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Chicken Gravy

Chicken gravy is a savory sauce commonly served with roasted or fried chicken, poultry, and side dishes.

Chicken Gravy — illustrative ingredient image

About Chicken Gravy

Chicken gravy is a savoury, pourable sauce made with chicken juices, stock, broth, or meat, usually thickened with flour, starch, or a reduced cooking liquid. The exact formula is not standardized, and it is not the same ingredient as plain chicken broth or concentrated stock.

Its flavour is savoury, while its texture is usually smooth and pourable. It may contain finely textured drippings, meat, vegetables, or herbs, producing a less uniform consistency. Thickness depends on the thickener, reduction, and dilution used.

Chicken gravy may be pale beige, golden, or brown. It can be made in a roasting pan from drippings, prepared separately from broth, or sold as a packaged mix. It is served with roasted or fried chicken and side dishes such as potatoes, rice, biscuits, or other grains.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

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chicken gravy

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Chicken Gravy nutrition & diet

Chicken Gravy nutritional value

Product example: CHICKEN GRAVY (The Kroger Co.)

Per 100 g of this specific product as recorded by USDA, per 100 g.

Calories
50kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
5.0g
Fat
3.3g

A product-specific label example, not a generic average. Formulations can change; use the nutrition label on the product being eaten.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether chicken gravy is homemade, pan-derived, canned, powdered, or ready-to-serve, and whether it contains visible chicken, stock, drippings, dairy, or thickener. The amount used over a meal matters because gravy is usually a condiment or sauce. Reduction, seasoning, fat separation, and added starch change the final preparation.

Compare the right form: Match references to chicken gravy by recipe and form, including pan gravy, stock-based sauce, packaged mix, or ready-to-serve product and its portion.

Diet considerations

Chicken gravy is generally animal-associated through chicken, stock, or drippings, but exact formulations vary. Compatibility changes with butter, cream, milk, gelatin, flour, starch, meat extracts, or plant-based substitutes. Cereal ingredients may enter through flour or serving foods, and the carbohydrate pattern depends on thickener, portion, and whether gravy accompanies potatoes, bread, rice, or other starches.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Chicken stock. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Chicken stock. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Chicken stock. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Wheat flour; Butter. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central branded product — CHICKEN GRAVY ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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