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How To Make 2-Ingredient Roux
Roux is a combination of flour and fat or butter used to create flavorful dips, sauces, gravies, and other liquid dishes to add to your main dishes.
Preparation: 3 minutes
Cooking: 3 minutes
Total: 6 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¼cupbutter,or fat such as drippings
- ¼cupflour
Instructions
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Melt butter (or fat) in a saucepan and whisk in flour until smooth. Allow it to bubble for at least 1 minute while mixing.
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For a blonde roux, allow it to cook for a minute or so. For a dark roux, cook the flour/fat mixture longer while whisking, until it reaches a golden dark caramel color.
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Add cold liquid a little at a time while whisking until smooth after each addition.
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Add remaining liquid and seasonings then simmer for a couple of minutes.
Nutrition
- Calories: 520.65kcal
- Fat: 46.34g
- Saturated Fat: 29.20g
- Trans Fat: 1.86g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.96g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.86g
- Carbohydrates: 23.88g
- Fiber: 0.84g
- Sugar: 0.12g
- Protein: 3.71g
- Cholesterol: 122.01mg
- Sodium: 6.87mg
- Calcium: 18.31mg
- Potassium: 47.06mg
- Iron: 0.38mg
- Vitamin A: 388.17µg
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