AIP Friendly Arrowroot Thickening Slurry

Thickening a sauce or soup without cornstarch or flour is one of those small kitchen hurdles that comes up constantly when you're cooking without grains or legumes. Arrowroot starch is the go-to fix, and this simple two-ingredient slurry is the cleanest way to use it. Just whisk the starch into cold water until completely smooth, then stir it into your simmering liquid and watch it transform into something glossy and beautifully coated in under a minute. The technique is straightforward, but the timing matters — arrowroot works best at a gentle simmer, so pulling the pan off the heat promptly keeps everything silky rather than thin and watery. It works beautifully in broths, pan sauces, and stews, giving you that restaurant-quality consistency without any of the off-limits thickeners. Once you have this ratio memorized, it becomes second nature and quietly upgrades nearly every sauce you make.

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