These homemade biscuits and gravy is a perfect combination for breakfast or even the occasional dinner.
Use your favorite homemade biscuits and this delicious gravy and you'll have spectacular biscuits and gravy.
Why make this recipe
Biscuits and gravy are made with a sausage milk gravy served over a baked quick bread or biscuit. This dish is traditionally served for breakfast but could also be served for dinner.
My family loves biscuits and gravy. We don't eat these too often, but they do make a fairly regular occurrence on our weekend breakfast menu.
This sausage gravy is so full of flavor and when ladled over a buttermilk biscuit, you have a delicious, hearty meal.
This is an easy to make recipe that you can easily whip together for a weekend breakfast.
Key ingredients
- Buttermilk biscuits
- Pork sausage
- Milk - whole milk or 2% milk
- Oil
- Flour
Step by step directions
- Cook sausage in a pan. Once cooked remove from pan and whip out any grease from the sausage
- In same pan add 2 tablespoons of oil and flour. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Slowly add milk while whisking
- Add salt, pepper and red pepper flakes
- Once mixture begins to simmer, the gravy will begin to thicken. Keep stirring until the gravy reaches desired thickness.
- Add sausage back to gravy
- Slice biscuits in half and lay open on a plate. Ladle gravy over the top of each biscuit.
Recipe tips
- Be certain to cook flour with oil for 1-2 minutes. This helps eliminate any raw flour taste.
- Keep pan at medium low heat when adding the milk to help prevent scorching
- Add milk slowly while stirring with a whisk to help prevent lumps
- Add additional salt and pepper if needed
- Garnish with freshly chopped parsley
Recipe Faqs
Just whisk in a bit more milk until the desired consistency is reached.
Place a tablespoon of flour along with a tablespoon of milk in a small bowl. Mix until smooth. Add an additional tablespoon of milk and stir. Whisk into gravy and bring gravy back to a simmer. Repeat with an additional tablespoon if needed.
More delicious breakfast recipes
- Blackberry French Toast
- Banana Muffins
- Mini Frittatas
- English Muffin Breakfast Sandwiches
- Cheesy Baked Egg Casserole
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Biscuits and Gravy
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound pork sausage
- 2 Tablespoons oil (canola or vegetable)
- ¼ cup flour
- 3 cups milk
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
- 12 buttermilk biscuits (cooked)
Instructions
- Cook sausage, breaking into large chunks. Remove from pan and set aside.1 pound pork sausage
- Use a paper towel to wipe out excess grease from sausage. Leave brown bits from sausage.
- Add oil and flour to pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes until lightly browned.2 Tablespoons oil, ¼ cup flour
- Slowly whisk in milk.3 cups milk
- Add pepper, salt and red pepper flakes.½ teaspoon black pepper, ½ teaspoon salt, pinch red pepper flakes
- Cook over medium heat until milk warms and thickens. Stir often to avoid scorching.
- Add sausage back to gravy mixture.
- Split two muffins and place on a plate.12 buttermilk biscuits
- Ladle gravy over muffins.
Notes
- Be certain to cook flour with oil for 1-2 minutes. This helps eliminate any raw flour taste.
- Keep pan at medium low heat when adding the milk to help prevent scorching
- Add milk slowly while stirring with a whisk to help prevent lumps
- Add additional salt and pepper if needed
- Garnish with freshly chopped parsley
Nutrition
allie @ Through Her Looking Glass says
Hi Kathy - these look amazing! I loved your shortcut for not rolling out the biscuits in your recent post. This is a weekend breakfast my whole family will love!
Kathy says
The biscuits with this gravy are just perfect together!
Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says
Can you believe I have never made biscuits and gravy at home? What is wrong with me? That will change starting with this recipe.
Kathy says
I'm hoping you can remedy that problem soon....get cooking!
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
I have never had biscuits with gravy in my life, and I am dying to have this. This is such a phenomenal dish, Kathy. Thanks for share!
Kathy says
Thanks!
Kalee @ The Crowded Table says
Biscuits and gravy are a favorite at my house, too! My 4 year old requests them all.the.time. He even insisted on having them on his birthday!
Kathy says
Smart boy! 🙂
Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks says
I absolutely LOVE biscuits and gravy! All the better with homemade sausage!
Kathy says
We think alike...
mira says
Looks like the perfect meal! Love it! Pinned!
Kathy says
Thanks, Mira!
Amanda says
I am super impressed that you make your own breakfast sausage! That's terrific! This is making me so hungry. It's been forever since I had biscuits and gravy.
Kathy says
Well....it's usually my husband who tackles the homemade sausage. I'm just the assistant and the official taster!