Chicken Sauce Piquant

有趣的是激发我们烹饪晚餐的事情。最近，当视频弹出时，我最近在Tiktok滚动（如今）Emeril Lagasse making a roux。I’ve long been curious about the process of making a true roux; from everything that I’ve read, it’s a long process — you have to stand there, like you’re making risotto, only instead of twenty minutes, it can take up to an hour. But that process of stirring flour into fat and slowly toasting it creates a base for your soup or stew or gumbo or, in this case, chicken sauce piquant, that not only boosts the flavor, but thickens things into a rich and decadent gravy.

什么是鸡肉酱辣？

想象一个stewy炸鸡大腿piec炖es cooked with all kinds of spices and the holy trinity (celery, onions, peppers), thickened by a roux made with the leftover chicken fat, and then cooked with tomatoes and garlic and chicken broth, and doctored with hot sauce (Crystal, of course). It’s hearty, it’s spicy, and it’s cozy for a cold winter’s night.

I found this recipe in my favorite Cajun cookbook: Donald Link’s真正的法人后裔。（我分享了很多金博宝188bet从中on here, I’m waiting for a lawsuit.) Onmy last trip to New Orleans，我在两家链接餐厅吃饭：Cochon Butcher(their Cubano was outrageous) and佩奇（也许我最喜欢的旅行中）。我是唐纳德（Donald Link）的痴迷，所以，我希望他能原谅我，如果我分享他的另一个食谱。

圣三位一体

As you’ll see from this picture, the set-up for this dish is actually pretty simple: in one bowl you toss cut-up chicken thighs with salt, pepper, cayenne, chili powder, paprika, and flour. In another bowl, you mix together your onion, celery, poblano (the holy trinity, though with a spicier pepper than your normal green pepper), and garlic. Finally, in a third bowl (not pictured), you mix together plum tomatoes, canned tomatoes, chicken broth, thyme, bay leaves, and hot sauce.

You start by browning the chicken in hot oil and that’s a step where you want to take your time. The more golden brown you can get the chicken pieces, the more flavorful your chicken sauce piquant will be. And then comes the moment we’ve all been waiting for.

Roux McLanahan

Once you’ve browned your chicken, you’ll be left with oil and chicken fat at the bottom of the pot. If you don’t see enough, you can add a little more oil (that’s what I did). Then you add the remaining flour from the chicken bowl (and if you need more flour, you can add some too). The goal here is to toast the flour in the oil until you get “a medium-brown, peanut butter-colored roux.” This isn’t like the Emeril video where it all happens very slowly; in this particular case, it should happen in five minutes. That’s probably because you’re starting mid-dish with some flour already toasted in there from the chicken. It’s still very exciting and very fragrant.

Once the trinity goes in, the dish basically becomes a braise. You cook your aromatics until the vegetables are soft, then add the liquids, and finally return the chicken to the pot. That all simmers for 45 minutes until you have a light gravy and the chicken is tender.

Order Up!

想象在你的炉子就像你的朋友基于“增大化现实”技术rive for dinner. I put a lid on it and just kept there, heat off, and cooked a pot of basmati rice to serve it with; setting the table with all kinds of hot sauce for doctoring.

Needless to say, when I heated it back up and brought it out to the table. it was quite a culinary triumph. A soup, a stew, and a gravy all in one.

So get things together and make a roux this weekend. Your tummy and your friends will thank you.