where can i buy roux to make gumbo? Please help!

[Anonymous]

I would like to make gumbo and I do not know how to make roux from scratch. I've looked at Giant, Safeway, and Walmart but I
can not find it. I just moved to Bethesda from Texas so I am not familiar with this area. If there is a grocery store/market that you know of that I can
purchase roux, please post at your convenience. Thank you so much!

[Anonymous]

All you need is flour and fat. Literally, that's it. Find a recipe online and follow it. Voila!

[Anonymous]

Making roux is the easiest thing ever.

[Anonymous]

It's just flour and fat in equal measures. Heat and stir, heat and stir, don't stop yet, you want it a little darker, a little darker: congrats. You made roux.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you can buy roux, you just make it. A roux is nothing more than a fat and flour cooked together. I would think that most recipes for gumbo tell you how to start it with a roux. I may be missing something but I've never seen premade roux for sale in the grocery stores.

[Anonymous]

I found this helpful:
https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/how-to-make-a-roux

Looks like you want a brown roux, so just stir and cook the butter/flour a little longer. It just takes minutes!

[Anonymous]

I made a beer cheese sauce last night to dip our soft pretzels and apples in. Every recipe starts with melting butter, adding flour, and cooking it a little bit.

That's roux. You got this.

[Anonymous]

You can buy Savoie’s on Amazon. We prefer making our own, but it takes a while to get it that dark, so the jarred one will save time.

[Anonymous]

I’m not a good cook but roux is something that even I can make easily!

All it is: half cup flour with half cup butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Stir constantly till you get a golden to brown color. Then add whatever you need to add to make your recipe. That’s it!

[Anonymous]

Look up Slton Brown’s oven roux. No stirring.

[Anonymous]

If you don't think you are a skilled enough cook to make roux, what exactly were you planning on doing for the rest of the gumbo?

[Anonymous]

Are you wanting to buy file powder? Should be in most grocery stores with a well stocked spice area.

[Anonymous]

From what I understand, the roux for gumbo is not your everyday roux. It needs to be cooked until it's very dark brown (some will say almost black). It sounds tricky. I have never heard of buying roux, though.

[Anonymous]

Here it is. Prime shipping, too.
https://www.amazon.com/SAVOIES-Old-Fashioned-Dark-Roux/dp/B007JB7ODY

[Anonymous]

This is it makes sense, 0P. If you can read you can make a roux.