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Southern Sausage Gravy
Southern Sausage Gravy served over biscuits is an easy and hearty, stick-to-your-bones breakfast. So creamy and delicious!
- Prep5 min
- Cook15 min
- Total20 min
- Serves6
- Rating4.8

Southern Sausage Gravy is breakfast comfort food like no other. Breakfast sausage is used a base for a creamy, country sausage that is best served over biscuits but also delicious with grits.

Sausage Gravy and Biscuits is one of the most loved southern breakfasts. A hearty, stick to your bones breakfast that’s best eaten before a long day of physical activity.
(Originally posted October 3, 2013.)
Just enter your email and get it sent to your inbox! Plus you’ll get new recipes from us every week!Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *Email *, I don’t have much of a knack for making biscuits, although I’ve gotten much better over the years. Every now and then I make a batch that I’m really proud of.
But southern sausage gravy? It’s an easy, full-proof recipe. And it’s so thick, creamy, and full of flavor. It can even cover up substandard biscuits.
How To Make
(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)
- Cook the sausage. Brown and crumble the sausage in a skillet.

- Add flour. Sprinkle the flour over the sausage and cook and stir for 1 minute.

- Add sage and milk. Add the sage and then slowly whisk in the milk.
- Add seasonings. Stir in salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg.
- Serve.
- You can use either regular, hot, or sage-flavored ground breakfast sausage. If you use sage-flavored, do not add any additional sage.
- This recipe makes a thick gravy and it tends to thicken even more as it sits. If you want it a little thinner, just add in some extra milk.
- To make Southern Sausage Gravy even richer, sub 1/2 cup of cream for the milk.
TIPS FOR MAKING SAUSAGE GRAVY:
If you’re a huge fan of sausage gravy, try these amazing Sausage Gravy Stuffed Biscuits and this Biscuits and Gravy Casserole!

Storage
Leftovers can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4 days. Reheat in microwave or in a saucepan on the stove. You will probably want to add a splash of milk to thin it some.
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Ingredients
Steps
- 1
Brown sausage in a large skillet, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
- 2
Add flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring it into the sausage.
- 3
Add sage and slowly whisk in milk. Simmer for several minutes.
- 4
Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
Notes
If the gravy is too thick for your liking, add a little extra milk.
To make spicy, use "Hot" breakfast sausage or add a pinch of cayenne pepper or crushed red pepper flakes.
Nutrition
- Calories329
- Carbs11
- Protein16
- Fat24
- Sodium721
- Fiber0.2
- Sugar6
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