Name: The Best Turkey Gravy
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 5 cups
Ingredients: 1 1/4 pounds giblets and neck from turkey; 1 cup chopped onion; 1 cup chopped celery; 1 pinch ground white pepper, or to taste; 2 (1.2 ounce) packages dry turkey gravy mix; 3 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth, or more as needed; 1 3/4 cups turkey drippings; 1/4 cup quick-mixing flour (such as Wondra®); 1/2 cup milk (optional)

Why it works: Turkey and chicken work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 688 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓

The Best Turkey Gravy

5 cups

Prep20 min

Cook3 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1 1/4 pounds giblets and neck from turkey
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 pinch ground white pepper, or to taste
2 (1.2 ounce) packages dry turkey gravy mix
3 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth, or more as needed
1 3/4 cups turkey drippings
1/4 cup quick-mixing flour (such as Wondra®)
1/2 cup milk (optional)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

825Calories

54 gProtein

13 gFat

120 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
White Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dripping	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Turkey + chickentop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together688 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Turkey + milktop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together281 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Chicken + milktop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,389 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, onion, celery, chicken, flour, milk):

Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Turmericfits better
White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, onion, celery, chicken, flour, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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