Cow Camp Red Eye Gravy Recipes

GRANNY'S RED EYE GRAVY (ALSO CALLED REDEYE GRAVY)

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp, then set bacon aside and reserve drippings.
• Stir flour into the drippings, whisking until light brown, 5 minutes or possibly a little more.
• Pour coffee and water into the bacon drippings/flour, stirring constantly over low heat until mixture thickens up, about 10 minutes. Add whatever amount of salt and pepper you prefer.
• Remove from heat. Fold in crumbled bacon and serve hot.

COW CAMP RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Old Style:.
• Chop all the bacon and throw into large cast iron dutch oven.
• Throw in the flour. Mix with the grease and bacon.
• Add the coffee, stir and cook. Add more coffee if you have.
• Crush the peppers and add to the gravy.
• Serve with flat biscuits or griddle cakes.
• New Style:.
• Cook pork chops or ham slices remove from pan. (Alternate)Add ham base and cold water and stir without the pork.
• Add coffee to either the meat dripping and grease or the ham base with water.
• Wisk in the flour and add black pepper. Serve over mashed potatoes, grits, rice,.
• cornbread or biscuits. A simple no nonsense.
• recipe for down home folks.
• Servings given for New Style.

HAM WITH RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ham scraps until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove to a plate, reserving the grease in the pan.
• Place ham slices in the pan and cook over medium heat until browned, about 5 minutes on each side. Season both sides with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Remove ham and reserve on a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and sprinkle flour over the pan drippings. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high and pour in coffee into the pan. Cook and stir until combined and thickened. Season to taste. Return ham to the pan to warm through.

RED-EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat grease, add flour and sugar until dissolved and incorporated with ham grease. Add water, coffee and bullion cube, stir until gravy is well blended. Turn down heat and cook for 1 minute, add butter and cook for 1 minute longer. Serve immediately with hot biscuits or grits.

RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Dissolve ham stock and coffee granules in water in a large mixing bowl to create a stock.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; add flour. Cook butter and flour, stirring constantly, until brown, to create a roux, about 5 minutes. Add gravy stock mixture 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly, until it resembles the consistency of a gravy, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with black pepper. Remove from heat. Serve warm with meal of choice.

RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Mix in a med pot at low temp until the sugar melts. Serve hot as a side gravy.
• Allow the gravy to cool then you can use as a marinade for hams steaks.

RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• After country ham has been fried, add sugar to fat left over in skillet over medium-high heat.
• Allow sugar to brown while scraping residue left from fried meat.
• While very hot, add water and simmer for 1 minute or until well blended.
• If desired, add instant coffee.
• Serve warm.