Basic Gluten-Free Gravy Recipe

There are several ways to make gluten-free gravy. For today's post, I'll go with the simplest method. It requires no pre-prep of any kind, other than soaking the corn starch in water for a while.

My list of ingredients includes instant broth, like a powdered broth that you can add water to and microwave. You can't trust the normal bullion cubes that you might buy in the regular grocery store. Instead, you might have to go to a health-food store or other GF supplier to get your powdered broth. Glutino makes good broth, but it comes from outside the US, so it can be a little spendy. There's another brand called Vogue that's not as expensive but doesn't taste quite as good (because it doesn't have any meat--it's vegan).

There's no reason why you can't use broth that you made a long time ago--you know, where you put leftover meat in a boiling pan and just let it simmer all day until you've got broth. Then you can freeze that broth in ice cube trays to last for a super-long time in the freezer. But I'm trying to make this recipe simple, so working moms can come home after a long day's work and just whip up a quick gravy. But yeah, you can use real broth instead of instant.

INGREDIENTS:
instant broth
corn starch
water

DIRECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of corn starch and soak it in a quarter cup of water. Use a fork to continually whisk up the corn starch mixture. That way it won't form a clump.

In a saucepan, put one cup of prepared instant broth (follow the directions on your instant broth label) and make sure the broth is well-mixed before you turn on the heat. Simmer this on medium-high until it reaches boiling point.

Add the corn starch mixture and continually whisk the gravy nonstop. Season with salt and pepper (and if you like other seasonings, like garlic or onion powder, those too), to taste. Be wary of using too much salt. A lot of instant broths already contain quite a bit of salt, so keep sampling your gravy as you season it, to make sure it's not too salty.

When the gravy reaches the appropriate thickness, remove from burner and serve. If it's not getting thick enough for you, add another tablespoon of watered-down cornstarch, but make sure it's not clumpy when you add it.