Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. gumbo with shrimp - Lauripatterson/Getty Images While roux might sound like a fancy cooking term, it's actually a simple mixture ...

Roux is flour and fat cooked together until it reaches a color ranging from a pale golden to dark brown. Roux is often used as a thickener for sauces and soups, and as a flavor booster for stews. To ...

'First you make a roux' opens the door to gumbo as well as Creole and Cajun cooking. (The Times-Picayune Archive) It's time to talk about roux. This is hard for me. Unlike many people in South ...

There are some kitchen tasks that everyone needs to know how to do well. Making a roux is one of those. Whether you need to thicken a sauce, enhance it with a nutty flavor, deepen the color or give it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bubbling roux in a pot with a wooden spoon sits on a board - Annick Vanderschelden Photography/Getty Images If you mix equal ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. May 10, 2017 Add as a preferred source on Google ...