This vegan onion gravy is a wonderful delicious addition to any vegetarian meal. Sometimes our vegetables or veggie burger are extra tasty with a little gravy. I love that it is vegan too. It really is easy to make too.

Onion Benefits: Onions are so healthy we put them in the Superfood category. Learn All About Nutritious Onions and How Not to Get Teary

WHO recognizes that Onions help relieve symptoms such as coughs, congestion asthma, and respiratory infections. Onions are full of protective phytonutrients, vitamins, trace minerals, quercetin (an important flavonoid), chromium, and unique anti-inflammatory nutrients.

To get the most health benefits from Garlic, let it sit for a minimum of 5 minutes, after cutting and before eating or cooking. Waiting for 5 – 10 minutes allows the health-promoting allicin to form. If you do not let it sit, allicin is never formed, so it is worth the wait.

Learn About Arrowroot For Gluten-Free & Vegan Recipes

Arrowroot and kudzu are high-quality starches that will add amazing texture and taste to your mushroom gravy. I’m happy I discovered them in my macrobiotic (grain-based diet) days. I used to use cornstarch like most people — which is not a healthy ingredient. Find out more about Arrowroot for Gluten-Free and Vegan Recipes.

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Tamari is a premium form of Japanese soy sauce made with just fermented soybeans. Made with 100% whole soybeans and no wheat, Ohsawa Organic Tamari is an excellent choice for those who are wheat-sensitive.

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Vegan Onion Gravy

This onion gravy is a wonderful delicious addition to any vegetarian meal. Sometimes our vegetables or veggie burger are extra tasty with a little gravy.

Cuisine gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian

Keyword Gluten-free, gravy, onion gravy, onions, Vegan, vegetarian

Author Diana Herrington

Ingredients

2 medium onions (yellow onions work best)
1/4 cloves garlic
2-4 Tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp marjoram
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
4 tsp arrowroot
2-3 tsp Tamari
1 1/2 cups water
Black pepper

Instructions

Peel and thinly slice onions into rounds.
Put the sesame oil into a frying pan.
Now, sauté the onions in the oil on medium-high heat until rich golden brown.
Finely chop the garlic.
Add the garlic to the pan and sauté on medium-low heat for 2 minutes.
Now, add the marjoram, thyme, and balsamic vinegar.
Add 1 cup of water to the onion mixture, stir and simmer for a few minutes on low heat.
Mix the arrowroot into 1/2 cup water.
Stir the arrowroot mixture into the onion mixture continually.
Turn heat up to medium and continue to stir while the mixture boils for a few minutes.
It will become translucent with a creamy consistency of gravy.
You can add more water to create the desired consistency you like.
Add the tamari and Black pepper to taste.
Now time to enjoy your vegan onion gravy.

Notes

Onion Benefits: Onions are so healthy we put them in the Superfood category. Learn All About Nutritious Onions and How Not to Get Teary

Arrowroot For Gluten-Free and Vegan Recipes - Arrowroot and kudzu are high-quality starches that will add amazing texture and taste to your gravy. They help thicken gravy and soups, make great sauces, and creamy puddings and desserts. They are much better than cornstarch which is not a healthy ingredient.

Find out all of the other health benefits of the ingredients I used: Garlic, Sesame Oil, Arrowroot, Tamari.

Do you know about the unregulated chemicals found in tap water?

I hope you enjoyed this vegan onion gravy!

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