Easiest Way to Make Perfect Grits, Smoked Sausage, and Tomato Gravy

Grits, Smoked Sausage, and Tomato Gravy. For this Monday meal I made something that my Mother cooked very often for the family. It is super simple to make but taste delicious. Made tomato gravy with my grandmother everytime we were having hot sausage patties for breakfast.

Broooo I love Tomato Gravy with cast-iron drop biscuits! My fams recipe is a bit simpler though. I live in North Texas and no one I know is a fellow Tomato Gravy enjoyer. You can cook Grits, Smoked Sausage, and Tomato Gravy using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Grits, Smoked Sausage, and Tomato Gravy

1. It's of Grits------------------------.
2. It's 3/4 pound of smoked sausage fried.
3. You need 2 cup of grits.
4. It's 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
5. Prepare 8 cups of water.
6. It's 1/2 stick of butter.
7. Prepare 1/2 stick of butter.
8. It's of Gravy-------------------.
9. You need 16 ounce of can of diced tomatoes.
10. It's 1 cup of water.
11. It's 2 tablespoons of dehydrated onions.
12. You need 3 cups of Monterey-Colby jack cheese.
13. You need 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings.
14. It's 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
15. You need 2 tablespoons of heaping all purpose flour.
16. You need 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
17. It's 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper.

Its always been a breakfast thing to me, as a sort of Sausage Gravy alternative. Interesting to see it served with fish. Oh yeah, we do sawmill gravy too. That white gravy with sausage or bacon grease.

Grits, Smoked Sausage, and Tomato Gravy step by step

1. Dice the smoked sausage..
2. Bring the water with the salt to boiling add the diced smoked sausage and 1/2 stick butter..
3. Add the grits to the water and sausage. Stir leaving no lumps..
4. Shred the cheese..
5. Add the cheese to the grits..
6. Now add the half stick of butter. Cover and let it melt when it has melted stir well. Then cover again..
7. Heat the oil for the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes, bacon drippings, and salt and pepper..
8. Bring to a simmer. Add the dehydrated onions..
9. Simmer for 10 minutes..
10. Add the flour.
11. Stir adding in the water. Simmer a bit till your desired thickness. Taste adjust salt and pepper to taste.
12. Add the grits to a bowl or plate.
13. Top with tomato gravy and serve. I hope you enjoy!!.

Spoon out some cooked grits and ladle a healthy serving of tomato gravy and it's a delish meal. It's great for breakfast, but we are known to eat it for dinner. A roux based gravy made with tomatoes is traditional served over biscuits, but can be served with meatloaf, over rice, or spooned on grits, alongside fish Southern Tomato Gravy is another one of our classic southern recipes, that goes great with those Sour Cream Biscuits I just posted a little earlier. Tomato gravy, or tomato pasta sauce, is made of fresh or canned tomatoes with garlic, onion and herbs such as parsley, oregano and basil. Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce the heat to medium-low.