New Orleans chefs share the easier, hands-off oven method for making rich, deeply flavored roux—no nonstop stirring required.

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I am really, really bad at making roux. Or at least I used to be. My first experience with roux was as a child. My mom used dark roux, the oily, flavorless crap that comes from a jar, occasionally ...

Adding cooked chicken to the gumbo, which was made in a microwave oven. (Photo by David Grunfeld / Nola.com / The Times-Picayune) The first person I ever saw make a roux was a guy who grew up in ...