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

Cajun Roux Bar & Grill has opened in Hoover at Stadium Trace Village. The restaurant offering a taste of the bayou had its grand opening on May 26. Cajun Roux Bar & Grill is the new concept from Jeff ...

aking a dark Cajun roux from scratch is a dying art. Not too many years ago, there wasn’t a Cajun or Creole household in south Louisiana that didn’t have the unmistakably intense aroma of a dark roux ...

There’s nothing quite like a big bowl of Cajun Chicken Stew to warm you up from the inside out. It’s hearty, full of flavor, ...

Chicken Fricassee is really a French stew that is typically cooked in a white wine sauce. This recipe is the Cajun version that is made with a traditional roux, and contains the holy trinity ...

That means stirring up a roux for the gumbo and getting the rice for the jambalaya just right. Those are the menu favorites at Rice & Roux, which has locations at 2158 O'Neal Lane and 320 Lee Drive.

“Well, it comes from history, I believe. Just living in the South and everything being so food-centric, we went out to eat a lot,” says Jennifer Greenlee, owner of the Deja Roux Cajun & Soul food ...