Butter Gravy With Onions And Mushroom Ingredients

Onion Gravy Ingredients:

2 ounce shallot, peeled and chopped coarsely (you should have about ½ cup chopped shallot)
¾ cup mushrooms, exotic (cremini, shiitake or oyster)
7 ounce chicken broth, reduced sodium and reduced fat (to make this recipe vegetarian you may use vegetable broth or water)
1/8 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
½ teaspoon fresh oregano, snipped or 1/8 teaspoon dried marjoram or oregano
A dash of freshly ground black pepper
Non-stick cooking spray

Method:

1. Lightly coat a nonstick sauce pan with a nonstick cooking spray. Preheat the pan, stir in shallots and cook over medium heat for about 5 to 6 minutes or until they turn tender and get a golden brown color.
2. Add mushrooms to the shallots and cook for more 4 to 5 minutes.
3. Stir the all purpose flour and half the amount of chicken broth together in the saucepan.
4. Add balsamic vinegar, dried herbs (if using) and remaining chicken broth to the sauce pan and cook the mixture on medium to high heat until it gets thick and bubbly. Stir occasionally. Lower the heat and cook and stir for one more minute.
5. Stir in fresh herbs, if you are using any at this stage. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper as per taste. Serve the gravy along with turkey. This recipe makes 5 servings.

Health Tip:

• Onion and mushroom gravy is a low calorie, diabetes friendly gravy which provides only 40 calories and 1 gm protein per serving.
• This gravy can be an ideal choice as base gravy for many recipes like mixed vegetables, cottage cheese, tofu, sea fish, shell fishes, chicken, turkey, and lean meats. As this gravy recipe is low in fat and total calories it can be used in combination with many other food stuffs to make a variety of recipes.
• Onion and mushroom gravy have negligible amounts of total fat, cholesterol and saturated fat, thus this recipe can be considered heart friendly and can be easily incorporated in the diet of an individual who is on a low calorie diet or low fat diet or low cholesterol diet.
• Onion and mushroom gravy provides only 9 gm total carbohydrates per serving and 1 gm sugars. As it is low in carbohydrates, this gravy recipe can be combined with other low carbohydrate foods (like turkey, sea foods, lean meats, and poultry). Thus this gravy along with other low carbohydrate food can be a great choice for individuals on low carbohydrate diets too.