Southern-Style Bacon Tomato Gravy
Bacon Tomato Gravy
Ingredients:
- Bacon grease (from cooking bacon)
- 1-2 cans petite diced tomatoes
- 2-3 tablespoons drippings
- Flour (for thickening)
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions:
- Cook the Bacon:
- You have to have bacon grease. That’s key… anything else won’t taste right.
- I cook my bacon in the oven. Line a sided baking sheet with aluminum foil and arrange bacon.
- Bake at 375°F to desired crispness.
- Of course, you can fry the bacon in a skillet if you prefer… I just hate the splatters and mess.
- Remove bacon to a plate with paper towels to drain.
- Prepare the Tomatoes:
- Open a can of petite diced tomatoes… you may need 2 cans.
- Heat the Grease:
- Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of drippings into your skillet, be sure to get some of the bits.
- If you cooked your bacon in the skillet, you may need to pour some of the grease off.
- Heat grease to medium-high.
- Make the Roux:
- Use a sifter to add flour to the drippings.
- Stir with a fork and let it start to brown, almost burn.
- Add Tomatoes:
- Turn down the heat to medium-low and very quickly add liquid from tomatoes.
- Once it simmers down, add all the tomatoes… constantly stirring.
- Add more tomatoes as needed.
- Season:
- Salt and pepper to taste.
