Vegan Country Gravy

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Vegan Country Gravy drizzled over Vegan Nut Loaf and Stuffing with a side of fresh Cranberry Sauce make the perfect comfort food dinner to be thankful for. 

This vegan gravy is thick, creamy, and full of autumn seasonings. It's rich, delicious, and hearty. While some might imagine a mushroom and onion gravy less flavorful than meat-based gravy, they clearly haven't tried this recipe. 

We recommend using a mix of different mushrooms to add depth to the flavor. We used Shitake, Porcini, Button, and Cremini mushrooms in our most recent gravy. If you don't have a variety of fresh mushrooms available, you can also use dried mushrooms that you reconstitute. Pour enough boiling water over them so they're completely covered and let them sit for 20 minutes. Save this mushroom water because you can use it as part of the broth in this recipe. 

We use flour in our Vegan Country Gravy rather than corn starch or arrowroot powder for the color and flavor, but you can substitute thickening agents if you prefer. 

This recipe is beautiful with sliced mushrooms bubbling up from the creamy depths, but if you want a creamy vegan gravy you can use an immersion blender or other blender. One of our boys thinks he doesn't like mushrooms so we blend our gravy and finely chop our mushrooms for our Vegan Nut Loaf. They're hidden in our meal and his taste buds are learning to love mushrooms. This is one of our ninja-parenting techniques to help picky eaters expand their palates! 

If you will be making Vegan Country Gravy for pairing with our Vegan Nut Loaf, you can save time by chopping enough garlic, onions, and mushrooms for both recipes at the same time. You have plenty of time to make the gravy while the Nut Loaf cooks. 

You might also consider doubling this recipe. The left-over gravy makes a wonderful base for a Vegan Pot Pie or vegetable soup!

Sauté onions, garlic, and mushrooms. 

Add remaining ingredients. 

If you want a smooth gravy, blend it with an immersion blender or place it in a blender. 

If you like this recipe, you'll like it drizzled over our Vegan Nut Loaf and followed by this Vegan Pumpkin Pie. Click images for recipes!

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Vegan Country Gravy Recipe

Prep

• 20 minutes prep
• Serves 8, makes approximately 3 cups
• Suggested equipment: Saucepan, whisk, immersion blender, sharp knife, or food processor

Ingredients

• ½ cup olive oil
• 3-6 cloves chopped garlic
• 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
• ½ cup finely chopped mushrooms, or sliced (see Chef’s Notes)
• 1 heaping Tbsp nutritional yeast
• ½ cup white flour
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• ½ tsp dried sage
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• salt and pepper to taste, you can use Bragg’s Liquid Aminos to add more flavor dimension than salt

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and sauté for 5 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally until onions are lightly browned.
2. Add nutritional yeast and flour. Stir.
3. Stir with a whisk as you slowly pour in vegetable broth. If the mixture is too thick, add more broth or water.
4. Add sage and nutmeg.
5. Bring to a boil and let simmer for two minutes as you stir.
6. Salt and pepper to taste. Add broth or water to achieve your desired consistency.
7. If you want a smooth gravy, use an immersion blender or place the gravy in a blender and blend until smooth.
8. Set aside until you’re ready to serve your meal. As it cools it will form a thin skin on top. Stir this in or skim it off.

Chef's Notes 

You can slice the mushrooms rather than chop them to make a beautifully accented mushroom gravy. If you want a smooth gravy, blend it with an immersion blender or place it in a blender after cooking. 

This makes the best liquid filling for a homemade pot pie or woup base. You may want to double the recipe so you have enough leftover! 

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Written by Your Vegan Family 

Stacy and Markus live an adventurous vegan lifestyle and write articles about their experiences cooking global vegan cuisine, creating businesses, raising vegan kids, and traveling through more than 65 countries. They earned degrees in molecular biology and acupuncture, consulted over decades for healthcare companies and individuals, created businesses in Asian medicine, eco-tourism, cultural immersion, and taught yoga in myriad venues.

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Vegan Country Gravy Recipe Grocery List: 

• olive oil
• garlic cloves
• onion
• mushrooms
• nutritional yeast
• white flour
• vegetable broth
• dried sage
• nutmeg
• salt
• pepper
• Bragg's Liquid Aminos (optional)

Vegan Country Gravy Recipe Nutritional Analysis

The information shown is an estimate provided by the online nutritional calculator, Happy Forks. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. When exact ingredients are not available in this database, the closest substitutions are made. 

Percentages are based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet for an adult. 

Our recipe includes nutritional yeast that gives plant-based eaters a nice boost of the rare vitamin B-12. The nutritional analysis software we use, Happy Forks, doesn't have this in its database. This recipe is even more healthy than shown below! 

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