Easy-from-Scratch Perfect Beef Gravy
Perfect Beef Gravy made from the saved beef bones from a roast! A way to save money and get a delicious gravy!
- Prep Time: 1 min
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 11 mins
- Yield: 2 1/2 cups 1x
- Category: Gravy
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound of frozen beef bones
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup of pan drippings (or use butter)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (maybe; taste your gravy before you add salt)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place frozen beef bones along with little bits and pieces of leftover saved beef into a roasting pan.
- Add 1/2 cup water.
- Roast the bones for 1 hour.
- Remove from oven and discard bones or set the bones aside to use to make soup stock.
- Eye-ball (measure) beef drippings in the pan and if it appears to be about a quarter cup, use the ratios above (in other words, keep your fat to flour ratio the same).
- Place roaster on the stovetop and heat pan drippings over medium heat.
- Add 1/4 cup of flour to the pan drippings and stir with spoon, getting all bits and pieces off the bottom of the pan and incorporated into the flour mixture.
- Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring constantly, for about 2 minutes (this is to cook away the flour taste).
- Add beef broth all at once, stir to combine and increase heat to high.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, reduce heat and continue cooking and stirring until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
- Taste the gravy and correct the seasonings (add salt and pepper, if needed).
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