Cajun Gumbo uses a roux, while Creole uses filé (pronounced fee-lay) powder as a thickener and also adds tomatoes. This recipe is Cajun. My mom used Paul Prudhomme's browned flour recipe, which begins ...
My mom's recipe uses a microwave roux. Making roux in the microwave may not be a method that's taught at fancy culinary schools, but it works. I melted the butter in a glass measuring cup in the ...
I made Ree Drummond's chicken pot pie recipe and compared it to my mom's. The crust on Drummond's chicken pot pie ended up soggy, and the filling was quite soupy. In comparison, the crust on my mom's ...
The chicken doesn't have to cook through all the way at this stage, as it will finish cooking in the oven. My mom's recipe uses a microwave roux. Making roux in the microwave may not be a method ...
Buffett tells Evans a lot about how much she learned from her two grandmothers. Making gumbo starts with the roux, she says, and you have to be willing to push it right to the edge to get the full ...
To keep our challah tender and extend its shelf-life, we borrow the water roux technique known as tangzhong that’s used to make fluffy Japanese milk bread.