Nana's Favorite Hamburger Gravy

Submitted by Chef #208121

"Feel free to add your favorite seasonings such as Lawry's. This isn't the exact recipe but way back when I was a kid my mother who made a lovely tuna casserole [right.. 3 bottles of ketchup spaghetti queen] and my Grandfather had one heck of a fight over the Tuna Casserole or the Hamburger Gravy. Grandfather ate his Hamburger Gravy over saltines that night and Mom MADE me eat the tuna. Didn't help her mood I cried and wanted the Gravy too."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 907.18 g ground beef
• 236.59 ml finely diced onion
• 236.59 ml finely diced green bell pepper
• 7.39 ml salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 946.36 ml water
• 118.29 ml all-purpose flour
• 236.59 ml milk

directions

1. Dissolve and mix together: the flour and the milk.
2. Brown and crumbly ground beef, stirring frequently; drain well.
3. Add onions and green bell peppers and cook until softened about 5 to 10 minutes. Add salt, water and a mixture of flour and milk. Cook, stirring until thick. Adjust seasonings to your taste.
4. Serve over hot, cooked mashed potatoes or cooked noodles or cooked rice. Or over saltines or toast.

Reviews

[Redzilla1308]

this is a horrible recipe. it has no taste and needed an extraordinary amount of salt to make it taste like anything. I would not recommend that anyone make this. I signed up on this website because i thought that this was bad enough to warn people of its lack of flavor.

 

[Charlotte J]

The kids ate this for lunch today and told me I could fix it again. I did lighten it up by using 93 % lean ground beef and skim milk. I served this on hot biscuits. Made for *Healthy Choices ABC 2008* game

 

[children from A to Z]

This was so easy to make and very satisfying. We served this over biscuits. I cut the recipe in half, I only had 1 lb. of ground beef. I will be making this again for sure, Thanks dr. house!

 

[muyfeliz]

This recipe worked nicely but I made a few changes to suit the tastes of my family and I thought I would share them. I used red pepper in place of the green pepper. I added garlic when I put in the onion and pepper. I used beef broth instead of water and I added celery salt, cayenne pepper and a few tablespoons of worchestershire sauce. It was delicious and my husband has asked that it be put into "the rotation". I'm very pleased. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Stacky5]

Oh, YUM! This is so good....an old-fashioned taste that I've been craving! This is very easy to make -- the directions are easy to follow. I omitted the green pepper because of kids, but I would prefer it for myself. I made the whole recipe to feed a troup of teenagers, and although my daughters were squeamish about the idea of eating such a thing, I served it over biscuits and I had NO LEFTOVERS! Thank you for sharing this keeper of a recipe! It's now on our rotation list, at the request of all my kids! (In fact, the boy practically inhaled this and then proceeded to call his father to brag.....LOL!) ;)