How to Make Roux for Rabbit Stew

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Karl James, owner of Creolesoul Catering and I am here on behalf of Expert Village. Now what we are going to do is we are going to add to the same pot that we browned the rabbit in, we are going to add some bell peppers. We are going to add some shallots and some garlic. This is over a medium heat. We are just going to kind of mix this around. We are not going to really sweat this all the way down because it is going to cook down a little bit more so in the stew. Just kind of warming that up and then add a quarter cup of flour to this as a thickener. Kind of let that get a little color. Get the rawness flavor out of the flour and we will cook this until it is a little brown. I'm going to add just a little dab of oil to this. Our flour absorbed most of that oil. It is almost like we are doing a roux but not as strict a policy. Like I say once we add everything back and get this to simmer, that flour with these vegetables will add as a thickener. There you have it. "