Grammy's Kitchen · Gumbo · Chicken Gumbo with Andouille Sausage
One of 129 gumbo recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 129 for gravy quality among the gumbo recipes we compared. 3 cooks on www.simplyrecipes.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 129.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 97% | 96% |
| fat | 0% | 6% |
| aromatics | 33% | 21% |
| thickener | 6% | 4% |
| vegetables and beans | 20% | 38% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 151 g | 1/3 pound bacon, diced |
| 1134 g | 2 to 3 pounds chicken thighs, skin on |
| Salt | |
| 680 g | 1 to 2 pounds andouille sausage |
| 73 g | 1/2 cup peanut or other vegetable oil |
| 120 g | 1 cup all-purpose flour |
| 240 g | 2 green peppers, diced |
| 160 g | 4 celery stalks, diced |
| 150 g | 1 large onion, diced |
| 12 g | 4 garlic cloves, minced |
| 33 g | 2 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 960 g | 1 quart chicken stock |
| 946 g | 1 quart water |
| 3 tablespoons Cajun spice (see below) | |
| 340 g | 1/2 to 1 pound okra, sliced into discs |
| 450 g | 3 green onions, chopped |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon black pepper |
| 2 g | 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon celery seed |
| 14 g | 2 tablespoons sweet paprika |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon garlic powder |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon dried thyme |
| 4 g | 1 tablespoon dried oregano |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“so im about half way through the recipe. just put chicken in. i started at 1pm and it now 442pm, im hoping ill be done by 630 for my family. a few problems came up. and by a few i mean it happen more than once. THE ROUX. it burned on me 3 times and i basically” — a cook
“This was definitely a labour of love. The prep wasn't bad except the roux. It was my first time attempting one. The first one I read the measuring cup wrong and it was like dough. 2nd attempt too much oil- never got thick. And finally my third attempt and 40 m” — a cook