Best Easy Chicken Gravy Recipes

SIMPLE/EASY STUFFED ROAST CHICKEN WITH GRAVY (FOR BEGINNERS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Empty contents of stuffing box, both the bread crumb and seasoning envelopes, into a medium bowl.
• Add hot water and butter; stir to mix.
• Add chopped water chestnuts, onion and poultry seasoning, mix thoroughly and set aside.
• Check inside the chicken for giblets, remove and set aside.
• Rinse chicken inside and out with cold running water.
• Dry thoroughly inside and out with paper towel.
• Sprinkle salt and fresh ground pepper inside the cavity and all over the outside.
• Place chicken in a roaster.
• Loosely pack the stuffing mix into the main cavity and any left into the neck cavity folding the skin over it.
• If necessary secure the neck skin with a pick.
• Take a length of kitchen string and tie the ends of the legs as close together as possible.
• Rub the butter all over the outside of the chicken making sure to cover the whole outside surface.
• Take two lengths of aluminum foil, place one piece over the chicken lengthwise, take the other piece and place it sideways over the first piece.
• Tuck the foil tightly to the chicken so it is touching the bottom of the roaster but not under the bird.
• If the bird is not completely covered (except for the underside) Use a third piece to finish covering.
• Place the roaster on the middle rack of the oven and roast at 400f degrees for 15 minutes.
• Reduce the heat after 15 minutes to 350f degrees and roast for approximately 2 hours.
• At about 2 hours, carefully lift the aluminum foil and poke the chicken with a fork, if the juice runs clear, remove the foil and roast a further 30 minutes to brown the skin to golden.
• If the juice is not yet clear, roast a little longer and check again.
• Once the chicken is well browned, remove to platter, cover with foil and let rest.
• In the meantime, if you wish to make giblet gravy, take the giblets (and neck if it's there), place in a saucepan, cover with water, add salt and pepper and a little poultry seasoning if you wish, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for at least an hour.
• Remove to strainer, reserving liquid.
• Chop the giblets and pick any meat off neck bones, add to a blender and add the liquid.
• Blend to liquefy level, add 3 or 4 tablespoons flour or corn starch and blend to mix well.
• Pour off as much fat as possible from the roaster, take a whisk and move up any bits and pieces of stuffing/chicken stuck to the bottom, remove any large pieces of skin, add the giblet mix from the blender, whisk around; place in 450°F to 500°F degree oven until bubbly, about 10 minutes; add a small amount of hot water if necessary if it is too thick until it is the consistancy you want, cook another 5 minutes.
• (We like ours very thick) Whisk and pour into gravy boat and serve hot with the roast chicken.
• Gravy can also be made without the giblets, just whisk up the brown bits in the roaster and add 1 cup of hot water and make a slurry of cold water and either flour or corn starch, add the slurry and whisk, cook the same as above adding a little more water if necessary.

EASY CHICKEN GRAVY

Steps:

• In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1 1/2 cups of the broth to boiling. Reduce heat to medium.
• In small bowl, stir remaining 1/2 cup broth, the flour, salt and pepper with whisk until smooth. Gradually stir mixture into hot broth. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.

EASY HOMEMADE CHICKEN GRAVY FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan on medium high heat.
• Add the flour until it becomes a paste and slightly turns brown.
• Slowly incorporate the chicken broth with a whisk.
• Whisk constantly until it thickens.
• Once thickened, add the chicken drippings and serve hot.

EASY BAKED CHICKEN WITH STUFFING & GRAVY

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375.
• Prepare stuffing according to package directions.
• Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
• Spoon a small amount of stuffing into underside of each chicken breasts and place into pan.
• Combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika into a small bowl.
• Sprinkle onto each chicken breast.
• Spoon remaining stuffing into baking dish around chicken breasts.
• Cover dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven
• Pour gravy over chicken and stuffing.
• Re-cover with the foil and bake for 15-30 minutes until done.

CHICKEN GRAVY (EASY!)

Steps:

• Bring chicken stock to a boil.
• Dissolve cornstarch in a small amount of cold water and add to chicken stock.
• Season to taste with poultry seasoning and cook until thickened.
• Serve!

EASY CHICKEN GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt margarine in pan.
• Add flour and stir until slightly lighter than peanut butter in color.
• Pour in broth and whisk.
• Add soup and stir.
• add Worcestershire to taste.
• Can be seasoned depending on what you are serving it with.

EASY CHICKEN GRAVY

Steps:

• In blender, combine broth, poultry seasoning, bouillon powder and Bisquick.
• Blend at high speed, about 1/2 minute or until smooth.
• Pour into saucepan and stir constantly over medium high heat, until it comes to a boil and is smooth and thickened.

DIY ESSENTIALS: EASY/PEASY CHICKEN GRAVY MIX

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. If you have any chicken fat, substitute it for the butter. When I am cooking chicken that calls for it to be skinless, I always buy it with the skin on, then remove it to make chicken fat. Yummy stuff. FYI: In the Jewish community it is known as Schmaltz.
• 3. Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
• 4. Add all the ingredients (except the flour) to a spice blender, and blend until finely ground.
• 5. Chef's Tip: If you own a Vitamix then use it. That machine makes short work of just about any spice-grinding project.
• 6. Chef's Note: I tried adding the flour with the other ingredients, during the grinding process... I wound up creating a dust cloud so thick, it looked like a bomb had gone off.
• 7. Add the ground spices to a bowl and whisk in the flour.
• 8. Store in a sealed container, preferably glass, in a cool/dry place. It should retain its flavor for six to eight months.
• 9. MAKING 1-CUP OF GRAVY
• 10. Add the butter, or chicken fat to a saucepan over medium heat.
• 11. After the butter melts, add two tablespoons of the gravy mix, and stir until the mixture begins to brown, about 3 - 4 minutes.
• 12. Add the water, chicken stock, or milk, and bring to a simmer. I usually use half chicken stock, and half milk.
• 13. Stir, until the gravy thickens, about 3 - 4 additional minutes.
• 14. While it is thickening, you might choose to add a bit more seasoning. I will usually do a bit of freshly ground pepper, and maybe a tad more salt, but that is about it.
• 15. PLATE/PRESENT
• 16. Use as you would any good chicken gravy. I just love to tuck into a big pile of garlic mash taters floating in this gravy with some slow cooked beef or pork on top. Enjoy.
• 17. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

EASY CHICKEN GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. In a blender, combine the broth, onion powder, boullion granules and baking mix. Blend on high speed for @ 1 minute or until smooth.
• 2. Pour into a saucepan and heat over medium-high heat for 4 or 5 minutes until it comes to a boil. Stir constantly until it has thickened.
• 3. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.