Tomato Gravy Over Biscuits

This simple and easy old-style Tomato Gravy is best over biscuits at breakfast or brunch, but would make a great “Breakfast for Dinner” dish, too. For some of you, it will take you back to your roots. For the rest, it will make you wonder where Tomato Gravy over biscuits has been all your life.

Many people eat Tomato Gravy over rice, and that’s yummy too, and more of a lunch or dinner dish. It’s so easy, and uses plain ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry, so make it often.

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An Iron Skillet is Ideal

Now I make my Tomato Gravy in an iron skillet. If you don’t have one, you can make a perfectly good gravy in any skillet. But, seriously, if you don’t have an iron skillet, why not? You can order one here. 

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Tomato Gravy is So Versatile

I make many of my recipes super versatile and this one is no exception. I called for diced tomatoes, but if you have crushed instead that would be fine. If you have whole, canned tomatoes you can cut them up or throw them in a blender very briefly. Likewise, I used chicken stock, but beef would be good too. Or use broth instead of stock if that’s what you have. If you don’t have either, just use water. It won’t be quite as rich, but it will still be delicious.

The last, and a key ingredient, is pan drippings from your breakfast meat. After you’ve cooked bacon, sausage or ham, stir in a spoonful or two of the pan drippings (scraping the bottom of the pan — you’ll have to add a little water if you cooked ham). My favorite is a local sausage from my family’s area in north Florida — Driggers Sausage. Have you read about our annual Cane Grinding in that area? There’s always plenty of Driggers Sausage. A good substitute if you absolutely have no pan drippings is this Ham Base. I use it in a lot of southern style vegetables.

I hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane. For some other old style southern favorites, check these out.

Other Southern Favorites

Creamed Corn, the old-fashioned way 

 

Pecan Pie, Pure and Simple

 

Cornbread Dressing, Good Any Time of Year

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