Tomato Gravy

This Southern Tomato Gravy can be served drizzled over biscuits, rice, mashed potatoes and more. It’s a simple dish that’s a variation of classic sausage gravy that you can enjoy at any meal.

Easy Tomato Gravy Recipe

This tomato gravy is not be be confused with its Italian counterpart. This is a vintage recipe that cooks all over the South have made for eons. It’s a comforting and flavorful sauce that’s typically served over biscuits for breakfast or brunch but its uses extend well past breakfast. It’s made with simple ingredients and has a creamy texture with a tangy tomato flavor. You can make it using fresh or canned tomatoes cooked with simple seasonings and then used as a condiment. How to make Southern Tomato Gravy: (Scroll down for full printable recipe.)

• Bacon – Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium high heat until crisp. Remove using a slotted spoon and crumble. Reserve drippings in pan.
• Cook Onion – To the drippings add the diced onion. Cook over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes until softened and beginning to brown.
• Roux – Add the flour cooking over medium just until it’s fully absorbed.
• Gravy – To the skillet add the chicken stock scraping any brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Tomatoes – Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, salt, black pepper and granulated garlic. Mix to combine.
• Simmer uncovered over medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes to reduce slightly and thicken. Stir periodically to prevent sticking.
• Serve tomato onion gravy immediately drizzled over biscuits, grits, rice or mashed potatoes garnished with chives. (You can also serve it as a condiment over meatloaf, chicken, pork chops or shrimp.)

How to Make the BEST Tomato Gravy Recipe

• Key Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Tomato Gravy: Bacon plus reserved drippings, all purpose flour, vidalia onion, low sodium chicken stock or water, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, seasoned salt, black pepper, granulated garlic, snipped chives for garnishing.
• Kitchen tools you’ll need: 12 inch skillet, sharp knife and cutting board measuring cups and spoons, whisk and large spoon.
• You can use butter in place of bacon drippings.
• To make this a vegetarian gravy use oil or butter in place of bacon and water and vegetable stock in place of chicken stock.
• This ingredients in this recipe will easily double for a larger batch.
• You can thicken the gravy further at the end of cooking, if needed. To do so, dissolve one tablespoon of flour in chicken stock or water and whisk it into the tomatoes. Simmer on medium-low heat until it has thickened to your taste, repeating as desired. 
• Likewise, you can thin this gravy by adding more stock.
• Some cook’s like to use milk in place of chicken stock. You can do so, if desired.
• Depending on how you plan on serving tomato gravy, you can crumble the cooked bacon on top or serve it on the side.
• Serving Suggestions: Serve tomato gravy and biscuits, drizzle over grits, serve tomato gravy and meatloaf, seafood, pork or chicken. You can also serve this with sausage, eggs, hashbrowns or any of your favorite breakfast dishes.  
• You can add a small amount of sugar to balance the acidity of the tomatoes, if needed. 
• Leftovers Storage: Store any leftover Tomato Gravy chilled in the fridge for up to 3 days.
• Reheat gently in a saucepan on the stovetop over medium heat.
• You can freeze tomato gravy for up to 2 months.

More Southern Gravy Recipes to Make

• Downhome Fried Pork Tenderloin and Sawmill Gravy.
• Buttermilk Biscuits and Sausage Gravy never gets old.
• Chicken Fried Chicken smothered with a rich pan gravy.
• Lower your holiday stress level and make this Turkey Gravy ahead of time for the holidays.
• Smothered Chicken and Gravy is a family pleasing dish.
• Slow Cooked Roast with Creamy Mushroom Gravy is tried and true.
• Creamy Bacon Gravy is throwback to my childhood.
• Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
• Italian Gravy from Food Network.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• Saucepan
• Measuring Set
• Whisks
• Chopping Board