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A hand holds a white gravy boat as thick, brown Turkey Gravy 🦃 is ladled from a saucepan on the stove, ready to serve.

Turkey Gravy 🦃

The turkey gravy is arguably an art, and science! Therefore, it is one of the recipes that most people are afraid to make! However, you’ve come to the right place because I have mastered the arts and science of making the tastiest most delicious turkey gravy you ever did have!
From calling my grandmother to make it just perfectly I figured out the measurements the technique and the broth you need to make it unbelievably delicious! Don’t throw the turkey giblets and neck bone away when you unwrap it! Because everything goes to the party when we’re making our turkey gravy, let’s make it! 
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 10 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 chopped onion
  • 8 cloves of chopped garlic
  • 1 stick of salted butter 8 tbsp
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 2 tsp of garlic powder
  • start with 1 tsp of salt and 2 tsp of cracked black pepper then more to taste
  • all of the turkey drippings I had 2 cups worth
  • about 1 liter or more of turkey broth depending on how much turkey dripping you get from the turkey
  • about 7-8 shakes of Worcestershire and 1 tsp of Gravy master add more or less to taste

Instructions
 

  • Make the broth by filling a stock pot 3/4 full of water.
  • Add chopped onion, celery, & parsley to the pot with plenty of cracked black pepper & kosher salt.
  • Add the turkey neck and giblets. Bring to a boil, then drop to a simmer for at least 1 hour.
  • Use a colander to strain the broth and save in the refrigerator until the day of Thanksgiving. ( I do this the night before Thanksgiving)
  • In a pot, sauté 1/ 2 stick of butter & chopped onion with salt & pepper until translucent.
  • Add the chopped garlic and another 1/2 stick of butter & saute until fragrant.
  • Add garlic powder and stir.
  • Add the flour and whisk continuously at least 5 minutes on medium-low heat.
  • Add all of the turkey drippings from the bottom of the roasting pan and whisk nonstop another 5 minutes or so. (medium heat).
  • Once that’s combined start slowly adding the turkey broth and whisking.
  • Once it’s at a consistency you like, bring to a boil & add the Worcestershire & Gravy master.
  • Let it boil and lower to a simmer for 20-25 minutes. add more broth and salt and pepper as needed. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Keyword easy, holiday, Thanksgiving
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