Chicken Gravy

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
Yield 1-1/2 cups
Test Kitchen Approved
This chicken gravy recipe walks you through making your own luscious, rich gravy from pan drippings. It's a gravy worthy of your very best home-cooked roast.

Ingredients

  • Chicken drippings
  • 1 to 1-1/2 cups chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon rubbed sage
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Pour drippings and loosened browned bits into a 2-cup measuring cup. Skim fat, reserving 4 tablespoons (if less than 4 tablespoons fat, add enough melted butter to the fat to total 4 tablespoons). Add enough broth to the drippings to measure 2 cups.
  2. In a small saucepan, combine flour and reserved fat until smooth. Gradually stir in the drippings mixture. Stir in the thyme, sage, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

1/4 cup: 98 calories, 9g fat (3g saturated fat), 8mg cholesterol, 255mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

This is a quick and easy chicken gravy for roasted chicken or baked chicken of any kind. It also goes perfectly with mashed potatoes! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
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