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Plate with biscuits and gravy with cracked pepper on top.
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5 from 30 votes

Biscuits and Gravy

This Biscuits and Sausage Gravy Recipe brings classic Southern comfort food to your table easily and quickly. You'll love the flaky biscuits and thick sausage gravy!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: biscuits and gravy
Servings: 6
Calories: 417kcal
Author: Emily Walker

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cook sausage in large skillet over medium to medium-high heat until browned and no longer pink. Remove from pan and pat off excess grease with a paper towel.
    Skillet with cooked sausage to make biscuits and gravy.
  • Return the sausage to the pan and add flour, stir to coat the sausage in the flour.
    Skillet with cooked sausage combined with flour to make the gravy for biscuits and gravy. Wooden spoon on the side.
  • Gradually add milk to the sausage and flour mixture while cooking on medium heat. Cook and add milk until sauce mixture is desired thickness.
    Skillet with thickened sausage gravy and a wooden spoon.
  • Add salt, pepper, cayenne, and or red pepper flakes to taste.
    Skillet with sausage gravy and mixing in cracked black pepper with wooden spoon.

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Notes

Cooking Tips

  • You can make homemade biscuits if you like, or use a biscuit mix like Bisquik. I usually pop them on a baking sheet and bake them in the oven while whisking together the gravy. But if you want to keep it even more simple (and save a mixing bowl), open a can of refrigerated biscuit dough and call it good. I like the golden brown, flaky layered biscuits, but any kind will work perfectly.
  • Opt for whole milk for this recipe. You'll want to keep things as creamy and rich as possible, and I find that using whole milk helps to make the most decadent biscuits and gravy ever.
  • Save the grease from browning the sausage for the gravy. It adds a real depth of flavor that just can't be beat! 

Nutrition

Calories: 417kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 781mg | Potassium: 447mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 289IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 170mg | Iron: 2mg