Unpopular opinion: my grandma's gravy recipe uses cornstarch and I think it beats the flour version
I was helping my grandma make her Sunday gravy at her place in Tulsa last month and she told me she hasn't bought flour in 3 years, she just uses cornstarch for everything. I tried it at home with a chicken pan sauce and honestly it came out smoother and didn't taste chalky like my flour roux always does. Is cornstarch a legit swap for gravy or am I just bad at making a roux?