Vegan Biscuits and Gravy Recipe
Biscuits and gravy are a Southern staple, right up there with grits and sweet tea. The best thing about these often-found menu items is that it’s OK for all of them to make an appearance at any meal, not just breakfast.
My vegan biscuits and gravy were prepared for breakfast this time—very, very early on a Sunday morning. This is the only excuse I can come up with for using Bisquick mix instead of making the vegan biscuits from scratch. Yes, my grandmothers would be horrified.
The truth is that I wanted to focus more on the vegan gravy, because that is one item that I lack experience making. After barreling through the near-fatal (for the gravy) experience with the whole “make a paste, gradually add water, stir constantly” steps, I was left with a surprisingly rich gravy. It may have been a little lumpy—but lumps are good.
Try this gravy using the recipe below, or give it even more flavor by adding browned veggie sausage crumbles, such as Gimme Lean brand.
Vegan Biscuit Ingredients:
2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 Tbsp. cold margarine
3/4 cup cold soy milk or non-dairy milk
How To Make The Vegan Biscuits:
• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Put all the ingredients into a bowl. Using a pastry cutter or a fork, blend the margarine into the dry ingredients until the mixture breaks down into fine particles.
• Add the soy milk and stir until the particles cling together. Turn out onto a floured bread board or countertop and knead for 1 to 2 minutes or until the dough is smooth. Add more flour as needed if the dough is sticky.
• Roll the dough out to about a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into rounds (a drinking glass works well), place on an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Serve hot.
Makes 12 biscuits
Vegan Gravy Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
1/2 cup all-purpose white flour
4 tsp. nutritional yeast
4 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 cups water
1/2 tsp. sage
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
Extra flour (optional)
Extra water (optional)
How To Make The Vegan Gravy:
- Put the vegetable oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook for about 2 minutes, or until the onions are translucent.
- Add the flour, yeast, and soy sauce to make a paste.
- Add the water gradually, stirring constantly. Bring the gravy to a boil on medium to medium-high heat, continuing to stir. Boiling will help the gravy to thicken.
- Add the sage, salt, and pepper and stir until well mixed.
- If the gravy is too thin, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour to thicken, or if it is too thick, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water.
