roux

Name: Roux
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup(s) cooking oil; 1/4 cup(s) flour; - onion to taste, chopped fine; - celery to taste, chopped fine; - bell pepper to taste, chopped fine

★★★★★ 1 Review

No Image

review

By Gregory Perry

@chizy2

from Sulphur, LA

The mainstay of a lot of Cajun dishes. I like making more of this, put it in the freezer for another day. This is the start of your Gumbo, dirty rice, and other brown gravy needs.

►

★★★★★ 1 Review

prep time 5 Min

cook time 20 Min

Ingredients For roux

1/4 c

cooking oil
1/4 c

flour
onion to taste, chopped fine
celery to taste, chopped fine
bell pepper to taste, chopped fine

How To Make roux

1
To make roux heat oil in a flat-bottom pot. Add flour; mix and cook on medium heat, stirring constantly (preferable with a wide, flat spatula), until will browned. (Hint: Make it several shades darker than a brown paper bag.)
Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!

Categories & Tags for Roux:

Other Main Dishes
#cajun
#roux