Best Gravy Recipe for Just Simple Chips and Gravy Meal You Know of?

AlienC on 22/05/2021 - 18:09

I am trying to find the best gravy recipe or item from Coles Woolworths or Aldi.

Trying to get that real authentic gravy you can get at good corner roast stores or bistros.

Some gravy I have tried were very watery or flavorless so trying to avoid that.

I have tried gravox and personally it adds a very tiny bit of flavour and is watery so not worth it for me.

Basically trying to work out if I can make the good gravy that some shops and bistros can make or just keep buying from the local chip shop.

I can make chips easily at home and add chicken salt but gravy I have no idea how to make it really good at home or which product from the supermarket will do the same job.

Probably end up costing the same or not much cheaper so I leave it to the experts for now and just pay them for their skill in making good gravy but does anyone know of decent gravy you can buy from the store.

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  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 22/05/2021 - 18:14
    +6

    MAGGI Classic Rich Gravy Mix, 2kg (Makes 20 litres, 400 Serves)

    Easily available from amazon.
    Thank me later.

    • AlienC on 22/05/2021 - 18:48

      Is that what a lot of good bistro and old chip shops use?

      Don't like that flavourless watery stuff.

      I might see if I can find a small serving first to taste and see if this is the one.

      • trustnoone on 22/05/2021 - 18:52
        +1

        Are you in SA? I know many of the ones I go to in SA use that one. I absolutely love it, though I can never get it the same as the takeaway shops.
        I haven't found a place in Sydney that uses it though, hopefully I will at some point.

        • robbyjones on 22/05/2021 - 19:17

          You can buy 1kg at Costco

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 22/05/2021 - 19:31

        Beats gravox by a country mile

      • Bushbasha on 23/05/2021 - 12:35

        100% Maggi rich gravy mix, it's what I use at home and pretty much hate any other gravy. You won't need to try it first, just buy it.

    • spackbace on 22/05/2021 - 19:13
      +2

      Pretty sure that's the one we used to get

      Yeah bunch of places here use it for chips n gravy

    • ItsMeAgro on 22/05/2021 - 20:35
      +2

      It's not really the brand that makes the difference, it's 2 things:

      1. You need "instant" gravy powder, which has everything in it, you just add water. NOT the old-fashioned weak gravy powder meant for turning a pan full of fried meat leavings and oil into gravy (that's mostly just salt and thickener).

      2. You need to use more powder (i.e.: less water) than directed if you want it really tasty and thick

      • ItsMeAgro on 23/05/2021 - 11:34
        1. Another cheat some shops and pubs use is to mix in just a bit of barbecue sauce to gravy, and/or a drop of sriracha.
  • Baysew on 22/05/2021 - 18:16
    +8

    How to make gravy

    • djones145 on 22/05/2021 - 18:36
      -1

      watch how kfc makes gravy
      YUM lol

    • AlienC on 22/05/2021 - 18:50

      Stop the boats this is the one.. We did it I don't need any more gravy help no more.

      I love Paul Kelly man.

      I been so busy I forgot to listen to this this month.

      Thank you B man.

  • Stewardo on 22/05/2021 - 18:35

    Bisto mix from the uk section in Coles or Aldi

  • ChocStrawberries on 22/05/2021 - 19:23
    +2

    The Gravox Steakhouse finishing sauce is the best packet one I've found so far. I prefer making my own, but on lazy nights, this one's the best.

    • Ghost47 on 23/05/2021 - 20:06

      The Gravox sauces aren’t bad, much better than the Gravox powdered versions.

  • ItsMeAgro on 22/05/2021 - 20:21

    I have tried gravox and personally it adds a very tiny bit of flavour and is watery so not worth it for me

    You need to buy the flavoured ones, in tins, called "instant" gravy powder, not just the cheaper box of old fashioned gravy powder, which is mostly thickener and salt and requires you to spend ages frying a pan full of meat in oil and mix the powder into that, for flavour. (Try the most popular flavour - I think it's called "Roast Beef" or just "Roast Meat").

    The instant ones have their own rich flavour and you literally just add hot (almost boiling) water from a kettle or microwave and stir.

    Just make sure you use more powder (i.e.: less water) than directed, so it's extra thick and flavourful. I use like triple the amount but you might want to use a bit less your first time, it comes out pretty thick.

    • AlienC on 22/05/2021 - 22:02
      -3

      Ok good tips there on the different varieties of powder as I was about to get some boxed ones but yeah thought there might be something more to it.

      The tin ones that say instant do seem to be the ones with more flavour and taste closer to real proper gravy but I have tried gravox before and it might have been the normal one and it really tasted watered down like not the kind you can soak some chips in and have some tasty chips and gravy.

      I will definitely have to give the more powder less water trick a go and see if that makes some thick tasty gravy.

      All I wanna do is get some cheap chips from coles or woolworths then add some chicken salt then submerge the whole thing in gravy.

      I would be happy having that some nights especially with the middle of winter creeping up or at least the cold part of it this along with some two minute noodles will be nice some nights.

      Because I definitely know I am paying way too much getting gravy from the chip shop every week if I can save on my food bill then I think I have everything covered financially in terms of living very frugally.

      Rent is good.
      Home Internet, Home Phone, Work/Personal Mobile bills are all good.
      Youtube Family Premium, Spotify Family Premium, Netflix Family Premium, Disney Plus Family are all good I just have to double check with the group owners and renew every now and then.
      Opal Card bills are all good I think there is a weekly cap of $50 for adults.
      I already have soft drinks to last me for the next few months all stored up downstairs which reminds me I need to order in some more.
      I have some snacks and two minute noodles for emergency middle of the night snacks and munchies as domino's closes around midnight if not earlier most nights.

      So yeah the only thing remaining really is annual work clothes purchase if my clothes look a bit scrubby and worn out and food which right now I am spending way too much outside in my lunch break but sometimes you have to so it is ok.

      I usually do sausages or pies if I get really desperate and lazy but I feel guilty doing that here because the landlord/owner is strict vegetarian so I have to respect that.

      So if I can figure out chips and gravy mainly the gravy part then that is one more cheap meal I can have in my set.

      Also less clean up as I just need to mix it up in a bowl then pour it over my chips and wash the bowl done simple easy life.

      • spackbace on 22/05/2021 - 22:14
        +2
        • Domino's
        • Chips & gravy
        • Pies & sausages
        • 2 minute noodles
        • Soft drink

        That's every meal ingredient you've just stated

        Dude, do you want an early grave or what?!

        • AlienC on 22/05/2021 - 22:17

          Yes spackbace I do.

          Now would be fine for me this works.

          Life is already trying to kill me I am just helping it out and trying to speed up the process so if you don't see me for a few years or a decade you can count on that my plan worked and I will be finally free of this madness.

          Wanna make a bet?

          I live this horrid life and you live your healthy one and first one to die pays the other $50 in enneloops.

          Deal?

          • Seraphin7 on 22/05/2021 - 22:44
            +3

            @AlienC: Fiddling with various consistencies of gravy appears to be a very inefficient way of achieving your goal.

          • Techie4066 on 23/05/2021 - 22:06
            +1

            @AlienC:

            Life is already trying to kill me I am just helping it out and trying to speed up the process so if you don't see me for a few years or a decade you can count on that my plan worked and I will be finally free of this madness.

            Maybe you won't feel this way if you…

            I live this horrid life and you live your healthy one

            Swap this around?? Live a good life and live into your early 80s? Sounds like a life well lived to me. No one likes living without a sense of fulfillment, that's not hard to do while still spending frugally. If you change your definition of frugal. Sounds like you really need to, instead of search for gravy and fulfill your undesirable goal.

            • AlienC on 24/05/2021 - 13:44
              -2

              @Techie4066: My sense of fulfilment is win lotto or earn more money that's it so I can stay home and get my health back asap and put my feet up for the rest of my days and then maybe even help from the back lines by inventing labour saving inventions and processes in my spare time but for now I just gotta keep grinding away and pray one of my punts gets it in.

              Oh such is life my friends such is life.

              • Techie4066 on 24/05/2021 - 16:03
                +1

                @AlienC:

                just gotta keep grinding away

                A gravy recipe contributing to poor health is not a good start for your grand plan - that's not how you you'll health back, as per your claim. I personally think you're looking in the wrong place and going down the wrong path (note that I did not downvote).

                By all means, continue what you're doing if you gain fulfillment from a shorter life filled with the gratification of unhealthy food. Sounds like you're unhappy to me since you're seeking a solution for a problem that won't change until you do.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/05/2021 - 21:54
    +1

    The Maggi classic rich gravy in the yellow tub (1kg from costco) used to be my go-to, but lately I have been using the Gravox "our best beef gravy" in the glass jar. Easier to make than the Maggi, and good for pretty much anything.

    • AlienC on 22/05/2021 - 22:03

      Have you got any links because there is so many there is a good chance I will stuff it up and choose the wrong one.

  • Chewie on 23/05/2021 - 00:38

    I just use Vegemite and a bit of water, some pepper and if I'm bothered, some sauteed onions

  • lew380 on 23/05/2021 - 09:09

    The best gavy is homemade. Make lamb or beef broth and use that with cornflour and maybe a bit of gravox for extra flavour. It is phenomenal.

  • ralmin on 23/05/2021 - 11:51
    +3

    Here’s how I make gravy.

    Buy from Coles:
    Approx 1.2 kg drovers choice no added hormone beef scotch fillet $28/kilo,
    500 mL Lee Kum Kee premium soy sauce 特鲜生抽 $3.80
    250 mL Lee Kum Kee premium dark soy sauce 特级老抽 $3.50,
    4L golden choice canola oil $18 (buy in bulk when on half price special $9).

    Buy from Asian grocery:
    1 kg Dai Pai Dong free range chicken powder 大排檔走地雞粉 (made from real chicken, salt, sugar and MSG) $15 - or substitute pure MSG or even substitute Vegeta gourmet stock powder.
    500 g Tung Chun Canning Company Potato Starch 一級生粉 (can substitute cornflour) for thickening.

    Directions:
    Put the chips in the oven to cook.
    Open the pack of steak and pour in 2 tbsp (40mL) of the light soy sauce (生抽), turn them over a few times to coat evenly and leave for 10 minutes to marinate.
    Heat 3 tbsp (60 mL) oil in a frying pan on high flame until it just starts to smoke (about 190 degrees).
    Add the steaks, turn down the gas to medium flame, turn the steaks over and keep turning every 2 minutes until no more red juice appears on the top, about 5 times.
    Remove the steaks to a plate and turn the heat down to low.
    Add 1 cup (250 mL) water to the pan, 1 tbsp (20 mL) of dark soy sauce (老抽) for colour and 1 tsp (5 g) of chicken powder for umami taste.
    Boil gently, stirring until all dissolved evenly, about 2 minutes.
    Mix 2 tsp (10 g) potato flour with 2 tbsp (40 mL) cold water to make a thickening slurry. Add to the pan slowly while stirring, just enough until the gravy is how thick you like it.

    Serve the gravy over the chips and steak.

    • lew380 on 23/05/2021 - 15:42

      I'll add this to my bucket list!

  • Leanne59 on 23/05/2021 - 12:44
    +1

    The Maggi classic rich gravy in the yellow tub is what most of the clubs and RSL's that I've been to in Brisbane use. After seeing the tub at my local bowls club I bought a 2kg tub at the Golden Circle outlet, however found it cheaper to buy the 1kg tub at Costco. Also I've been told that IGA sells the Maggi as well. I find any of the gravox mixes too watery and lacking in flavour.

    • AlienC on 30/05/2021 - 17:13

      Thanks yeah this was my conclusion as well gravox is too watery.

      I will have to try maggi someday everyone mentions it it must be the one.

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