Cheesy Sausage Gravy Food

CHEESY SMOKED SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish and oil with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
• Stir sausage, tomatoes and reserved juice, onion, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, 2 teaspoons olive oil, parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and ground black pepper together in a large bowl. Add elbow macaroni and stir. Pour macaroni mixture into prepared baking dish, sprinkle with American cheese, and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil from baking dish, increase heat to 425, and bake until sauce is bubbly, and the top is golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

CHEESY SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring and breaking it up into smaller pieces, until it begins to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook until the onion is golden, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 to 60 seconds. Remove from the heat to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs, milk, sage and parsley in a large bowl. Add the cubed bread, sausage-vegetable mixture and 1/4 cup of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a medium casserole dish with oil. Pour the chilled bread mixture into the prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese. Let sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Transfer the casserole to the oven and bake until puffed and golden brown, about 30 minutes. (If the top of the casserole starts to get too brown, cover it with aluminum foil.) Remove to a rack to cool slightly. Serve hot or warm.

BIG DADDY'S CHEESY GRAVY FRIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to broil. In a deep-fryer or heavy-bottomed pot, heat enough canola oil to come halfway up the sides of the pot, to 375 degrees F.
• Slice the potatoes into 1/4-inch thick french fries. Fry in batches until golden brown and crispy; about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towel lined sheet tray and put them in a large baking dish. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour and the garlic. Add the wine and beef stock and bring to a simmer.
• In a small bowl, combine the water and cornstarch. Slowly whisk the mixture into the stock and cook until thickened, roughly 2 to 3 minutes. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Remove the pan from heat, and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
• Ladle the gravy over the fries and sprinkle with the cheese. Put the fries in the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbling. Remove the fries from oven, sprinkle with chopped chives and serve.

CHEESY SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain and remove sausage. In the same skillet, melt butter. Stir in flour and pepper until smooth. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly., Stir in soup until blended. Stir in eggs, mushrooms and sausage. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours. Stir; serve over biscuits.

CHEESY HASH BROWNS WITH COUNTRY SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. THE HASH BROWNS
• 2. Chef's Note: The amount of potatoes used in this recipe will depend on the size, and type of your waffle iron.
• 3. Gather your ingredients.
• 4. Using the large holes on a box grater shred the potatoes, and the onion.
• 5. Lay them on paper towels, and press to remove as much moisture as possible.
• 6. Add the onions, and the potatoes to a bowl, and then combine with the seasoning, ingredients: salt, pepper, cayenne, and paprika.
• 7. Place the ingredient in the middle of a tea towel.
• 8. Squeeze the towel to remove most of the remaining liquid.
• 9. Chef's Note: The removal of the excess liquid is essential to producing a nice crispy hash brown.
• 10. Return to the bowl, and carefully mix in the egg, cheddar cheese, and sour cream.
• 11. Brush the grapeseed oil on the top and bottom portions of the waffle iron.
• 12. Preheat the waffle iron.
• 13. Chef's Note: If the waffle iron you are using has a heat setting, place it at 100 percent. This should give you a crispy outside and a soft inside.
• 14. Add a generous portion of hash browns to the waffle iron.
• 15. Close the lid and allow them to cook until crispy, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• 16. Chef's Tip: All waffle irons are different, so the timing for yours might be longer, or shorter. Take a peek now and then.
• 17. They should look something like this. Crisp on the outside, soft and warm on the inside.
• 18. THE COUNTRY SAUSAGE GRAVY
• 19. While the hash browns are cooking, gather your ingredients.
• 20. Add the sausage to a skillet over medium heat.
• 21. Cook, breaking up the sausage with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• 22. Whisk the flour and milk together.
• 23. Add to the cooking sausage.
• 24. Continue to stir the mixture as it begins to thicken, and then reduce heat to low.
• 25. At this time begin seasoning the gravy with the salt and pepper... especially the pepper. When I can feel the kick of the pepper in the back of my throat, then I know it's ready.
• 26. Chef's Note: You can add a lot of seasoning ingredients to a good sausage gravy; however, traditional country gravy is mostly milk, flour, sausage, salt, and pepper.
• 27. Chef's Tip: Have a bit of extra milk, and flour on hand. Just in case you need to thicken, or thin down the gravy.
• 28. PLATE/PRESENT
• 29. Place the hash brown on a nice sized plate.
• 30. Ladle a generous portion of gravy on top.
• 31. Finish with sunny-side-up egg. Enjoy.
• 32. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

SKILLET CHEDDAR BISCUITS AND SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In medium bowl, stir together Bisquick™ mix and the 1/2 cup milk; stir until well mixed. Stir in cheese. Set aside.
• In 10-inch cast-iron or ovenproof skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until no longer pink.
• Add flour; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until thickened. Stir in 2 cups milk. Heat to boiling; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Drop biscuit dough in 8 large spoonfuls onto hot sausage gravy.
• Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.

CHEESE BISCUITS & SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• In a medium size saucepan sauté margarine, onions, celery and dash of salt for 5 minutes.
• Add sausage and continue to cook until the sausage is fully cooked.
• Turn heat down and simmer another 10 minutes.
• Stir in flour and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• The bottom of the pan will be brown with bits of stuck on meat and flour.
• The darker the crumbs stuck to the bottom, the more golden brown the gravy will be.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in milk, cream and cheese slices.
• Stir until you can not feel anything stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• Place back on low heat and bring to a simmer.
• The gravy will thicken as it cooks and may need a little extra milk if it is thicker than you like it.
• Simmer for 10 minutes or longer, being sure to stir often.
• Taste for seasonings, add salt and pepper if desired.
• Normally I don't add any as the sausage flavors the gravy just right.
• Instructions for Biscuits:Mix milk and lemon juice.
• Mix cheese with Bisquick, sugar and garlic salt.
• With a fork, stir in milk just until mixed.
• Biscuits can be rolled out and cut or just dropped by spoonfuls onto baking sheet.
• Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• After removing them from the oven, brush with melted margarine/butter if desired.