My wife started getting bad heart burn when i made gravy from my roux.
She said it was the oil. So i read up on a microwave roux. I don't know the wattage on my microwave so i just did 2 min at a time till it started to brown then down to one min. Darkest gravy i have ever made and was great,
http://www.realcajuncooking.com/2009...umbo-roux.html