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Kitchen Bouquet
Posted on 11/27/16 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 11/27/16 at 3:46 pm
I read that it's a concentrated blend of stock and herbs/spices... but WTF do people actually use it for? I have a bottle because some jambalaya recipe called for it but i never use it...
Is it for flavoring or just darkening shite because u either used a fake roux or couldn't get yours dark enough?
Is it the same as sprinkling tony's on crawfish after the boil?
Is it for flavoring or just darkening shite because u either used a fake roux or couldn't get yours dark enough?
Is it the same as sprinkling tony's on crawfish after the boil?
Posted on 11/27/16 at 3:47 pm to Red Drum
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just darkening
Eta I dont use it.
This post was edited on 11/27/16 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 11/27/16 at 3:52 pm to Red Drum
I think it's just for looks.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 4:00 pm to Mad Dogg
so to darken roux based dishes only?
Posted on 11/27/16 at 4:06 pm to Red Drum
Rice, corn, and sirloin steak with onions and gravy was a staple in my family growing up. My parents always put a little kitchen bouquet in the gravy to make it darker. It's basically just food coloring. It has an off putting taste if you try it alone but doesn't impact the taste of a gravy at all imo.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 4:12 pm to Red Drum
Sure, it's for color more than flavor. But we eat with our eyes, and I keep a bottle on hand to "correct" the color of certain dishes. I've made gravies, gumbos, etc that tasted spot-on, but were a bit on the blond side. A few drops can make a beef gravy deeper & darker looking....and we know that some ppl will judge a dish by appearance and not really taste it b/c they prejudge the looks. Practically every commercial roast beef poboy you encounter is made with a hit of KB......roast beef can easily be made tender & delicious without achieving the mahogany brown people expect.
I have abt 36 different gel food colors in my pastry/candy cupboard, why not a little caramel coloring in my savory seasoning cabinet?
I have abt 36 different gel food colors in my pastry/candy cupboard, why not a little caramel coloring in my savory seasoning cabinet?
Posted on 11/27/16 at 4:20 pm to hungryone
I'll use it when cooking smoked ponce... no matter what you do with those, the gravy remains light in color.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 4:22 pm to Red Drum
I have me a buddy that buys a gigantic fat on 2" sirloin, slathers it with kitchen bouquet and salt, grills it super hot and fast, cuts it into chunks and serves it buffet style. . The end result is black and bloody chunks of salty red meat. It's pretty awesome.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 6:29 pm to Joe Joe Joe
It's just food coloring IMHO.
But America's Test Kitchen thought otherwise and tested it as a flavor enhancer.
You can guess the results - They said it utterly failed.
No shite Sherlock.
But America's Test Kitchen thought otherwise and tested it as a flavor enhancer.
You can guess the results - They said it utterly failed.
No shite Sherlock.
Posted on 11/27/16 at 9:31 pm to Red Drum
Pepsi made a clear Cola (not brown) and it crashed and burned.
Kitchen Bouquet has its place as an agent to darken a gravy or sauce that is not dark enough. The taste is negligible but if you want to say it adds flavor, then that is fine.
Kitchen Bouquet has its place as an agent to darken a gravy or sauce that is not dark enough. The taste is negligible but if you want to say it adds flavor, then that is fine.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 1:51 am to Red Drum
My Mom always adds a dash to roast beef gravy to make it darker. Has no effect on flavor. I do the same. I've never used it any other way.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:53 am to Red Drum
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just darkening shite
Just to darken a gravy. That's about it.
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Is it the same as sprinkling tony's on crawfish after the boil
Well no. Putting seasoning on boiled crawfish post boil is not due to under seasoned boiling water, it's so that you get actually seasoning on your mouth and the flavor of it as you suck the head or pinch the tail/claw with your teeth to pull the meat out. And no one I know use's Tony's for this. It's typically swampdust or whatever seasoning they actually have in the boil.
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