Homemade vegan sausage gravy with flaky vegan biscuits is the ultimate comfort food. You can make this savory country-style breakfast gravy in just 15 minutes using simple, wholesome ingredients. Gluten-free gravy optional.
Nothing says home quite like from scratch biscuits and gravy. I love spending Sunday mornings making a large batch of vegan biscuits & sausage gravy for brunch.
This is one of my go-to recipes that I can’t wait to share with you!
We’re talking comfort food to the max, with flaky, buttery biscuits and creamy, savory gravy.
The vegan sausage gravy can be made in just 15 minutes using simple, wholesome ingredients. Use your favorite storebought vegan sausage or mix it up by using chopped mushrooms.
I hope you get to try this recipe!
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Choosing Vegan Biscuits
I recently shared my step-by-step guide to making Southern Style Vegan Biscuits. You can use this homemade 6-ingredient recipe or opt for a store-bought biscuit.
A few brand-name biscuits, like Pillsbury’s “southern style biscuits”, are accidentally vegan. Be sure to double-check the ingredient label, as sometimes formulation changes.
Sweet Potato Biscuits also go so well with vegan sausage gravy.
How to Make Vegan Sausage Gravy
Step 1. Cook vegan sausage of choice according to package instructions. Once cooked, use a knife to crumble.
Step 2. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Return sausage to the pan. Sprinkle in all-purpose flour. Saute until flour is lightly browned, about 1 minute.
Step 3. Slowly whisk in soy milk 1/2 cup at a time, until 2 cups are added.
Step 4. Add the garlic powder, thyme, sage, optional cayenne pepper, salt and nutritional yeast.
Step 5. Bring gravy to a simmer over medium heat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Continue whisking to prevent clumping. The gravy is ready when it coats the back of a spoon without sliding off, about 5-8 minutes.
Recipe Tips and Variations
- Vegan sausage: Brands like Lightlife, Field Roast, and many others make vegan-sausages that can be found at most grocery stores. Morningstar makes maple-flavored veggie sausage but it contains egg and milk ingredients.
- Make mushroom gravy by substituting with equal amounts chopped baby bella or white mushrooms. You will need to saute chopped mushrooms for 4-5 minutes, until softened.
- Soy milk: Make sure to choose unsweetened, unflavored non-dairy milk. I prefer to use soy milk because it gives a very creamy base to the gravy. You can also try almond or cashew milk.
- Make gluten-free gravy by using equal amounts of corn starch or gluten-free all-purpose flour in place of all-purpose flour. Choose a guaranteed gluten-free vegan sausage or opt for mushrooms.
You may also want to check out my recipe for Savory Vegan Mushroom Gravy, which is great on potatoes and roasted fall vegetables.
For a complete diner-style vegan breakfast, pair biscuits & gravy with Roasted Breakfast Potatoes and a 15-Minute Tofu Scramble.
Vegan Biscuits & Vegan Sausage Gravy
Ingredients
- 6 vegan biscuits see note
- 5 ounces vegan sausage see note
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups unsweetened soy milk see note
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon dry thyme
- 1 teaspoon dry sage
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper optional - makes it lightly spicy
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare vegan biscuits using preferred method.
- Cook vegan sausage according to package instructions. Use a knife to crumble cooked sausage into ground consistency.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once hot, return crumbled sausage to pan. Sprinkle in 1/4 cup all-purpose flour. Cook until golden brown, about 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in 1/2 cup soy milk at a time until all 2 cups are added. Whisk in nutritional yeast, thyme, sage, garlic powder, salt and optional cayenne pepper.
- Bring to a simmer over medium heat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Continue whisking to prevent clumping.
- The gravy is ready when it coats the back of a spoon without sliding off, about 5-8 minutes.
. Season with freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Notes
- Vegan Biscuits: Use my guide to Southern Style Vegan Biscuits or choose a store-bought premade biscuit. Brand-name biscuits are sometimes accidentally vegan.
- Vegan sausage: Brands like Lightlife, Field Roast, and many others make vegan-sausages that can be found at most grocery stores. Morningstar makes maple-flavored veggie sausage but it contains egg and milk ingredients.
- Soy milk: Make sure to choose unsweetened, unflavored non-dairy milk. I use soy milk as the creamy base of this vegan gravy. You can also try almond or cashew milk.
- Make it gluten-free by using equal amounts of corn starch or gluten-free all-purpose flour in place of all-purpose flour. Choose a guaranteed gluten-free vegan sausage or opt for mushrooms.
- Make mushroom gravy by substituting with an equal amount chopped baby bella or white mushrooms. You will just need to saute chopped mushrooms for 4-5 minutes, until softened.
- Nutrition information is calculated using Southern Style Vegan Biscuits. Nutritient information will differ based on brand of veggie sausage, non-dairy milk and biscuit used.
Gabrielle
Turned out great!!! Biscuits and Gravy is my Jam and I’ve yet to find a vegan gravy that resembles that Sunday breakfast I remember, until now.. I used homemade tempeh sausage, and followed ever step here including adding the optional ones and it was a homerun!
Cassidy Reeser, RDN, LD
So glad to hear you like the gravy! Thanks for making the recipe.