Recipe: Hamburger Gravy

Now that my kids are getting older and moving away and starting families of their own, they are wanting my recipes. So, I thought I would share it with everyone!

Hamburger Gravy

Items needed:

Ground Hamburger or Ground Chuck (your choice and quantity)
Flour
Milk (your choice also)
Water
salt and pepper
Butter or margarine
(optional: Onions and/or mushrooms)
Frying pan
Stove
Utensils

First you take the hamburger and ground it up into small pieces. This takes approximately 15 minutes. You can salt and pepper it while cooking it, if you desire. (If you desire adding onions and or mushrooms, you can saute them with the meat, for a great added flavor.

Once the hamburger is done, do not drain the grease and throw it away. The grease is going to help you with the flavoring.

Turn the burner off, and then pour in a cup of flour.
Next pour in a cup pf milk.
Add a shot glass of water.
A tablespoon of butter or margarine
Sprinkle on salt and pepper, to your liking.

Turn the burner on low, and begin stirring. The thickness that you want your gravy is up to you, as well as the taste. You can keep adding water, milk, flour and salt and pepper. As it warms up, you can and should keep taste testing. This will help you get it to the taste you are hoping to acquire. Once you get it hot, and to the thickness you want, it is ready to serve. Turn the burner off!

After this is done, you can do several things. I personally like having my hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes. But you can also have it over biscuits, and even hamburger patties.

You can also choose to do this with sausage, to make the ever famous sausage gravy. Just be certain to remember that you will need the excess grease and oils that cook off of of your meat products, to help your recipe taste even better!

Feel free to add your own special touches, or even remove something. You can have this meal for a dinner or a breakfast! That's one thing great about it!!

Please note: this recipe does not look appetizing, but it is. Not everything you put into your belly is beautiful! Your finished product will look a bit grayish, and lumpy. That is normal.

This recipe I figured out on my own through experimenting. My Mother made it all the time for us as kids, but unfortunately her recipes went to her grave with her.