Tomato Gravy Recipe

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter (or use bacon grease or lard)

3 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1 small yellow onion (chopped)

15- ounce can diced tomatoes (or use fire roasted tomatoes, or tomato sauce)

1/4 cup heavy cream (optional, for creamier – you can also use milk)

1/4 cup chicken stock (use vegetable stock for vegetarian)

Salt and black pepper to taste

Hot sauce to taste (optional – Tabasco or Crystal are great here)

Directions

Onion

Melt the butter in a large pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 3-4 minutes to soften.

Roux

Add the flour and stir to form a paste. Cook, stirring the roux continuously for 3-5 minutes.

Tomatoes

Stir in the tomatoes, optional cream, stock, and salt and pepper. Simmer, stirring, for 5 minutes until thickened. Stir in optional hot sauce for a touch of heat.

Serve.

Nutrition

• Calories: 181 kcal
• Total Fat: 14 g
• Saturated Fat: 9 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
• Trans Fat: 0.3 g
• Cholesterol: 40 mg
• Sodium: 246 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 12 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 4 g
• Protein: 3 g