Tex's English Chippy-Style Gravy

Name: Tex's English Chippy-Style Gravy
Yield: 1 servingq
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Bisto Best gravy granules; 600 mls (2 1/2 cups) hot water; 1 beef OXO Cube; 2-3 teaspoons ketchup; 1-2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon malt vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon paprika; 2 large pinches salt; 2 large pinches of MSG (optional); To taste black pepper to season

Tex @cook_3903024

Manchester, England

If I fancy a chippy tea I'll either cook one from scratch, or hit the freezer. I dig out the frozen battered fish, the frozen chips, and a can of mushy peas from the cupboard. Either way, the real star of the show is this quick and easy gravy I mix up for it... 🌟😺
BTW, chip shops don't serve gravy in the south of England, so if you're a Londoner, this is what you're missing 😼

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Ingredients

1 servingq

3 tablespoonsBisto Best gravy granules
600 mls (2 1/2 cups)hot water
1beef OXO Cube
2-3 teaspoonsketchup
1-2 teaspoonsWorcestershire sauce
1 teaspoonmalt vinegar
1/2 teaspoonpaprika
2large pinches salt
2large pinches of MSG (optional)
To tasteblack pepper to season

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Steps

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Mix all the dry ingredients in a jug, and add the hot water. Stir well, then add the ketchup, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir well again
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Place the jug in the middle of the microwave. Heat on full for 1½ min until boiling. Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes then stir well and repeat
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Next, cook your meal (fish, chips and mushy peas in my case 😺) while gravy reduces. Bring the gravy to a simmer in the microwave a few minutes before you're ready to serve. Taste and adjust if necessary
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Plate up your chippy grub, so peas first...
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Then the fish...
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And the chips...
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Then drizzle with the gravy...
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If you want to cook this meal from scratch, see recipes in my profile for 'Tex's Proper Beer-Battered Fish & Chips'...
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...and 'Tex's Mushy Peas'
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Plus 'Tex's No-Fail Chips'...
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This is also great on that chippy favourite, steak & kidney pudding...

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Tex @cook_3903024

on October 21, 2016 02:55

Manchester, England

I'm a designer/artist and I learned to cook when I started making my own Chinese food over 30 years ago. I'm a lover of my native British food, but recently I've developed a taste for American comfort food, especially sandwiches and BBQ (watching too much 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives' probably). 😸 Unfortunately, we don't have any independent US-style diners or drive-ins in my neck of the woods, so I had to learn from recipe books and the Food Network. I'll also be publishing some traditional UK classics in case any non-Brits want to have a crack at Brit grub.