Cornflour Substitute??

Cuddlebum

Hiya,

I am just about to attempt to make my first ever pie!! I am doing a chicken and broccoli one but the recipe asks for cornflour. Now i assume this is only to thicken the sauce?? The thing is i don't have any! Can normal flour be used instead??

I have tried using the search but its just bringing hundreds of threads up that have recipes in lol

Any help is much much appreciated
Thank you!

Rikki

Just use plain flour.

dannahaz

Yes, it's usually used as a thickener, and so you can use plain flour instead. However, cornflour gets absorbed really easily, flour needs to "cook" a bit. This only matters if you are adding it towards the end of a recipe..cornflour you could add, whisk in and serve, flour you'd have to add, cook for a bit, then serve. Hope that makes sense.

Cuddlebum

thanks for that guys!! Will now go and try not to burn down the kitchen lol

Rikki

Cuddlebum wrote:

thanks for that guys!! Will now go and try not to burn down the kitchen lol

You'll be fine.

Let us know how it tastes.

MadCowMan

can arrowroot be used as an alternative thickening agent ? it also keeps sauces clear rather than opaque.

jorichste

Just in the kitchen making sweet and sour to recipe kindly given here yesterday, got to the last bit and realised I have no cornflour. Could I use just regular flour to thicken the sauce? Don't really want to get little ds dressed and drag him to shops if I can get away with it. What do you reckon?

clutterydrawer

i sometimes just have the suace runny becaise i'm too lazy to thicken it

it depends on your taste though

jorichste

lol, I did think about that, but trying to impress the family with my attempts at cooking.

LJM

cant you thicken it with a small bit of plain flour?

i could be wrong there but i have used it in the past for stews etc not sure it would work with that type of sauce

Pitlanepiglet

You can use flour but you'd need to make sure it has "cooked out" otherwise it will takes floury, that probably means cooking it for five or more minutes which doesn't suit this kind of sauce.

Do you have arrowroot? Alternatively I'd probably try stirring in some packet smash potato if you have any - that works will as a thickener!