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Old Fashioned Country Bacon Gravy — 29 Comments

  1. THANK-YOU FOR SHARING THIS RECIPE. I GREW UP EATING BISCUIT’S AND GRAVY. WE JUST MADE MILK GRAVY WITH THE PAN DRIPPINGS FROM WHATEVER BREAKFAST MEAT WE WERE USING THAT DAY. I LIKE BOTH BACON AND SAUSAGE. WHEN WE HAD HAM MY MOM WOULD MAKE STREAKED GRAVY (HAM GREASE AND HOT STRONG BLACK COFFEE). THAT WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN A COFFEE DRINKER.

  2. I grew up eating both (bacon & sausage gravy), but my grandmother would cook more of the bacon gravy. It was always so good, of course Grandmothers always made the best food.

    Thanks for the recipe

  3. I agree with you completely about bacon Gravy vs sausage Gravy! I would order it in a second, if restaurants offered it! I really need to make it again! I’m the only one that loves it…but I don’t care!!!

  4. I grew u[ with biscuts & bacon gravey like most people on here. My grandmother was the best cook if you like fried food she was the best! only problem is she did everything from her head I don[‘t think I ever remember seeing her use a mesuring cup. she could whip up biscuts from scratch never measuring a thing. unfortunately she passed before I was interested in watching her make her biscut (bacon grease)gravey….so, this site has helped me understand some of the reasons mine was in consistant… THANK YOU!

    • I’m so HAPPY you found this recipe too! My grandma was the same way. She always had a pot of bacon grease on her stove top. Hahaha….those were the days when we didn’t care that everything had bacon grease in it. I don’t think I new how green beans really tasted until I was an adult. LOL…….

  5. Just wanted to say thank you for this easy recipe Sheryl. I agree with all other comments on this. Same as my grandma’s gravy. Thank you for making it easy!

  6. At our house we called it burnt flour gravy. Cooked the same way but my grandmother added a touch of garlic powder. Still one of my favorites for my family.

      • For years I made bacon gravy but mine never tasted as good as my grandmas. When she passed I got her cast iron frying pan n that was the secret I missed all these yrs. The bacon will cling 2 pan n that creates a better flavor 4 gravy!

  7. Thank you for the recipe. I’m going to try it, I remember my mom making something similar, we called Texas sweet gravy. Bacon drippings flour, no milk…water instead, salt and pepper. She grew up poor, milk was not to be put in gravy. We also sprinkled sugar over the gravy after we poured it on the biscuits. Fabulous!

  8. I learned to make gravy from watching my Mother for years. She made it using bacon grease and droppings like you but sometime she would just add water to the bacon grease & droppings and it would turn red. We called it “Red eye gravy”. That poured over hot buttered biscuits and Country ham hits the spot.

    • I love bacon gravy Paul! I have been known to drink it. YIKES! I’ve never had red eye gravy….I’m surprised since both my Grandmas were country girls. Thanks for sharing your memories. ♥

      • I gotta try this recipe, I remember having it maybe once when I was a kid, But I generally grew up on Sausage Gravy, which now that I cook and love to cook and love to alter recipes to my own liking. Now that I have adult children & grandchildren it’s kinda nice to get phone calls or text messages from my children asking for certain recipes of mine. I’ve always wondered why not have Bacon Gravy instead of Sausage Gravy but never really had it so I thought there must be a reason no one makes it, and no restaurants serve Well now I know different and it sounds amazing. So guess what Sunday morning breakfast is going to be? I’ll let you know how it turns out.
        Only one question so that I can be sure to do this right. So you use ALL of the bacon drippings from frying all of the bacon?? I’ve seen a few other recipes for Bacon Gravy that say to only use like 2 Tablespoons of the Bacon grease and I thought, that can’t possibly be enough to actually taste like Bacon Gray.

        • Hi Lisa, What a great story. I’m so glad you’re willing to give bacon gravy a try. I love it soooo much! Yes, you’ll need to use ALL the drippings. Enjoy!

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