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American · Sauce / condiment

Quick Chicken or Turkey Gravy

A blond butter roux whisked with chicken or turkey stock, deepened with a little soy sauce and Marmite, reduced to a light coating consistency and finished with the roasting-pan drippings; it keeps for a week.

  • YieldMakes about 720 ml
  • Hands-on13 min
  • Total28 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 60 gunsalted butter
  • 30 gplain flour (about ¼ cup)
  • 960 mlhomemade or low-sodium chicken or turkey stock
  • 1 tspsoy sauce
  • ¼ tspMarmite
  • to tastepan drippings from roast chicken or turkey, fat skimmedoptional
  • to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Celery
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Carrot
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Turkey
  • Hydrolyzed proteins (HVP)
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Holiday

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: low

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