Dinners that make their own brown gravy — Salisbury steak, cube steak with potatoes, pork chops in mushroom gravy, bangers and mash — for hungry weeknights.
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Open in Pepper →Brown gravy is what turns plain meat and potatoes into supper somebody asks for again. It comes from the drippings already in your pan, so nothing good goes down the drain.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights everybody is hungry at once and the mashed potatoes are already on the stove, or when a package of ground beef or cube steak is all that thawed.
Every recipe here leans on that skillet gravy: Salisbury steak with gravy, slow cooker cube steak with potatoes and onion gravy, pork tenderloin in mushroom gravy, chicken with onion gravy, and bangers and mash with red onion gravy.
Brown the meat first
Sear patties or chops 3 to 4 minutes a side in a hot skillet and leave the browned bits in the pan. That fond is where the gravy gets its color and flavor.
Cook the flour out
Stir 2 to 3 tablespoons flour into the drippings and let it bubble a full minute before any liquid goes in, so the gravy doesn't taste pasty.
Add broth slowly
Pour in 2 cups of broth a splash at a time, whisking hard between each, and the gravy comes out smooth without lumps.
Soften onions low
Give sliced onions 10 to 15 minutes over medium-low heat with butter until they're limp and golden before building the gravy around them.