Budget Meal: Chicken N’ Gravy With Biscuits

(please forgive my terrible photos, not sure if it was me or my camera!)

Sometimes the simplest meals are the ones my family loves the best! Using some leftover chicken and gravy from another meal, peas from the freezer, and some homemade biscuits, and we had this satisfying and inexpensive meal!

I have never made homemade biscuits before. Why? I don’t know, I guess I had this false impression that they were difficult. Nothing could be further from the truth. These biscuits were so easy and delicious I almost ate them all myself! In a matter of 20 minutes I had them in the oven, and 10 minutes later they were done!

Homemade Biscuits (from my favorite Betty Crocker Cookbook)

3 c. All purpose flour

4tsp baking powder

1 TBSP sugar

1 tsp salt

3/4 tsp Cream of tartar

3/4 butter

1 cup of milk

Stir together dry ingredients and cut in butter. Add milk into the flour mixture at once and stir until just moistened.

Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead just until dough holds together.  Roll out until 3/4 inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter (I used a glass!).

Place biscuits 1 inch apart onto a cookie sheet and bake for 450 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.  Serve immediately.

While the biscuits were cooking, I put leftover chicken cut up into a pan:

Added some peas and gravy, sprinkled in some salt and pepper:

Heat until warmed, take  your biscuits out of the oven and spoon the chicken mixture over biscuits:

Poured a nice tall glass of homemade sweet tea:

And voila! Dinner is ready in less than 20 minutes!

Have you come up with any fun meals using leftovers? I love to find creative ways to make new meals. It is fast, frugal and fun!

This post is linked to: $5 Dinner Challenge, Tasty Tuesday, Tempt My Tummy Tuesday, and Blissfully Domestic

Tagged as: biscuits, chicken, leftovers