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Best Liquid for Roux?
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:32 am
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:32 am
Ive always used veggie oil for roux but i want to get away from it for health reasons. I want to try either bacon fat, butter or something else. Any good recommendations with benefits and downsides are appreciated.
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Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:50 am to Yeahbuddy35
I am a fan of trying to use the rendered animal fat that im using the roux for. Beef (tallow) to make beef stew, chicken (Schmaltz) for C&S gumbo, Pork belly (lard) for pork dishes.. It adds flavor and makes good use of trimmings. You just might have to save some up. Not sure how "healthy" that is but its more natural than oil from something you have to process a ton to get oil out of I'd guess. Bacon grease is good too but it may be loaded with the nitrates from curing if you use cured bacon.
This post was edited on 9/6/22 at 10:02 am
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:58 am to Yeahbuddy35
I use bacon fat
Posted on 9/6/22 at 10:37 am to Yeahbuddy35
There's a meat market near me that sells rendered pork fat from cracklins. I want to try that out for a roux. A friend of mine uses avacado oil and casava* flour. I had some crawfish stew made with it and it was really good.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 10:46 am to Yeahbuddy35
Try duck fat
Posted on 9/6/22 at 10:54 am to yellowfin
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Try duck fat
Yeah, but you gotta first buy the duck and they are $$$ right now.
I use bacon grease I save, beef tallow, rendered pork fat to make lard and I'll use vegetable oil that I use for frying chicken after I strain it and let anything left in the oil settle overnight.
For blond roux for soups and sauces, I just use butter since they don't cook long enough to burn the butter.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 11:21 am to gumbo2176
28 ozs for $33 on Amazon
Posted on 9/6/22 at 11:38 am to yellowfin
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28 ozs for $33 on Amazon
I use duck fat, as well.
Texas folks, Central Market carries it. $7 for 7 oz in the poultry and pork cooler. HEB has jarred duck fat on the aisle with the other oils. A little cheaper.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 12:38 pm to yellowfin
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28 ozs for $33 on Amazon
Did you throw that out there like you think it's cheap?
That works out to just under $1.18 an ounce. To put that into perspective, if a gallon of milk cost that much an ounce, it would cost you $151.04
Posted on 9/6/22 at 1:40 pm to Yeahbuddy35
I use olive oil. It smokes a lot more but I make my roux outside. Avocado oil is another healthy option and has a higher smoke point than olive oil..
Posted on 9/6/22 at 2:23 pm to gumbo2176
Well I can make two decent size gumbos with 28 ozs. About 12 servings each so that’s about $1.40 a serving. Seems pretty cheap to me but I know everyone has a different definition.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 3:40 pm to gumbo2176
You'd be using maybe $10 worth per gumbo, so it's not some huge added expense, especially when you figure how many servings you get off of that. I've used it a few times as well and find my gumbos made with duck fat taste better than just vegetable oil.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 4:05 pm to YOURADHERE
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You'd be using maybe $10 worth per gumbo, so it's not some huge added expense, especially when you figure how many servings you get off of that. I've used it a few times as well and find my gumbos made with duck fat taste better than just vegetable oil.
Yep, and worth every penny.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 4:07 pm to Yeahbuddy35
I brown off my chicken in vegetable oil and add the extra seasoned flour used for dusting the chickens, works well.
ETA: sorry reading your post again and realizing you are trying to find veg oil alts
ETA: sorry reading your post again and realizing you are trying to find veg oil alts
This post was edited on 9/6/22 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 9/6/22 at 4:10 pm to Yeahbuddy35
lard
$3/lb at all fine supermarkets
a pound will last you approximately seven years
$3/lb at all fine supermarkets
a pound will last you approximately seven years
Posted on 9/6/22 at 4:19 pm to cgrand
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lard $3/lb at all fine supermarkets a pound will last you approximately seven years
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:05 pm to cgrand
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ard
$3/lb at all fine supermarkets
a pound will last you approximately seven years
WHAT??? If a pound of lard lasts you 7 years, you're not cooking much in the way of using a roux for the base.
This is the dumbest thing I've seen on this site in ages.
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:10 pm to gumbo2176
it was a joke sparky
relax
relax
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:17 pm to Yeahbuddy35
I know vegetable oil is terrible for you but is bacon fat really any better?
Posted on 9/6/22 at 9:55 pm to Pelican fan99
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I know vegetable oil is terrible for you but is bacon fat really any better?
I have this discussion with my motha all the time
She is of the camp that animal fats are bad. I am of the camp that animal fats are natural and what us humans have been eating for a long time well before you could squeeze oil out of a seed. I really have no idea tho. I will say cured bacon with the nitrates might not be best, but I base that off of nothing more than the talk of nitrates not being the best for ya.
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