A bubbling roux in a pot with a wooden spoon sits on a board - Annick Vanderschelden Photography/Getty Images If you mix equal parts starch and fat, heat the mixture on the stovetop, and keep stirring ...
Making roux on the stovetop takes at least 45 minutes of continuous cooking and stirring, and my arm gets tired. Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of ...
The ability to make a good roux can make or break a chef. The instrumental cooking technique, which involves combining equal parts fat (butter or oil) and flour over low heat until thoroughly combined ...
New Orleans chefs share the easier, hands-off oven method for making rich, deeply flavored roux—no nonstop stirring required.