Best Vegetarian Gravy Recipes

VEGETARIAN CREAM CHEESE PATTIES WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Place the cream cheese in the freezer for approximately 15 minutes, remove and cube into 1/2" chunks immediately while it is still very cold from the freezer. (This step will help to harden the cream cheese slightly so it will be easier cut.)
• In a medium to large bowl beat the eggs well, then add the cubed cream cheese, minced onions, finely chopped walnuts and bread crumbs. Mix VERY GENTLY until moistened and combined. Be careful not to break up the cream cheese chunks - they should stay in chunks in the patties.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees now so it is ready when you are done frying patties.
• Heat a small amount of oil in the bottom of a non-stick frying pan. DO NOT ADD ENTIRE 1/2 CUP OIL TO PAN! Only use enough oil to keep patties from sticking, adding more as needed - I usually start with 1 or 2 tablespoons.
• Using approximately 1/4 cup of the mixture per patty, drop into the hot oil and fry patties. Flatten patties if needed and turn over to fry other side when first side is golden to medium brown.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the sour cream and cream of mushroom soup for the gravy.
• Once the patties are fried place the patties in an oven safe casserole dish, layering with the gravy.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until patties are heated through.
• Serve immediately making sure to spoon some of the gravy over each patty.

EASY VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Put margarine in a pot and saute the onions and garlic over med-high heat.
• Reduce heat back to medium after onions and garlic have become golden brown.
• Make a roux by gradually adding the flour, while continuously stirring to avoid lumps.
• Still stirring, add soy sauce and water to the mixture.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Once the gravy has reached desired thickness, turn off the stove and you are done!

EASY VEGETARIAN ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the butter.
• Add the onion and a pinch of salt. Sweat the onions, stirring occasionally, until tender, 8-10 minutes. If they start to turn brown, turn down the heat - you're looking for translucent and tender, not golden.
• Increase heat to medium. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring frequently, for three minutes.
• Gradually stir in the vegetable broth and continue stirring, over medium heat, until thickened to a gravy consistency, about 3 - 4 minutes.
• Stir in Tamari or soy sauce if using. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve.

BROWN GRAVY (VEGAN/VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• Heat the margarine in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Sauté the onion for a couple of minutes, or until transparent.
• Add the flour and garlic salt and sauté this mixture for about five to ten more minutes.
• Add in the vegetable broth and cornstarch, making sure to stir well to prevent lumps.
• Bring this to a boil and once you have done this you want to reduce to a simmer and continue cooking, stirring frequently.
• Add in the nutritional yeast and soy sauce and reduce the heat even further, cooking for just a few more minutes.

VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour, nutritional yeast, and soy sauce to form a smooth paste. Gradually whisk in the broth. Season with sage, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring constantly, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until thickened.

VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Fry the veg and herbs in the butter for 10-12 mins until the vegetables start to brown. Scatter over the sugar and continue to cook until sticky and caramelised.
• Stir in the flour until sandy, then add the Marmite, if using, tomato purée and vinegar. Pour over the stock, then simmer everything together until you have a thickened sauce.
• Sieve, then add soy sauce to season and colour. Use straightaway or cool and freeze.

EASY AND QUICK BISCUITS AND VEGETARIAN SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Prepare the biscuits according to package directions.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add the sausage; cook 3 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.
• Remove from heat, cool slightly. Crumble the sausage into 1/2" pieces, and return to the skillet.
• Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, level with a knife. Mix the flour and milk, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Add the milk mixture, salt and black pepper to pan; bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes or until thick.
• Split biscuits in half. Place 2 biscuit halves on each of 8 plates, top each serving with about 1/3 cup gravy.
• Serve immediately and enjoy!

CASHEW GRAVY (VEGETARIAN/VEGAN)

Steps:

• Saute onion in oil until soft and slightly brown. (you can also let onions cook longer and get browner for an even richer flavor).
• (If you are using raw cashews, add them at this step and let them cook for several minutes to "toast" them).
• Add garlic and cook another minute longer to slightly brown the garlic.
• Add flour and stir it around over the heat for a minute.
• Add 1-2 cups of water a half cup at a time and stir to blend in the flour and thicken. Add more water as it becomes thick.
• (if you are using roasted cashews add them here).
• Add more water (another 1-2 cups) so that the broth is soup like and the cashews are completely in the water.
• Add soy sauce, pepper and salt (if desired) or any additional desired flavorings.
• Cook until cashews are soft and flavors have melded. I always let this simmer away for about 30 minutes and add more water and soy or spices as needed, but remember that the flavor will change when cashews are blended. When done cooking, you'll want it to be a thin gravy consistency. The cashews will thicken it up when you blend it.
• Turn off the heat and let it sit for a few minutes to cool down.
• Puree in a blender or food processor in batches. You may need to add more water while blending to get the right consistency. Taste and adjust any seasoning.
• Can be refridgerated for several days. Freeze any leftovers in small batches to enjoy at a later date.

VEGETARIAN MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallot and cook, stirring occasionally, until shallots are a deep golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in mushrooms, garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are nicely browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Pour sherry into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook and stir until sherry is reduced, about 2 minutes. Remove mushroom mixture from the skillet and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and melt remaining 3 tablespoons of butter in the skillet. Add flour to make a roux, stirring continuously, until mixture is light golden brown, about 2 minutes. Add vegetable broth and tarragon; whisk until gravy is smooth and no lumps of flour remain.
• Increase heat to medium-high, return mushroom mixture to the skillet, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until mixture has reduced, about 8 minutes. Stir in soy sauce. Adjust seasonings, if necessary.

VEGETARIAN MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Remove stems from portobello, shiitake, and cremini mushrooms. Place stems and mushroom stock in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 30 minutes. Strain; set aside.
• Finely chop portobello cap, and set aside. Thinly slice shiitake and cremini. Place 3 tablespoons butter in a large saute pan over medium heat; add shallots, and cook until translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chopped and sliced mushrooms, and cook until mushrooms are soft and browned, and all liquid has evaporated. Add Marsala, if using, and cook, stirring to loosen any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Place the remaining tablespoon butter and flour in a medium saucepan over medium heat; cook until browned and fully combined, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly whisk in the enriched stock; bring to a boil, whisking until thickened. Add the reserved mushroom mixture and thyme, and stir to combine. Serve hot.

EASY VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Combine broth, vegetable base, onion, garlic salt, and pepper in a medium pot. Cook over medium heat while stirring occasionally until it comes to a full boil.
• Slowly stir in flour and whisk constantly until sauce is thick, 5 to 10 minutes.

PORTABELLA VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over moderate heat, then whisk in flour and cook roux, stirring, until pale golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add stock in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, and bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking frequently, until thickened to desired consistency, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in cream, salt, and pepper.

VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the top position in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F. Toss the onions, celery, carrots and garlic with the oil and 1 teaspoon salt on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast until the vegetables are charred in some places, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Bring the roasted vegetables, 1 cup water, mushrooms, thyme, sun-dried tomatoes, soy sauce, bay leaf and 1 teaspoon salt to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is gone, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 6 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and bring back to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and gently simmer until reduced by about one third, about 45 minutes. Strain the stock through a strainer into a large liquid measuring cup, use the back of a ladle to squeeze all the liquid out of the solids (there should be about 4 cups of stock). If not making gravy right away, let the stock cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month.
• To make the gravy, warm the stock slightly in a medium saucepan if it has been refrigerated. Melt the butter in another medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the sage leaves, and stir for 30 seconds; remove and set aside. Add the flour to the saucepan, and stir until smooth and lightly golden, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour in the warm stock while whisking constantly until smooth and thick, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Chop up the fried sage, stir it into the gravy along with the parsley and season to taste with pepper.

VEGETARIAN SAUSAGE AND GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook sausage in a skillet with 1 to 2 tablespoons of butter for about 5 minutes.
• Add onions to sausage and cook until sausage is done.
• Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, combine milk, Worcestershire sauce, and the black and cayenne pepper; set aside. The amount of both kinds of pepper is subjective. I like for my gravy to be spicy and hot so I put in what I think will be too much and then add two shakes. It is almost always perfect for ME. Do what is perfect for you.
• When sausage/onion mixture is done, if you want to drain the extra grease, remove from the heat and do so. I usually don't because unlike real sausage, the vegetarian sausage does not produce nearly as much, but it is enough.
• Return sausage/onion mixture back to skillet.
• Over medium/low heat, add the remaining butter (if necessary)
• Gradually add the flour.
• Turn to coat sausage and cook until golden (approx).
• Return heat to medium.
• Stir in small amounts of milk (about a 1/4 to a 1/2 cup at a time).Continue stirring and let it soak up the flour and get too thick and then add a little more. Do this until it starts to thin and it takes on the consistency that you want. Be sure that you are stirring more or less continuously and that your most recent addition is heated through. (You may or may not use all of the milk mixture and if necessary, add more milk - Gravy is never an exact science)
• Serve gravy over your favorite biscuits or bread.

VEGETARIAN BROWN GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter in small sauce pan. 2. Whisk butter and flour for about 30 seconds. 3. Add Broth and soy sauce. 4. Stir until you achieve desired thickness. 5. Stir in parsley 6. Serve warm.

VEGETARIAN MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Pulse garlic and thyme in a food processor, scraping down sides as necessary. Add oil, 2 tsp. kosher salt, and paprika and continue to pulse until a thick paste forms, about 1 minute. Transfer to a small bowl.
• Heat 1 Tbsp. garlic-oil mixture in a medium pot over medium-low until beginning to brown and smells fragrant, about 30 seconds. Cook mushrooms, shallot, and bay leaves, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add broth, bring to a simmer, and cook 30 minutes.
• Strain mushroom mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl; wipe out pot. Cook flour and remaining 2 Tbsp. oil in pot over medium heat, stirring constantly, until nutty brown and thickened, about 8 minutes.
• Add wine, bring to a simmer, and cook 3 minutes. Add mushroom broth, parsley, 1/4 tsp. pepper, and remaining 1/4 tsp. kosher salt, and return to a simmer. Season to taste.
• Do Ahead
• Gravy can be made 3 days ahead; transfer to an airtight container and chill. Heat in a small pot over medium, whisking constantly and adding warm water or vegetable broth 1 Tbsp. at a time if needed, until smooth.

DELICIOUS VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Whisk the margarine and flour together over low heat in a small saucepan for a few minutes until the flour is cooked and golden.
• Add the water and bouillon or broth, tamari, thyme, and pepper. Bring to a boil while whisking often to keep it smooth.
• Lower heat and simmer a minute or so.
• Combine cornstarch and water and stir well to get rid of lumps. Whisking gravy briskly, pour into saucepan. Continue whisking until gravy returns to a boil and has thickened.

VEGETARIAN GRAVY WITH VEGEMITE

Steps:

• Fry the onion in the oil in a medium saucepan for 5 minutes.
• Add the flour, and cook for a further 5-10 minutes, until flour and the onion are nut-brown and the onion is soft and slightly pulpy.
• Add the garlic, cook for 1-2 minutes, then gradually stir in the dark vegetable stock. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minutes.
• Strain the gravy into a clean saucepan (push the onion through the sieve and add the yeast extract and soya sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Stir well, then serve.

VEGETARIAN RED WINE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan. When hot, add the onions, carrots, celery and bay, and cook gently for 10-15 mins until soft. Remove the bay leaves.
• Add the flour and cook for 3-4 mins until brown. Add the wine little by little, stirring constantly, then add the stock. Once fully incorporated, simmer for 5-10 mins until the gravy has thickened. Strain through a sieve, stir through the mushroom ketchup and season to taste.

VEGETARIAN CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Heat butter over medium low in a saucepan. Add mushrooms and garlic. The mushrooms will begin to release water - if they look dry, add water. You want them in around an inch of water as they cook, not completely covered. They will shrink.
• While that cooks, use a food processor to coarsely grind up rice and walnuts. You want some texture to remain, not a paste! Pieces like the size of the chopped peanuts you'd get for ice cream topping or a bit smaller are good.
• Pour enough oil into a heavy skillet to shallowly cover the bottom. Begin to heat over medium.
• Combine rice, walnuts, green onion, egg, salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning in a large bowl.
• Form the mixture into 6 balls. Roll each ball in bread crumbs to coat, flattening as you go like a burger patty.
• Fry the patties in oil just to brown them, then transfer to a cookie sheet. When they're all browned, bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.
• Occasionally stir mushrooms while they cook. When they've cooked down, use a slotted spoon to remove mushrooms and set aside. Add water to the broth if necessary to make about 2/3 cup total liquid. In a jar with a lid, combine flour and milk. Shake to combine until no lumps remain (or stir together well, but the jar method seems to remove lumps easier).
• Bring the mushroom broth to a simmer, then slowly stir in milk/flour mixture. Add parmesan cheese. Cook and stir, being sure to scrape the bottom, until mixture thickens. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• To serve, top each rice patty with some mushrooms and pour mushroom gravy over it.