Honestly I can't remember a single time growing up cooking with my Parents or Grandparents. Maybe helping mix cookies a couple times, but never actually cooking something from start to finish. To be fair my parents worked a LOT of hours and we eat a lot of easy microwave meals or the meal was prepared quickly and taking time to teach us kids probably wasn't in the cards.
But I enjoy cooking and making good meals for the family. My youngest Daughter enjoys cooking with me and over the last 18 months of so has really gotten the hang of Biscuits and Gravy. She decided that she was going to be the "Master Chef" and I was to be her "Sous-Chef".
We start with Tennessee Pride Mild Sausage (best flavor I've found). I did the cutting of the Sausage, but then my Daughter takes over. Brown the meat on both sides. Medium heat on the cooktop.
We cheat on the Biscuits and go with packaged ones. Next step is to master homemade biscuits as I'm sure it will make these even better. About 12 minutes in the stove for these. For almost perfect timing these go in right when it's time to break up the sausage.
About 2 cups of milk are needed, but to avoid a drastic temperature change we warm the milk in the microwave first. 50% power for 2 minutes is plenty to make the milk warm.
Sausage gets broken up into small pieces. We just use a spatula. This is something I still need to do as it needs to happen relatively quickly to avoid overcooking. Right before this is when we put the biscuits in the oven with an 11 minute timer.
We find 1 whole 16oz package is to much Sausage so 2 get set to the side to use for breakfast sandwiches the next day.
Around a 1/3 of cup of Flour. This really depends on how much grease you get from the sausage. Used a cheaper sausage once and even with soaking up a bunch with a paper towel we needed 2/3 cup. More flour needed the more milk you will need or it ends up pasty.
Browning the Flour. Add about 1/2 of the flour and stir it around for 30 seconds, then add the second half. Spread it around as you add, don't dump it all in one place. Goal is to soak up the grease that is on the sausage and in the pan. If more then 1/3 cup is needed add in small amounts at a time.
Just about there. You can see a few spots of white from the flour. Took one more stir and let it cook for 30 more seconds.
Now time to add the milk. Start with 1 cup and let it cook down for about 30 seconds.
Then add another 1/2 cup and let that cook down for 30 seconds then add the rest. Make sure to keep stirring! You are looking for a smooth consistency in the end. Remember that it will continue to thicken as it cooks down. A little to much milk won't hurt if you can let it cook down for a little longer. Would say almost always we use 2 1/2 cups of Milk but only warm up the 2 cups...just habit, no reason why.
She is so proud of herself! Love it!!
Almost time to eat!
Perfection! Perfect winter breakfast.
Didn't she do an amazing job! All I did was cut the Sausage and then break up the Sausage in the pan after it was browned. The rest was all my Daughter (She is 8).
A few things, we make this for 4 people and it works perfect for 4 biscuits. The rest are saved for the next morning and we have Egg & Sausage on a Biscuit. We cut the biscuits in half and toast them lightly the next day to warm them and slice the sausage in half so the 2 we set to the side make 4 sandwiches.
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