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What’s the point of a great pork roast without amazing gravy to go alongside it? This pork gravy recipe is simple and easy to make and should be ready just as your pork roast has finished being rested.
Make sure to make this pork gravy with a pork loin roast or an Instant Pot Pork Roast!
Pork Gravy
The key to this recipe is the seasoning on your pork roast. I have my favorite pork seasoning, and it makes the BEST gravy. Adding spices to the pork drippings AFTER it’s cooked pales in comparison to seasoning your pork roast properly before you cook it and then making gravy from drippings that are saturated with flavor.
While you can get all kinds of fancy, sophisticated sauces to go with your pork, a simple pork gravy with as few ingredients as possible is often best. Made using only the drippings from your pork roast, some broth, and a bit of cornstarch for thickening, this gravy will highlight the natural flavor of your pork roast without overwhelming your palate.
Plus, it is super simple, requires basically no extra mess, and can be ready in as little as 5 minutes!
Pork Gravy Ingredients
Check out the exact quantities this recipe needs in the card below.
- Pork roast drippings
- Chicken broth
- Water
- Cornstarch
- Salt & pepper
How to Make Pork Gravy
- Scrape out all the drippings from your pork roast
- Add in your chicken broth and bring to a boil in a saucepan
- Simmer for 5 minutes or until it is as strong as you like it
- Whisk in the cornstarch slowly to increase the thickness to your desired consistency
Where to Get Your Chicken Broth?
The key to any good gravy is to start with a really good broth. Of course, the best chicken broth is the one you make yourself.
If you are lucky enough to have some chicken broth (or any kind of broth at all) in your freezer, then definitely use that here.
However, because who has time to make chicken broth from scratch every week, you will probably be using some cubed or powdered stock.
To help make this a really tasty and savory pork gravy, use just a little bit more than the packet recommendation when preparing your brother. If using the cubes, use about one and a half cubes, and if using the powder, try and use an extra teaspoon – this will help give it that really intense savory and umami flavor that will make your pork gravy extra special.
Gluten-Free Gravy
Frequent gravy makers might be confused by the inclusion of cornstarch in this recipe—after all, isn’t a flour roux the traditional gravy-making technique?
While there is a lot to be said for the flavor of a tasty flour roux, adding cornstarch to thicken your gravy is simply so much easier and is a great gluten-free option. I also use it because cornstarch has greater thickening power than flour, meaning you use less than you do flour, making your gravy lower in carbs than if you used all the flour.
As long as you whisk it carefully into the gravy, ensuring that there are no lumps forming little balls of cornstarch, you get a beautifully thickened, glossy gravy without any hassle of having to fry the flour in extra fat.
Make it With Flour
To make it with flour, sprinkle three tablespoons of flour over the drippings in the pan, then mix the flour into the drippings while scraping the browned bits up and stirring it all together. Remove all the drippings and flour into a medium-sized saucepan. Cook the pork fat/drippings and flour together in the saucepan over medium heat to get rid of the raw flour taste, then pour in the chicken broth. Simmer until thickened.
Low Carb Pork Gravy
You can also make this a delicious low-carb gravy. Omit the cornstarch and whisk 1/2 tsp of xanthan gum into the chicken broth before you add it to the pot. Don’t have xanthan? Just leave out the cornstarch and add some whipping cream at the end to thicken it!
For an extra glossiness layer, add a small pat of salted butter to your gravy just before serving it. Whisk it constantly until the gravy melts and the fat emulsifies, and you end up with a rich and luxuriant pork gravy that will taste as you made it with homemade stock.
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Happy cooking!
Love,
Karlynn
Pork Gravy
Ingredients
- the drippings from your pork roast
- 1 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Scrape all the drippings out of the roasting pan into a medium sized saucepan, making sure to scrape the bottom of the pan to get all the brown bits off.
- Add in the chicken broth.
- Bring to a boil in the saucepan.
- Simmer for 4-5 minutes, cooling some in a small bow to taste-test. If desired, add more chicken broth at this point.
- Simmer until the gravy reaches the desired strength of flavor. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Whisk the cornstarch into the water, then whisk into the gravy, slowly, only adding enough until it reaches your desired thickness.
- Remove from the heat and serve in a gravy boat.
- Tips: make a strong chicken broth from cubes or powdered stock to really infuse the flavor.
All calories and info are based on a third party calculator and are only an estimate. Actual nutritional info will vary with brands used, your measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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Jade says
I LOVE THIS GRAVY!
Absolutely THE BEST RECIPE I’ve ever tried, and I’m getting ready to make it again right now! SOOOOO GOOOOD!
Go heavy on the chicken bullion cubes and the pepper (I use McCormick’s mixed whole peppercorn grinder, around $2-3 at Walmart in Commiefornia, USA) and it just gets better with age! I ran out of gravy before I ran out of pork LOL!
Looking forward to trying many more if your recipes Karlynn – thanks so much and may God bless you and yours!
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