An old-fashioned homemade sausage gravy recipe, this one is flavorful and foolproof. Serve over my award-winning (and easy!) biscuit recipe.Recipe includes a how-to video!
1 lb pork breakfast sausage (I recommend using sage flavored)
¼ cup all-purpose (plain) flour
2 ½ cups whole milk
⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
salt and freshly cracked black pepper (to taste)
Categories
Breakfast
Cuisine
American
Steps
Place sausage in a skillet over medium/high heat.
Use a spatula or wooden spoon to break up and crumble sausage as it cooks, cooking until completely browned and no pink remains. I don't drain my skillet, you want to have at least a Tablespoon or up to 2 Tablespoons of grease, but if you have much more than this you may wish to drain your skillet.
Sprinkle flour evenly over the sausage crumbles. Stir frequently until flour is absorbed (about 1 minute).
Slowly drizzle the milk into your skillet, stirring as you pour. Add crushed red pepper, if using.
Continue to cook, stirring frequently until mixture is thickened and desired consistency is reached.
Add salt and pepper to taste and serve warm over homemade biscuits!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving (1/6 of total gravy)
Calories: 340 kcal
Carbohydrates: 11 g
Protein: 19 g
Fat: 24 g
Saturated Fat: 9 g
Cholesterol: 79 mg
Sodium: 621 mg
Sugar: 10 g
Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
Reviews
Evelyn on 2026-04-11 (5 stars): Best and easiest sausage gravy in 60 years of cooking!
Jessie H. on 2026-04-05 (5 stars): Made this for Easter breakfast just this morning. Great recipe!!
Deb Okonski on 2026-04-04 (5 stars): Thank you for the great recipe! I added a few sprinkles of garlic powder too. So yummy!
Shea Morris on 2026-03-29 (5 stars): I love all of your recipes so much! I absolutely love that you include the measurements in the instructions as well so I don’t have to be scrolling everywhere! That’s super helpful! Thank you!
Linda Clark on 2026-03-26 (5 stars): Love this, it's my go to gravy & I make your biscuits too!!!!
Steven Lennaman on 2026-03-24 (5 stars): I was getting ready to make my own gravy, sometimes SOS (hamburger), sometimes Sausage Gravy. because pork has less fat than it used to. I add 1 to 2 tablespoons of bacon fat (only if flour is not being incorporated). Last, microwave the milk to a warm temp (NEVER BOIL), it will make it set up faster.
ana on 2026-03-22 (5 stars): first time making/trying biscuits and gravy and let me just say this recipe was absolutely phenomenal this might be my new favorite meal!!
Jeffrey D Caloni on 2026-03-21 (5 stars): made it! And ate it!!You made it so easy to make. Made home made biscuts with lard and the gravy from your site. now i need to rest soo fulll.
Jesko on 2026-03-15 (5 stars): Great recipe, thanks for sharing.... simple recipes with good ingredients, with good execution in the kitchen often yield exceptional results. Side note, I prefer pork for this, but my spouse is allergic to pork protein, so I use ground turkey sausage, add some extra sage and garlic, tablespoon or two of unsalted butter and a splash of olive oil during the browning. Sometimes add some fresh thyme. I had a person who grew up on a farm that raised hogs and cattle tell me it was the best sausage gravy she'd ever had...
Joshua Freeman on 2026-01-31 (5 stars): this recipe was easy and quick to make it tastes amazing
Courtney on 2026-01-30 (5 stars): Absolutely incredible.
Rayan Marks on 2026-01-25 (5 stars): I made biscuits for the first time. Omg! They were amazing and will definitely be making from now on. No more store-bought biscuits for me. Thank you for this recipe.
Nancy on 2026-01-25 (5 stars): Easy to prepare and very yummy
Mia on 2026-01-22 (5 stars): made this yesterday and am storing it in a jar for quick breakfasts along with frozen biscuits. it is so good! i used hot sausage and made it by cooking the meat then removing and making a roux then putting the meat back. the texture is perfect and the flavor with the hot sausage is delicious. it was super easy!
