This paleo gravy recipe is a delicious blend of savory flavors, made with natural ingredients like bone broth and herbs. It's the perfect accompaniment to your paleo friendly meals!
This recipes pairs wonderfully with these Whole30 Mashed Potatoes! Great for your dairy free Thanksgiving menu.
Paleo Gravy Ingredients
- Ghee
- Cassava Flour
- Broth
- Poultry Seasoning
- Pepper
- Garlic Powder
- Salt
Check the recipe card for quantities!
Noble Made Poultry Seasoning is my favorite! It's Paleo friendly and has no additives.
Substitutions
- Use palm shortening in place of ghee, keeping it dairy free and paleo!
- You can use arrowroot or tapioca flour in place of the cassava flour, but just know the texture will be a bit more gummy than cassava.
- If you're out of poultry seasoning, you can use sage in a pinch!
How to Make Dairy Free Gravy
To start off, melt the ghee in a pan over medium heat.
Mixing rapidly with a fork, add the flour to the ghee.
Little by little, slowly add in the broth, trying to fully incorporate by whisking it before each addition. If needed you can slightly turn up the heat.
When finished lower the heat back to medium and mix in the spices.
Let it simmer for a couple of minutes to incorporate the spices while stirring frequently. Enjoy!
Note that it will thicken some more after it's been removed from the heat.
Paleo Thickeners for Gravy
People always want to know what's the best thickener for gravy? When it comes to making a paleo gravy however, you can't use typical wheat flour.
Thickeners for paleo gravy include tapioca and arrowroot powder for starters. Both are good options for when you already have a finished product, used in the same way you would use cornstarch.
Since in this recipe you're starting off with flour in the base, we're using cassava flour, which is paleo and works very similar to wheat flour!
Uses for this Gravy Recipe
- Mashed potatoes! It's probably the most obvious on this list, but always delicious!
- Turkey or chicken, it's perfect for thanksgiving!
- Roasted veggies
- Mashed cauliflower
- Paleo stuffing
Typical paleo friendly thickeners include arrowroot powder and tapioca flour!
Yes it can! Make it up to 3 days before it will be served, and follow the reheating directions above.
Yes, you do not need regular, wheat based flour to make a gravy! Use cassava, arrowroot, or tapioca flours instead.
This recipe is already grain free! Cassava is a root vegetable, not a grain, but it acts just like a grain based flour!
No it does not! The seasonings, especially the poultry seasoning, tastes just like a regular gravy would.
Yes, this gravy recipe is fully compatible with the Whole30 rules!
Yes, gravy typically has dairy, whether it be from butter or milk. This recipe uses ghee in place of butter and no milk.
You can use unsweetened almond milk! However, this recipe uses extra broth instead.
This recipe is dairy free, however it does have ghee. If that's still not tolerable, you can use palm shortening!
Paleo Gravy
Equipment
- 1 medium saucepan
- Measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- whisk
- wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon ghee or palm shortening
- ¼ cup cassava flour
- 2 cups chicken or turkey stock or broth
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Over medium heat, melt the butter/ghee/palm shortening.
- Slowly add in the flour while rapidly mixing with a whisk or fork.
- Very slowly, pour in the broth while whisking rapidly. Try to fully mix each pour of liquid before adding more. If needed, turn up the heat slightly to help mix in the broth.
- When broth is fully incorporated, lower to medium and add in the spices, continuing to stir, switching to a wooden spoon if you'd like.
- When it is salted to your liking, turn off the heat and enjoy!
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Amie says
I love that it can be made ahead of time! A perfect recipe year after year!
Rachel Rivera says
Yes!! I only want the easiest recipes for Thanksgiving! haha
Amie says
I’ll be making this for Thanksgiving!!
Rachel Rivera says
Yay me too! haha let me know how yours comes out!
George says
I had to look up whole30 to understand the significance of this recipe and I like the idea. If I ever give it a try I’ll have to remember this recipe because I love gravy, especially around this time of year.
thecleanhappylife says
It's a really great program! Definitely if you do it, you'll see much better energy and other benefits from it!
Aliceee Traveler says
I have to say this reciepe is great. I need to buy that ghee tho.
Thanks for sharing ❤️
thecleanhappylife says
Thank you! So worth it if you can't do dairy!