Do you have 5 minutes? Then you can make this Easy Vegan Gravy! Made with just 6 ingredients, this gravy is ridiculously easy to make. Your mashed potatoes are begging for it!
Is there much better than a big ol’ bowl of mashed potatoes, just smothered in gravy? I dare say there isn’t.
Your mashed potatoes are in need of this delicious EASY vegan gravy, and the best news is they can have it in just 5 minutes!!!
So many vegan gravy recipes out there are rather complicated, with their chopped onions and mushrooms… I don’t know about you, but usually by the time I think about wanting gravy, I’m ready to eat, so I wanted to create a super easy & quick recipe for all my emergency gravy needs!
This easy vegan gravy will come in handy on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and any other holiday! Even if the other recipes you make are complicated, at least this one is not.
Here are a few other recipes that go well with easy vegan gravy: Try it on top of:
The Best Vegan Meatloaf (just leave off the ketchup topping)
Vegan Mashed Potatoes, of course!
Oven Roasted Potato Wedges (fries and gravy, yes please!)
I think you are going to love this Easy Vegan Gravy. It’s:
Ridiculously easy to make
Inexpensive to make
Savory and so flavorful!
Creamy and smooth
Kid-friendly
If you make this recipe, let me know how it goes! Rate it, leave a comment and tag a photo @nora_cooks_vegan on Instagram. Enjoy!
Easy Vegan Gravy
Ingredients
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce (or use tamari for gluten free)
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour (or use brown rice flour for gluten free)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a medium sized pot and bring to a boil.
- Whisk over medium-high heat for a couple of minutes, until the gravy thickens.
- Serve with mashed potatoes! This gravy keeps well for up to a week in the fridge. Just re-warm, add a little water if too thick, stir and serve.
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Omg!! The best vegan gravy I’ve ever had!! Even better than regular gravy. Only going to use this one even though we aren’t 100% vegan.
So easy to make and tasty! I made it ahead for my Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks so much for the great recipe!
This is the most delicious gravy I ever had. I used rice flour and came out perfect.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Laura
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
What can I use as a substitution for the mustard? Its an item that I don’t have currently? Thank you.
You can probably just leave it out, it will be fine. Thanks!
Soy allergy here, so no soy sauce. Anyone try this without it?
Maybe someone else has tried it, but I wanted to say liquid aminos is a soy free sauce that would give you similar results in dishes that call for soy sauce. Hope that helps!
So easy. And so good. Even my non vegan husband commented on how good it was. Great recipe!
Thanks!!
So good! I added a bit of white and black pepper and a touch of smoked paprika for some more spice. Perfect! Thank you
Sounds perfect, thank you!
My dinner was almost ready when I was desperate to find an easy gravy recipe to compliment it. Being the lazy cook that I am, I came across this one. I only wanted one serving so basically winged it with the quantities but it turned out amazing. The perfect ingredients make these recipe delicious.
Can you use cornstarch to thicken instead of flour? Thanks!
Yes, you can use cornstarch.
Hi! I am wanting to make the gravy ahead of time and wanted to know if it can be frozen?
Thanks so much!
While it technically could be frozen, you would likely need to add more liquids and seriously whisk it or even blend it before serving, as the texture will change quite a bit. Hope that helps!
Can I make it ahead of time and heat it up for Thanksgiving dinner?
thank you
You could, yes. It will thicken when chilled though, so you’ll need to re-warm it (stove top is best, but microwave works) and add a little water, whisking or stirring until it’s smooth again.
i can’t have yeast ?
You can leave it out, it’s just for flavor.
#NutritionalYeast is not the same thing as regular yeast, which is very bad for the human body. Besides tasting delicious on whatever you put it on from avocados, popcorn, or making recipes taste like cheese, Nutritional Yeast is very healthy. Check it out on amazon or #SwansonVitamins at swanson.com. ❤️?✌️
I was searching for a vegan gravy for Thanksgiving and decided to try this one based on the comments. OK everyone, this is just exactly as easy as she said it would be. And it tastes like real gravy! My husband was begging for more. As a pre-Thanksgiving test, we made Poutine (you know the Canadian dish of gravy over french fries, topped with cheese curds.) We didn’t use cheese curds because we don’t do cheese, but we didn’t even need them. This gravy was good enough on its own. I highly recommend!
Yum!!!!
My favourite gravy recipe!! This time I added fried mushrooms in olive oil and added a lot of black pepper, a bunch of fresh thyme and sage!
That sounds wonderful!
So good!
It is amazingly good. I can not believe there is no oil or vegan butter. My husband loved it also. It was the winner in my 3 vegan gravy cook off. I used grated onions.
That’s so great!!
Can you use whole wheat flour?
You probably could but it might taste a lot like whole wheat.
I dont work with nutritional yeast very often- If I double the recipe should I still double the yeast? Thanks!
Yes, I would. It’s simply for flavor. Thank you!
This is the first time I’ve ever reviewed a recipe (shame on me, I know, because I rely on reviews so much) but this gravy is SO simple, SO fast and SO tasty!!
That’s so great to hear!
Another 5 stars!!! I was looking for a vegan gravy for mash potatoes. I wasn’t necessarily looking for “easy” but I loved your reviews. Now this is a staple when I need gravy!!!! Thanks Lots!
You’re welcome!
My family loves this recipe I add lots of pepper as we are pepper fans. Last night we had it on vegan burgers as a faux Salisbury Steak and added mushrooms to half the gravy for our mushroom eaters. It is tastes rich and indulgent even though there is no oil or vegan butter in it.
This is so good, I have a hard time not continually taking spoonfuls from the pot! I used 2 tsp of McKay’s Vegan “Chicken” Seasoning with 2 C. water instead of the veg. broth and added a pinch of poultry seasoning.
Our favourite gravy by a mile. I add dried rosemary and a little balsamic vinegar to ours. We’ve had this almost every Sunday since March time on our roast and we’re still obsessed with it.
Also – fry some red onions first to go with it and it makes the BEST onion gravy EVER
Delicious and super easy to make. I was, admittedly, skeptical about the inclusion of mustard, but this gravy is yummy! I added some chopped mushrooms and a pinch of thyme and rosemary. This recipe is going to replace my other gravies–which require more time and ingredients.