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Southern Comfort: Bob Evans Sausage Gravy

This easy copycat recipe recreates the famous restaurant gravy with perfect consistency and flavor.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 470 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 pound mild Bob Evans breakfast sausage
  • vegetable oil
  • 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 1/4 cups whole milk
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika

Instructions

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  1. Crumble the sausage into a frying pan over medium heat and cook until browned, stirring often.
  2. Remove the sausage from the frying pan with a slotted spoon and reserve the pan drippings. If you have less than 1/4 cup pan drippings, add vegetable oil to reach 1/4 cup.
  3. Heat the pan drippings and oil over medium-low heat. Gradually add the flour one tablespoon at a time and whisk. Stir constantly until the flour thickens and turns light brown.
  4. Slowly add water and stir.
  5. When the flour mixture is smooth, add milk, salt, and paprika. Stir until well blended.
  6. Add the sausage and simmer until heated through. Do not let the gravy come to a full boil because boiling will curdle the milk.
  7. Serve the sausage gravy with biscuits.

Notes

  • The key to perfect sausage gravy is cooking the flour properly in the fat before adding liquids. This crucial step eliminates the raw flour taste and creates a smooth base. Unlike traditional recipes that use only milk, this version's combination of milk and water creates that signature Bob Evans pourable consistency that's never too thick or pasty.

Nutrition Information

Calories 470kcal (24%) Carbohydrates 15g (5%) Protein 22g (44%) Fat 34g (52%) Saturated Fat 12g (60%) Cholesterol 95mg (32%) Sodium 1221mg (51%) Potassium 485mg (14%) Fiber 0g (0%) Sugar 7g (14%) Vitamin A 555IU (11%) Vitamin C 0.8mg (1%) Calcium 168mg (17%) Iron 1.9mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 470

% Daily Value*

Calories 470kcal 24%
Carbohydrates 15g 5%
Protein 22g 44%
Fat 34g 52%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Cholesterol 95mg 32%
Sodium 1221mg 51%
Potassium 485mg 10%
Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 7g 14%
Vitamin A 555IU 11%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 1%
Calcium 168mg 17%
Iron 1.9mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.