purpose flour until fully mixed through and you can't see the flour anymore.
    ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
    Flour added to sausage in a pot
  • Slowly pour in milk, stirring frequently. Do this slowly so the milk does not curdle.
    3 cups milk
    Butter added to sausage in a pot
  • Add maple syrup, garlic powder, and a pinch of pepper. Mix, then cook another 2 minutes before adding in steak seasoning and salt and pepper to taste. If desired, add red pepper flakes for spice.
    1 Tablespoon maple syrup, 1 teaspoon Chicago steak seasoning, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste, red pepper flakes to taste, if desired
    Biscuit gravy in the pot after cooking

Stove Instructions

  • Add sausage to a large skillet over high heat. Break up and brown the sausage.
    1 pound sage breakfast sausage
    Browned sausage in a pot
  • Stir in butter and mix it in well until it's melted.
    3 Tablespoons butter
    Butter added to sausage in a pot
  • Add flour and stir until you can't see the flour anymore.
    ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
    Flour added to sausage in a pot
  • Gradually add 1½ cups milk and stir well. Let it cook a minute or two, then slowly add the next 1½ cups milk. Let it cook another minute or so before adding maple syrup, Chicago steak seasoning, garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste.
    3 cups milk, 1 teaspoon Chicago steak seasoning, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste, red pepper flakes to taste, if desired, 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
    Butter added to sausage in a pot
  • Allow it to bubble and thicken until it reduces into a thick gravy. When you can stir it in the pan and it sticks to the back of the spoon and seems very thick, it's ready.
    Biscuit gravy in the pot after cooking

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Notes

  • Always slowly pour milk to avoid it curdling when it hits the hot heat of the pan.
  • You can use any breakfast sausage you like, but I love the flavor sage sausage adds to this dish!

Nutrition

Calories: 295kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 12gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 440mgPotassium: 267mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 345IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 118mgIron: 1mg
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