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Published: Oct 16, 2018 · Modified: May 6, 2020 by Tanya · This post may contain affiliate links · 30 Comments

Instant Pot Sausage Gravy (Biscuits and Gravy) + Video

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This Instant Pot Sausage Gravy recipe is easy and delicious. Serve it over homemade or canned biscuits for the ultimate breakfast.

white sausage gravy on a spoon over instant pot


 

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The full recipe with ingredients/instructions is available on the recipe card at the bottom of the post. Important tips/tricks are also included in the blog post.

I love using my Instant Pot Pressure Cooker to make breakfast in the mornings. I keep oatmeal, cornmeal poridge, Instant Pot egg bites, grits, and this breaksfast sausage on regular rotation.

I used to make my sausage gravy on my stove top but it’s so much easier to make in the Instant Pot, so why not. The great thing is after it’s done cooking, the Instant Pot will keep it warm for you. This makes it the perfect breakfast idea for those weekend morning breakfast.

You can serve this Instant Pot Sausage Gravy with homemade biscuits or canned biscuits. I won’t lie...depending on my mood, I will sometimes just throw some Pilsburys in the oven. If you can do homemade though...do it.

gravy being poured over biscuit

How to Make Instant Pot Sausage Gravy

First, you will want to set your Instant Pot on sauté and brown your pork sausage. I use plain pork sausage but you could experiment with the different flavors if you like.

Once your meat is brown, you will add your butter and stir until the butter has melted in. Added fat is good for this recipe. 

Then you’ll sprinkle your flour over the meat and stir for about 1 minute. Then add in your maple syrup, milk, salt, and black pepper,  and stir, ensuring that there are no brown bits stuck to the bottom.

Turn off your Instant Pot and then set it to low pressure, cook time of 2 minutes. Cover and walk away.

Once timer goes off, do a quick release and open. Your gravy will look watery but stir and it will thicken up. If you want it even thicker, select medium sauté and cook and stir until desire thickness is reached.

How to Serve Instant Pot Sausage Gravy

Serve this sausage gravy over fluffy oven baked biscuits that have been broken in half. Or eat it by the spoonful...which is what I do from time to time.

If you are looking for biscuit tips, you can check out my post on what I learned making Bojangles biscuits.  The tips and tricks are great.

I like to keep my gravy warm by turning on the slow cooker function in my IP rather than the keep warm function. I set it to slow cook on medium and cover it with my Instant Pot glass lid. That way my family can go for seconds and thirds without worrying that the gravy is cold.

instant pot covered with glass lid near window

I hope you enjoy this Instant Pot Gravy as much as we do. Looking for more Instant Pot recipes for breakfast? Try these out:

  • Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks "Sous Vide" Egg Bites
  • Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal
  • Instant Pot Jamaican Cormeal Porridge
  • Creamy Instant Pot Grits with Cheddar and Jalapeño

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Instant Pot Sausage Gravy

Delicious Instant Pot Sausage Gravy to serve over your favorite fluffy bizcuits. 
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes minutes
Rise to pressure 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 17 minutes minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 383kcal
Author Tanya
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb pork sausage
  • 3 Tablespoon butter unsalted
  • ¼ cup All-purpose flour
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

  • Set Instant Pot to Sauté and select “More” setting. Once Instant Pot displays “HOT” add your sausage. Stir and brown sausage until it is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
  • Add butter and stir until butter is melted. Sprinkle flour over meat and stir. Cook for about one minute while stirring.
  • Add milk, maple syrup, salt and black pepper. Stir, ensuring that there are no brown bits stuck to the bottom.
  • Press cancel on Instant Pot. Select “Pressure Cook" and adjust machine to low pressure and a time of 2 minutes. Cover the Instant Pot with the pressure cooking lid, ensuring that the valve is set to "Seal."
  • Once timer goes off, do a quick release by turning the Valve to “Venting.” Once all the pressure is released, open the lid and stir the gravy.
  • The gravy will thicken upon stirring. If you would like the gravy thicker, select Sauté and put it on the normal setting. Cook, while stirring, until desired thickness is reached.

Notes

Notes on Instant Pot Sausage Gravy

  • This recipe was made in a 6 Qt Instant Pot DUO.
  • The Instant Pot Lux does not have a low pressure cooker function. In order to cook without the low pressure function, continue to cook with the sauté function (after browining the meat and adding the other ingredients)
    for about 10-15 minutes or until gravy has thickened to desired consistency.
  • This is great to keep warm in the Instant Pot while having breakfast.

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 1359mg | Potassium: 356mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 430IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 150mg | Iron: 1.2mg
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Step by Step Photos of Instant Pot Sausage Gravy

ground pork in instant pot insert
Brown ground pork in the Instant Pot on the Sauté function. Add butter and stir until melted. 
ground pork with flour sprinkled on top
Sprinkle all purpose flour over the mixture and stir while cooking for about one minute. 
ground pork and milk inside instant pot insert
Pour milk into Instant Pot. Turn off Sauté function and cook on low pressure for 2 minutes. 
thickened milk gravy mixture in instant pot
Sauce will thicken once done. You could also select sauté and cook until it has thickened a bit. 
finished gravy covering biscuits
Pour Instant Pot gravy over fresh or canned biscuits.

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  1. Carly Perez says

    March 28, 2020 at 11:40 am

    Sooo good. First time ever making sausage gravy. Thank you.

    Reply
  2. Colleen says

    February 21, 2020 at 10:49 am

    Made this, this morning... fantastic!
    We had left over biscuits from KFC.
    Great way to use those up! ?

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      February 22, 2020 at 10:35 pm

      So glad you liked it. I agree, a great way to use up those leftover biscuits.

      Reply
  3. Tanya Shively says

    January 26, 2020 at 10:53 am

    Made this morning and it was the best sausage gravy I have made. This recipe is a keeper for sure. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Pam says

    November 03, 2019 at 10:41 am

    This was great! I accidentally cooked it on low pressure and it was better than when I’ve made other gravy using high pressure. I put it for two minutes and I went to do a quick release and nothing happened so I opened the lid then I just put it back on sauté and stirred it for a while and it was delicious!!

    Reply
  5. Peggy says

    September 03, 2019 at 8:34 am

    This is very tasty! The "burn" notice came on during the pressure phase so I turned it off and then uncovered and stirred constantly at the end using the sauté feature. It thickened up nicely and the whole family loved it. I would recommend using unsalted butter for sure and only add 1 tsp of salt ....... mine was pretty salty. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!

    Reply
  6. Kim says

    August 14, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    I want to make this for my boys! Do you use whole milk?

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      August 14, 2019 at 3:02 pm

      Hi Kim, I've used whole and 2%. Usually whatever I have on hand 🙂

      Reply
  7. jordin says

    April 26, 2019 at 6:45 am

    The best Instant Pot biscuit and gravy recipe there is to find!! I love the step by step instructions and all the pictures and including the videos!! I’m no cooker, and this was my first attempt and i loves it! Your website is so helpful, and these biscuit and gravy were beyond amazing. I’ve made them 5 times since!!

    Reply
  8. Sarah says

    April 21, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    I tired this today and got the dreaded "BURN" message 🙂 I thought I deglazed well enough. I emptied the inner pot cleaned it out put the food back in and I got the burn again. Any ideas???

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      April 24, 2019 at 10:42 am

      Hi Sarah,
      Which brand Instant Pot are you using? I've made this in the LUX and DUO and haven't gotten a burn. However, I do think that newer models or 8qt models will give off a burn signal even if the food isn't technically burning. Releasing the pressure and opening to stir or waiting until the burn dissapears should work.

      Reply
      • Sarah Raney says

        April 24, 2019 at 8:38 pm

        Hi Tanya Thank you so much for getting back to me. I used a 8qt Duo it is newer got it this fall. I ended up just simmering on saute. I have another brand that's a 4qt maybe that would work better

      • Tanya says

        April 25, 2019 at 2:02 pm

        Yep, the 4qt may work better. Rumor is some recipes created in 6qt IPs are more sensitive in the 8qts, causing the burn sometimes. Hope you were still able to enjoy the gravy 🙂

  9. Trina says

    April 10, 2019 at 6:46 pm

    Super easy to make and very yummy. For us, it was a bit too much salt, but that is an easy fix.

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      April 11, 2019 at 6:37 am

      Thanks Trina 🙂 The salt may need to be adjusted depending on the kind of sausage you use as well.

      Reply
  10. Mackenzie says

    January 16, 2019 at 12:55 am

    SO excited to try this recipe. I’m a huge biscuits and gravy fan! Was wondering if you’ve ever doubled the recipe? Wanting to make it for a bigger crowd this weekend, so I was wondering if you knew how well it did doubled?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      January 16, 2019 at 4:40 pm

      Hi Mackenzie, I haven't doubled this recipe but it should work just fine.

      Reply
  11. Roberta says

    December 19, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    I LUV U!! Every Christmas morning I make a HUGHHHHH batch of SG for brkfst! 17 mins!!! SANTA HAS ARRIVED!! I will do a test run before the big day & I'll report back. Sliced bread was NOT this AMAZING!!! Only gave a 4☆☆☆☆ for now until I have made thus AMAZING find!

    Reply
  12. kelly says

    November 11, 2018 at 3:15 pm

    This was absolutely delicious!!! I used just 1 heaping tsp of salt vs 2 and followed everything else to a T with some organic ground pork - this is a keeper! Served it over rolls and scrambled eggs on top!

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      November 11, 2018 at 5:21 pm

      yummy, I love how you added scrambled eggs to the mix.

      Reply
  13. Robin says

    November 03, 2018 at 11:35 am

    I have eaten sausage gravy all my life, but, never made it with maple syrup. Does it have a sweet flavor instead of savory? I am looking forward to making sausage gravy in the IP.

    Reply
    • Tanya says

      November 04, 2018 at 7:54 pm

      Hi Robin, it has a hint of sweetness, but nothing overpowering. Feel free to cut the maple syrup down to half a tablespoon to see if you like it at first.

      Reply
  14. http://carsbikesyou.com says

    October 20, 2018 at 12:46 pm

    This blog was... how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I've found something that helped me.
    Kudos!

    Reply
  15. Becky says

    October 20, 2018 at 11:20 am

    My family loves gravies and we think the IP makes the best ever gravies! Thanks for this recipe, I will be trying it soon. It sounds very much like our traditional stop recipe.

    Reply
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