re: help with making a roux

OP if I'm doing chicken and sausage gumbo this is what I do. Put about 1 and 1/4 cups of oil on medium high heat, peanut oil. Once heating good, cook cut up sausage till they about halfway cooked and take them out. Get about 1 cup of flour and put in over about 4-5 increments while stirring with one of those whisker thingies. Keep heat on medium and once it starts to get darker turn heat down in increments. Once it gets a brownish color cook on low for about another 30 minutes until dark. At first stir every couple minutes really good, once you get down to low heat you can get by stirring every 4-5 minutes.