Iso Your Best Biscuits and Gravy Recipe...

[janetupnorth]

My hubby LOVES biscuits and gravy. However, we are TRUE notherners (born and raised and living in WI).

There are some older couples (in their 70's) that come up by us each summer and always make biscuits and gravy (the true southern way - not us northerners pretending). Anyway, most are in their late 70's/early 80's and may not make the trip up this year from TX to here due to health reasons. So, I cannot bug them for a recipe or to teach me how to make them.

Anyone care to share their favorite recipe and tips? My hubby's birthday is in 4 weeks so I'd like to make his some as a treat.

 

[StacieB]

My family loves this recipe. It is quick and easy. Try it sometime.

1 lb. bulk pork sausage
2 T. finely chopped onion
6 T. Flour
1 qt. milk
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
dash of Worcestershire Sauce
Dash of Hot Pepper Sauce

Brown sausage a nd onion. Drain fat leaving about two tablespoons of drippings. Stir in flour. Cook over low heat about 6 minutes or until mixture turns golden. Stir in milk. Add Seasonings, cook, stirring until thickened. Serve with Biscuits.

 

[tpchefrebecca]

My husband would kill me if he found out I gave this on the internet. So don't tell This is his Nana's recipe and my MIL's. I know she wouldn't mind. Ironically enough her name is Janet too




4 cups all-purpose flour
8 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups milk or buttermilk

Mix all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Cut-in the shortening to resemble a coarse meal. Add all the milk at once and stir until combined. The dough will be wet. KNEAD THE DOUGH 9 TIMES ONLY! Using a floured biscuit cutter, cut the dough into biscuits. Place them on a sheet pan with the sides touching. This will help them to rise.




Bake at 450' for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

 

[smarteez2]

Mine is simple...I brown 1 lb of Jimmy Deans Sausage. I do NOT draine the grease. I add enough flour to soak up all the grease and leave the sausage pieces covered in flour. Then I pour in the milk half way up the frying pan, stirring constantly and adding salt and pepper to taste as it thickens and then if to thick I add milk to thin it down. I make my SOS the same way but with gr. beef. Hope you like it.

 

[rebeccastt]

Paula Deen...a TRUE southerner!I haven't tried this, but her recipes are always amazing, IMHO. Since she is a true southerner, I would imagine that this recipe would be really good!



Country Fried Steak with Biscuits and Gravy

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home Cooking
Episode: On the Road


Country Fried Steak with Biscuits and Gravy
Steak and Gravy:
1 1/2 cups, plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
8 (4-ounce) tenderized beef round steak (have butcher run them through cubing machine)
1 teaspoon House Seasoning, recipe follows
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
2 cups buttermilk
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 quart whole milk
1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (recommended: Ac'cent), optional
1 bunch green onions, or 1 medium yellow onion, sliced

Basic Biscuits:
1 package yeast
1/2 cup lukewarm water
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup solid shortening (recommended: Crisco)
2 cups buttermilk

Steak and Gravy: Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1 side of the meat with the House Seasoning and the other side with the seasoning salt, and then dredge the meat in buttermilk and then flour. Heat 1/2 cup oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 or 4 of the steaks to the hot oil and fry until browned, about 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remove each steak to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Repeat with the remaining steaks, adding up to 1/4 cup more oil, as needed.

Make the gravy by adding the 2 tablespoons remaining flour to the pan drippings, scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir in the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and the salt. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until the flour is medium brown and the mixture is bubbly. Slowly add the whole milk and the Ac'cent, if using stirring constantly. Return the steaks to the skillet and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, and place the onions on top of the steaks. Cover the pan, and let simmer for 30 minutes.

Biscuits: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Dissolve yeast in warm water; set aside. Mix dry ingredients together. Cut in shortening. Add yeast and buttermilk and mix well. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness. Cut with small biscuit cutter and place on greased baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Split biscuits in half and top with country fried steak and drizzle with gravy.

House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

 

[janetupnorth]

Thanks so far! I'll have to try some of these and see if I can get them down to taste "authentic".

 

[janetupnorth]

Rebecca - I didn't even think of looking for a Paula Deen recipe - good call!

 

[rebeccastt]

Her recipes have ALL been a hit in my book. She is the first person I go to for any recipe. Let me know if you try it out!

 

[jrstephens]

Rebecca - I didn't even think of looking for a Paula Deen recipe - good call!

I was just going to come on and say look on Paula Deen for her's!!!

 

[janetupnorth]

I'll have to post in about a week or so after I've tried a few! Thanks!