MSG Free Chicken Velouté Sauce

Classic French mother sauces are one of those places where store-bought shortcuts tend to sneak in a lot of unwanted additives — bouillon pastes, flavor enhancers, and seasoning blends that make label-reading a chore. This silky velouté keeps things beautifully simple: just butter, flour, chicken stock, salt, and white pepper. The technique is what does the heavy lifting here. You cook a pale roux until it smells faintly nutty, then gradually whisk in warm stock until the whole thing transforms into a glossy, spoonable sauce that coats the back of a spoon like velvet. Straining it through a fine-mesh sieve at the end gives you that restaurant-smooth finish without any fuss. It's endlessly versatile — spoon it over roasted chicken, use it as a base for a cream sauce, or build it into a casserole — and every drop is made from ingredients you can actually account for.

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