You will love this gravy- guaranteed.
This easy vegan gravy tastes just as good as the more complicated recipes!
So I came across this vegan gravy recipe years ago in a random magazine. I don’t remember which one or where it came from. Maybe in a waiting room somewhere, so I may, or may not, have ripped it out. But I never got around to trying it until a year ago.
I was searching for another recipe one day, but couldn’t find it. (Note to self, clean up the recipe boxes!) But then this gravy recipe I’d saved caught my eye.
‘Hmm, I should try this,’ I thought.
I placed it on the top of the pile, advancing it to the favorites’ level in my chaotic filing “system”.
That week, the Big Guy and I were shopping, and he put an envelope of meat-based gravy in our cart. I sighed and rolled my eyes at him.
“What?” He asked.
I told him I would make the gravy. But we both knew I hated making gravy. There were so many steps in my current mess of gravy recipes.
He wasn’t overly fond of the taste of my vegan gravies, no matter how advanced and intricate they were, anyway. I even made Martha Stewart’s recipe, and he rejected it! Sorry, Martha.
It seemed the harder I tried, the bigger I failed at gravy.
But then I remembered the gravy recipe I had recently come across again. It was simpler than any others, and I already had all the ingredients. It had nothing out of the ordinary. And I had nothing to lose. So I gave it a go.
This vegan gravy couldn’t be easier.
The simple ingredients are:
oil,
soy sauce or tamari,
and a pinch of Dijon mustard.
And that’s it!
It makes about 1 1/2 cups.
While past gravy recipes were good, they included a variety of mushrooms, hours of chopping and prep, and lackluster results. (At least, not the cheering masses of applause I envisioned).
But this recipe is great and has none of that fussiness!
I love that this comes together so fast. I don’t have to save gravy-making for the holidays anymore. And we don’t need gravy envelopes with weird ingredients/chemicals, either.
And best of all, it tastes the best too! Simple for the win. I love that! It’s a happy ending to my gravy journey.
Make this vegan gravy for your vegan-gravy-journey-happy-ending too!
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The Best (and Easiest) Vegan Gravy
Ingredients
Method
- Add olive oil and flour to a medium saucepan and whisk together. Turn heat to medium and continue whisking for about 2 or 3 minutes.
- Add nutritional yeast and tamari sauce and whisk to combine. It will come together quickly into a paste-like consistency.
- Slowly whisk in the vegetable broth for up to 8 -10 minutes until fully combined and smooth and when gravy clings to the back of a spoon. Turn heat up a notch if it's taking longer.
- Stir in the poultry seasoning and mustard and serve warm.
