re: Witnessed a guy make a dark roux in about 5 min

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I make mine this way and it takes about 15 minutes. If you try it, I would definitely invest in a long spoon if you know whats good for you.

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That's not a high heat, fast roux though. The way I learned to do it is 1 cup oil heated until smoking then add in 1 cup flour and whisk constantly. You can get to red-brown in about 4 minutes. Black in about 5 minutes and burnt to shite in about 5-1/2 minutes.