Milk Gravy (Paula Deen)

Submitted by Kim D.

"My grandmother used to make the BEST milk gravy! She would serve it over chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. Unfortunatley, I never got her original recipe. I came across this recipe in a "Cooking with Paula Deen" magazine and I think this is very close to what my grandmother used to make!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 3 cups

ingredients

• 1 -2 tablespoon vegetable oil or 1 -2 tablespoon vegetable shortening
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

directions

1. ~NOTE~ This recipe will have more flavor if you use 1-2 tablespoons of oil from the oil you fried chicken fried steak in, or maybe even bacon grease. If you don't have that, no need to worry, you can use vegetable oil or vegetable shortening.
2. Heat 1-2 tablespoons oil in a skillet over medium heat.
3. Whisk in flour, whisking constantly for about 1 minute.
4. Slowly add milk, whisking constantly.
5. Stir in pepper and salt and continue cooking.
6. Whisk constantly for about 10 minutes, or until thickened.

Reviews

[mrs.trs]

great gravy....so simple and yet tasty. I used white pepper, and 1.5tsp salt. & 2% milk.

 

[TOW2163]

This is a good base, but you'll need to add meat and spice. What you wind up with here is essentially a milk roux. I like using a half package of bacon, but you can put any meat (sausage, etc.) in. First pour your olive oil in a cast-iron frying pan, then add two peppers (pasilla or anaheim), two shallots, and half the package of bacon. Fry till the bacon's done on medium high. Add the flour and stir into a roux. Add the milk, and stir until thick. This goes best on top of chicken breaded with italian bread crumbs and spices baked in the oven and vermicelli. Good stuff.

 

[Misty S.]

Mine turned out perfectly,easy recipe and it's good

 

[Melissa S.]

Not much taste. I don't know what I did wrong, but it wasn't great.

 

[pedrocamargo1999]

Initial recipe i made to the T. Was way too thin in the end result, ended up making another batch. What's cooking without altering the recipe a little bit, eh? Only used about 1 1/2-2C of milk and a little more Veggie oil. Also was using frozen chicken(Smite me later) so i had no access to grease etc. Threw in some bacon salt, celery seed, minced onion and the pepper. Tasted delicious, nice country gravy feel to it, but a little thinner. Went well on the potatoes and the chicken.