Sausage Gravy With Bacon

Ingredients

• 1 lb sausage (I prefer Jimmy Dean)
• 1/2 lb diced good thick pepper bacon
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2-1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2-1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon season salt
• 1-2 quart milk (I use skim)

Directions

1. 1

   Fry the diced bacon until slightly crisp, pour out bacon and grease and set aside until later.

2. 2

   Fry the sausage in the same dutch oven until browned, adding a little of the pepper to the sausage as it cooks.

3. 3

   Add the bacon grease and 1/4th of the bacon to the cooked sausage. Cook on low and add the butter until melted. Add the flour and season salt. Cook for 3 minutes to get rid of the flour taste. Stirring constantly.

4. 4

   Heat to medium, slowly add the milk, only enough at a time so it doesn't get too runny. Add the rest of the bacon.

5. 5

   Add the salt and pepper for your taste. I believe the more pepper the better. The longer this simmers the more flavor it has. This is great with biscuits, hashbrowns or chicken fried steak.

6. 6

   I always divide the gravy into plastic bowls enough for 1 meal and freeze for another day.