Best Gumbo

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 25.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	106%	114%
fat	12%	8%
aromatics	26%	20%
salt	0%	0%
vegetables and beans	33%	25%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

218 g	1 cup vegetable oil
454 g	1 pound andouille sausage (sliced)
454 g	1 pound chicken thighs (boneless and skinless, cut in half)
120 g	1 cup all-purpose flour
300 g	2 large onions (chopped)
240 g	2 medium bell peppers (chopped)
80 g	2 stalks celery (chopped)
6 g	1 teaspoon salt
1 g	1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 g	1 teaspoon paprika
6 g	2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 g	1 teaspoon thyme (chopped)
1 g	1 teaspoon oregano (chopped)
2 g	2 bay leaves
1920 g	8 cups chicken broth (low sodium)
284 g	10 ounces diced tomatoes with green chillies (1 can)
454 g	1 pound raw shrimp (peeled and deveined)
454 g	1 pound lump crab meat
160 g	1 cup green onions (chopped)
50 g	1/2 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
	cooked rice
	Filé powder (optional)

Method: 8 steps, published by www.jocooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Our new gumbo recipe! We had this last night, and we loved it! I did change it a bit... I left out the crab meat but added about a cup of sliced okra (love, love, love okra in my gumbo!). I also made the roux in the same cast iron Dutch oven that I used for” — a cook, 5.0★

“I normally follow recipes loosely to fit what I already have on hand so I used some hot Italian sausage I had..the only flour I had was buckwheat flour for the roux..I used rendered chicken fat and olive oil from the chicken.leg quarters I chopped up..nothing ” — a cook, 4.0★