Best Easy Light Gravy Recipes

EASY BROWN GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add flour; cook and stir until mixture is golden-brown and smells like cooked pie crust, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook for 30 seconds. Whisk in 1 cup of broth.
• Stir remaining broth, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard into the mixture in the saucepan. Bring to a simmer, whisking, and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

QUICK AND EASY GRAVY FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• In a wide skillet with sides, melt butter over medium heat. When melted and sizzling, whisk in the flour. Whisk until the flour and butter turn into a smooth paste and look medium blonde in color; about 1 minute. It smells toasty, like browned butter.
• Pour in stock and whisk until smooth. Bring the gravy to a low simmer. As it simmers, it thickens and becomes glossy.
• Whisk in the herbs and mushroom powder then cook at a low simmer for a minute or two. Remove from the heat then stir in half and half or cream (optional).
• Taste for seasoning and adjust with salt and black pepper (we like a generous amount of pepper).
• Substitute some or all the butter with fat left in the pan from roasting. If there are juices left in the pan, strain them then swap all or some of the stock for the pan juices. Pan drippings and juices will be well seasoned compared to the stock. When seasoning, taste the gravy first then adjust with more salt and/or pepper. If you used a stove-top safe pan such as a Dutch oven or stainless steel pan for roasting, there is no need for the skillet. Make the gravy directly in the roasting pan.

EASY GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan over medium heat.
• Add flour, stirring constantly for 2 minutes, you want the mixture to turn light brown but not burn.
• Add broth, salt and pepper and continue to stir for 3 minutes, sauce should be getting thicker.
• Move to serving bowl.
• Enjoy.

EASY "LIGHT" GRAVY

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan add the three cups of chicken or beef broth and bring to a boil.
• In a small bowl, mix the 3 tablespoons of cornstarch and the 1/4 cup of cold water togeher. Add to the broth, stirring constantly.
• Let come to a boil again and keep stirring until mixture thickens.
• Add salt and pepper if needed.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes.

EASY GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook fat drippings and broth in a roasting pan or saucepan over medium heat, until hot.
• Stir corn starch and water in a small bowl until smooth; add to pan. If desired, add a dash of poultry seasoning for chicken and turkey gravies, a sprinkle of thyme for beef or a pinch of rosemary for pork. Stirring constantly with a wire whisk, bring to a boil over medium heat and boil 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.