How long will home made gravy keep in the fridge?

[GoneIsAnotherSummersDay]

I made gravy to go with the roast chicken on Sunday. It’s just meat juices, red wine, flour, veg water, redcurrant jelly.

If I make a chicken hotpot using the gravy tonight is it a bit risky on day 4?

Officially (if you were selling it in a restaurant) it's 3 days from the date you cooked the meat.

I'd eat it on day 7 though, if it smelled good and I heated it past 82°. Bear in mind restaurant rules are designed to serve elderly, children, vulnerable etc. If you are healthy with a well-practised digestive system you can stretch this at home, particularly with things you're reheating. Also bear in mind the temperature of your fridge. 2° will buy you more days than 7°.

You are on day 4, but I think in hours instead of that helps - so 72 hours since you cooked the meat is probably about now? Wed lunchtime or dinnertime is 72 hours after Sun lunchtime/dinnertime. On that basis it's absolutely fine today even if you prefer to stick to the rules.

Thanks for your response. A really useful way of thinking about it. Yes, 72 hours sounds fine. It made a delicious hotpot and the gravy looked/smelled/tasted fine.

Same as above for me. However in order to never waste any food, I usually make sure to freeze things if I haven't got round to using them by day 4 or 5.

Glad it was tasty!