White Trash Hamburger Gravy and Breakfast Biscuits

Submitted by Pot Scrubber

"This was my sister's favorite thing to eat when she was growing up. She wouldn't let anyone but me make it for her."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 8 ounces ground beef (browned, crumbled, and drained) or 8 ounces pork sausage (browned, crumbled, and drained)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups whole milk
• 1⁄2 cup half-and-half cream
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• purchased refrigerated buttermilk biscuit

directions

1. Cook and drain beef. (I rinse the beef under hot water to remove all of the grease -- it is rich enough!).
2. Melt butter in a pan and when melted and lightly sizzling add the flour.
3. Whisk until combined and gently simmer the butter/flour mixture for about two minutes to remove the flour/starch taste but don't let it brown any.
4. Add the 1.5 cups of milk and quickly whisk until smooth. SImmer until thick over medium heat stirring constantly. It will be quite thick.
5. Add the half and half cream and quickly whisk until smooth.
6. Cook over low heat until thickened.
7. Add the beef and adjust the seasonings.
8. Serve over good biscuits well buttered.
9. This is a very creamy and rich gravy. You may use 2 cups whole milk if you need to omit the cream.
10. If it is too thick for your taste -- then dilute with more milk -- but it usually is perfect the way it is written.
11. Leftovers are excellent.

Reviews

[Baby Kato]

This White Trash Gravy was wonderful. My husband and I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing this little walk down memory lane Gary. It was creamy rich and decadent. I served it over homemade buttermilk biscuits for a memorable meal.

 

[Chef shapeweaver]

I made this on 10/16/17 for mine and my SO's dinner,and most importantly for Potsie's COOK A THON. Since there was just two of us the recipe was reduced by half ,except for the amount of sausage that remained the same. Instead of serving it over biscuits, I put mine over Fried Potatoes. And it was a wonderful guilty pleasure,which will be made again. No tweaking was needed, perfect as written.Thanks for posting Potsie, and " Keep Smiling :) "

 

[Anderson.sara]

We are trying to eat healthier and have less meat, so I made this with half smoked tofu (in stuff I swear it's good) and low fat turkey. I also used just a splash of cream and 1% milk. The

 

[Coconut-water]

I love this gravy. The ultimate breakfast comfort food. I used ground turkey since that is all I had. I used a cream. I couldn't use pepper due to allergies in the family, so I used some garlic powder and it was delicious! I added a wonderful savory flavor to the gravy.

 

[Stephanie S.]

This is a very good gravy and biscuit recipe. I used sausage and also a little bit of cream (had to use it up) and it was rich rich rich. We loved it though. I will make again, as we couldn't get enough of it. Great flavor and it cooked up so nicely. Thank you for sharing this with us.