Ham Country Gravy Recipe


There’s nothing quite like Grandma’s cookin’. As a little girl, I remember devouring many delicious meals prepared my Grandma B; one of my favorite meals to this day is Grandma B’s mashed potatoes and Ham Country Gravy.

Passed down through the generations, I’ve decided to share this scrumptious gravy recipe from my Grandma’s kitchen. Hope you enjoy!

Ham Country Gravy

Ham Country Gravy

I always prefer serving this gravy over garlic mashed potatoes made from red potatoes. To make these garlic mashed potatoes, I dice and boil red potatoes (including skin).

Once potatoes are soft, I use a masher and mash the potatoes. I add a little milk, a lot of salt and pepper, and garlic powder until desired taste is obtained. Pretty simple and absolutely delicious.

Ham Country Gravy Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup Margarine or Butter
  • 1/2 cup Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt and a sprinkle of pepper
  • 4 cups Milk
  • 1/4 lb Ham, cubed

How to Make Country Gravy:

Melt butter (or margarine) in a saucepan.

Add flour, salt, and pepper. Mix this well.

Add milk stirring constantly. (I prefer to use a whisk and stir in a figure 8).

Continue to stir until desired thickness. (Be careful not to overcook).

Add in ham and serve!

Ham Country Gravy

Ham Country Gravy Substitutions and Ideas:

The cool thing about this recipe is that you can use this gravy for so many different recipes! Instead of adding ham and using it as Ham Country Gravy, here is a list of other yummy options for this gravy:

  • Add diced hard boiled eggs to sauce for creamed eggs over toast.
  • Add canned or left over chicken pieces for creamed chicken over rice.
  • Add tuna for creamed tuna on toast (you could also experiment with other sea food for that matter).
  • Add cheddar cheese for a creamy cheese sauce.

Ham and Country Gravy Recipe

Yield: 6

Ham Country Gravy

Ham Country Gravy
No Ratings
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c Margarine or Butter
  • 1/2 c Flour
  • 1 t Salt and a sprinkle of pepper
  • 4 c Milk
  • 1/4 lb Ham

Instructions

  1. Melt butter (or margarine) in a saucepan.
  2. Add flour, salt, and pepper. Mix this well.
  3. Add milk stirring constantly. (I prefer to use a whisk and stir in a figure 8)
  4. Continue to stir until desired thickness. (Be careful not to overcook)
  5. Add in ham.

Have fun cooking and experimenting with this delicious recipe from Grandma B’s kitchen.


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