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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast

    Country Bacon Gravy

    Published: July 18, 2020 · Updated: December 5, 2020 · By: Krissy · 36 Comments
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    Recipe for Country Bacon Gravy over biscuits

    Country Bacon Gravy is a simple milk gravy recipe made with bacon grease.

    Homemade biscuits and bacon gravy

    Why this recipe works:

    If you love biscuits and gravy with traditional sausage gravy for breakfast, you'll love this bacon gravy!

    • For best results, use a high quality, applewood smoked, uncured bacon and make your own Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits.
    • This recipe is just as easy to make as a traditional sausage gravy.
    • Who doesn't love bacon? Since bacon grease is used to flavor the gravy and crisp bacon pieces are added on top, the flavor is tasted in every bite.

    Ingredients:

    • bacon grease along with crisp bacon pieces
    • flour
    • milk 
    • salt and pepper

    Here's how to make it:

    1. First step is to accumulate a quarter cup of bacon grease. To do this, I cooked 18 ounces of bacon in a dutch oven on the stove. The bacon was pretty lean, so the total amount of grease that I got was ¼ cup. If you have pretty fatty bacon, you could probably get away with less. I always like to have cooked bacon available in the refrigerator, so cooking an 18 ounce package is a regular thing in our house.
    2. Once the bacon grease is all measured out, add the flour. You'll want to whisk the grease and the flour together regularly over medium heat. It takes about 5 minutes for the roux to develop.
    3. Then all you need to do is add the milk. I like to add about a cup at a time and whisk it together until it's nice and smooth. It might not seem like it will thicken at first, but if you continue to whisk the mixture over heat, it will thicken.
    4. Finally, add your salt and pepper and give it a good taste.
    process photos of how to make bacon cream gravy

    Why bacon grease gravy is so good:

    The basic formula to any gravy recipe is fat and flour combined and cooked to make a roux. Then liquid is added. The roux thickens the gravy.

    The fat can be butter, oil, or in the case of this recipe, fat. One of my favorite fats to cook with is bacon grease. It has so much flavor.

    The trick to a good roux is to cook it hot enough to develop a rich flavor and darker color, but not so hot that you burn it.

    Typical gravy is made with either broth or milk. When making biscuits and gravy, you'll almost always be making a milk gravy. This bacon grease gravy recipe really is so incredibly fast and simple to make. You might be confused as to why I have salt in the recipe, especially considering how salty bacon typically is. For whatever reason, bacon grease really isn't that salty, so I felt the salt was necessary. 

    Close up picture of biscuit with bacon gravy
    split biscuit with bacon gravy on top

    Country Bacon Gravy

    Country Bacon Gravy is a simple milk gravy recipe made with bacon grease. If you love biscuits and gravy for breakfast, you'll love this bacon gravy!
    4.98 from 35 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Hover to scale: 6 servings
    Chef: Krissy Allori

    Ingredients

    • ¼ cup bacon grease (see note 1)
    • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
    • 3 cups whole milk
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
    • 4 slices bacon (chopped)
    • flaky buttermilk biscuits (see note 2)

    Instructions

    • In a heavy bottom stock pot or skillet, whisk together bacon drippings and flour over medium heat. Continue to cook until the mixture browns slightly, about 5 minutes, but be careful not to let it burn.
    • Add milk, 1 cup at a time, whisking thoroughly with each addition. Continue to whisk over medium heat until gravy is smooth and begins to thicken. Add salt and pepper.
    • Serve over warm biscuits and top with chopped bacon pieces.

    Notes

    1. In order for me to get ¼ cup bacon drippings, I had to cook an 18 ounce package. Since some people already have bacon drippings on hand, I didn't say that an 18 ounce package of bacon was necessary. Plus, depending on your bacon, you might need less to get that ¼ cup of drippings (my bacon was pretty lean). I do, however, recommend reserving 4 pieces of cooked bacon to chop and add to the top of the bacon gravy.
    2. Love my recipe for Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits! Homemade is always best!!! https://selfproclaimedfoodie.com/flaky-buttermilk-biscuits/

    NUTRITION INFORMATION

    Calories: 242kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 552mg | Potassium: 190mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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    This recipe was originally published in April 2019 and has been updated with helpful information, ingredient and process photos, as well as recipe tips. Don't worry - the recipe hasn't changed!

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    1. Nate

      January 30, 2022 at 6:59 am

      5 stars
      Made this morning for breakfast. It was great! Thanks for the recipe, my 9 year old son loved the gravy with our bacon and homemade biscuits.

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    2. Ashley

      September 06, 2021 at 11:35 am

      5 stars
      I just made this for breakfast and WOW this was delicious! I love biscuits and gravy but have only had it with sausage, never bacon. I think I will only be doing this version from now on! I didn’t have enough regular milk so I used Oatley oat milk instead - it was still super tasty with this alternative. I topped with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese. I’m full but want to go for another helping. I would recommend this recipe to everyone. Thank you for sharing!!

      (I somehow accidentally added this review to the mushroom gravy recipe)

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    3. Kay

      May 02, 2020 at 5:49 am

      5 stars
      Thus gravy was perfect. I do use evaporated milk which makes it richer. My old boyfriends mom taught me that.

      Reply
    4. Amy

      April 18, 2020 at 8:12 am

      5 stars
      Absolutely delicious!!

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