Lightened Up Sausage Gravy
Did you really think I would leave you hanging like that? Give you a biscuit recipe without giving you the sausage gravy recipe that I was so hungry for?
You probably know me better than that. And here it is – and it’s a lightened-up recipe, to boot. But truthfully, there is really nothing special about this gravy – it’s your simple, straight-forward flour, milk, salt and pepper sausage gravy.
Except (did you know that was coming?) that is has one little special ingredient – chicken sausage. We are big fans of chicken sausage and I happened to find some breakfast-style chicken sausage made by Bilinski Sausage that proved to be perfect for gravy! They are a small family-run business on the east coast and they pride themselves on providing quality, organic ingredients that are antibiotic-, gluten-, and casing-free. We loved the flavors that we got to try! I simply used it in place of ground pork sausage, of which, I’m not really a fan.
This sausage gravy isn’t missing any flavor of your grandmother’s recipe. All it is missing is a lot of calories and fat…which are made up for with the Garlic Cheddar Beer Biscuits. Balance, people. We are all about balance here.
Need a biscuit recipe? Try these:
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Garlic Cheddar Beer Biscuits
Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits from Confections of a Foodie Bride
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Lightened Up Sausage Gravy
Yield: 4 servings
Cook Time: 30 min 2
Rich and creamy sausage gravy - lightened up with chicken sausage! Perfect for topping your favorite biscuits or toast!
Ingredients:
8 ounces breakfast-style chicken sausage
1 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 cup mushrooms, diced
1 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped
1/2 tsp. fresh sage, chopped
2 Tbs. flour
2 cups milk (2% works best)
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1 Tbs. butter
Salt & pepper to tasteDirections:
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook until it begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the oil, mushrooms, thyme and sage and stir well. Cook for an additional 4-5 minutes until the mushrooms are browned and softened.
Sprinkle the flour around the pan and stir well to disperse. Cook for about 2 minutes then slowly stir in the milk. Add the nutmeg, reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until the gravy thickens, about 10 minutes. Add the butter and salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with biscuits or toast.
Cassie's Notes:
Variations to this gravy: to make the gravy with breakfast sausage, crumble about 3/4 pound of breakfast sausage into a large skillet. Omit the added oil and continue to follow the instructions above.To make this vegetarian, omit the chicken sausage and use soy crumbles. Follow the directions as necessary, note that you might need to add additional oil if the soy crumbles to not release any fat of their own.
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Love that this is lightened up. REALLY love that you put mushrooms in it!
I love that you made this lighter! I really want to try it since it is currently snowing like crazy and I want some comfort food!
I’m not sure that my boyfriend would be ok with this…but I sure am! I love the addition of mushrooms too. Maybe I could at least sneak a couple of those into our normal sausage gravy without him noticing 😉
Holy gravy! Cassie, this just made my day! Love me some gravy!
My husband is going to LOVE me when I try this out for him. He loves sausage gravy with biscuits.
Yummo! This has been on my to-do list for quite some time. I have a recipe I’ve made forever, that my husband adores. But it’s all about cream of mushroom soup from a can. This looks fabulous!
I have great memories as a kid eating sausage gravy! Love this!
This sounds great! I think I would surprise my entire family if I whipped this up for brunch this weekend! 🙂
I occasionally regret that I never got to try sausage gravy before I became a vegetarian. It just looks so creamy delicious.
Sausage gravy sounds incredible! I’ve never heard of it till now and I have to try it!
I love sausage gravy, but never thought to do with chicken sausage. Love!
This sounds so yummy! I have never seen a gravy recipe use chicken sausage before – great idea.
I need this in my life now! Yummy!
Tis the season for lightened up recipes! This sausage gravy looks as good as the full fat version and the mushrooms are a nice touch.
I like the way you think! Balance! 😉
Love this. My stepdad used to make sausage gravy all the time when I was a kid. I like the healthier way!
This is my favorite breakfast item of all time. I cannot pass it up if it’s on the menu. I love that you lightened it up! Looks fantastic Cassie.
I love love love mushrooms!!!!! You combined all my favorite ingredients in this recipe! By the way, I’m hosting a link up and would love to see your recipe there!
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This looks so good Cassie! Love the photos too, it’s hard to make sausage gravy look appetizing!
This sounds and looks fantastic!
OH this looks so good. I love sausage gravy so so so much. I could make this with just mushrooms too for my husband and kids.
There is nothing better than biscuits and gravy!
Love the mushrooms, great idea!
This looks heavenly. My husband is a huge fan of sausage and gravy, I’m eager to try it with the chicken sausage now.
My husband loves sausage and gravy, but I can’t bring myself to make it for him knowing what usually goes into it! However, this recipe changes everything! I can feel good about this recipe! I’d probably end up eating more than him!
Chicken sausage is a favorite in my house. This looks great!
Such a good idea, love the chicken sausage and the mushrooms.. yumz!
This is too fab for words. Sausage and biscuits is my ultimate guilty pleasure breakfast. Adore that you lightened it up! Guilt be gone!
Oh goodness, sausage gravy is much needed in our house! And Jason just got back from SF so he will be over the moon when I make this for him!
Ooooooooooooooo me waaaaanntttaaaa!
This sounds great!!! Love me some good gravy. 😉
One of my favorite breakfast foods! But I’ve never actually made it at home — gonna have to try this.
Oh – I’ve never tried chicken sausage! I have tried sausage gravy though and am all over this recipe. Would be great over chicken fried steak 🙂
Oh, Cassie! I whipped this up this morning with ground turkey sausage. My boys where thrilled to wake up up to the sage-y aroma of sausage gravy and fresh buttermilk biscuits. Thanks for helping make our Saturday morning special.
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