We’re making this spicy sausage gravy recipe with mushrooms in an Instant Pot. So no skillet needed. Plus, this ain’t your grandma’s sausage gravy!
My sausage gravy deviates from the norm with the addition of a bit of spicy heat and a bucket full of chopped mushrooms. Nothing too extreme, right? See there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. The spicy heat comes from a quartet of peppers: a single jalapeño, a cubanelle, and a couple of young Anaheim peppers. Plus , I add a dribble or two of green habañero hot sauce. Now, don’t let the addition of peppers scare you off, because the end result is just a touch of heat infused into the creamy savory mushroom and sausage delight swirled magically together in the matrix of gravy. WHEW! Okay here we go. Look for the deets down below to find out the ways and means about how you too can make this wonderful dish.
The cool thing about making this Spicy Sausage Gravy with Mushrooms is that you can make it almost entirely in the Instant Pot. Here’s how I pulled it off.
Spicy Sausage Gravy Recipe with Mushrooms
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound breakfast sausage or Italian
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
- 1 medium Jalapeño pepper
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 1 Cubanelle pepper
- 2 Anaheim pepper
- 3 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 /2 – 1 teaspoon of green chile Habañero sauce
- Sea salt to taste
- Freshly ground black peppercorns to taste
Directions:
1.Use the Instant Pot set on the “Sauté” setting and add the olive oil.
2. When the oil is hot add the breakfast sausage.
3. Break apart the breakfast sausage with a wooden spoon and brown, stirring constantly.
4. After the meat is browned add the onions and continue to cook until the onions are soft and translucent about 5 minutes.
5. Next, add the chopped mushrooms and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
6. Add the sliced peppers to the sausage mixture and thoroughly combine.
7. Pour in 3 cups of whole milk and place the lid on the Instant Pot.
8. Using a saucepan over medium-high heat add 1/2 cup of whole milk and 1/2 cup heavy cream.
9. When the milk begins to steam whisk in the 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour a tablespoon a little at a time. Make sure to scrape the bottom go saucepan.
10. After the flour and whole mixture to the Instant Pot and mix well. Place the lid back on the pot and allow the gravy to simmer for ten minutes.
11. Serve.
Printable Recipe for Spicy Sausage Gravy with Mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound breakfast sausage or Italian
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1½ cup chopped mushrooms
- 1 medium Jalapeño pepper
- ½ stick unsalted butter
- 1 Cubanelle pepper
- 2 Anaheim pepper
- 3½ cups whole milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 /2 - 1 teaspoon of green chile Habañero sauce
- Sea salt to taste
- Freshly ground black peppercorns to taste
- Use the Instant Pot set on the "Sauté" setting add the olive oil.
- When the oil is hot add the breakfast sausage.
- Break apart the breakfast sausage with a wooden spoon and brown, stirring constantly.
- After the meat is browned add the onions and continue to cook until the onions are soft and translucent about 5 minutes.
- Next, add the chopped mushrooms and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the sliced peppers to the sausage mixture and thoroughly combine.
- Pour in 3 cups of whole milk and place the lid on the Instant Pot.
- Using a saucepan over medium-high heat add ½ cup of whole milk and ½ cup heavy cream.
- When the milk begins to steam whisk in the ⅓ cup of all-purpose flour a tablespoon a little at a time. Make sure to scrape the bottom go saucepan.
- After the flour and whole mixture to the Instant Pot and mix well. Place the lid back on the pot and allow the gravy to simmer for ten minutes.
- Serve.
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Ryan says
Did you leave it on summer the whole time? The instant pot gets pretty intense, have you had burning issues? Just curious, I still make my gravy in a cast iron pan.