Grammy's Kitchen Β· Gumbo Β· Chicken, Sausage, and Shrimp Gumbo
One of 129 gumbo recipes we measured
from southernbite.com
34 cooks on southernbite.com rate it 4.8β .
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base β next to the median of all 129.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 96% | 96% |
| fat | 12% | 6% |
| aromatics | 18% | 21% |
| thickener | 7% | 4% |
| vegetables and beans | 66% | 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.
| 120 g | 1 cup all-purpose flour |
| 218 g | 1 cup vegetable oil (plus 1 tablespoon) |
| 120 g | 3 ribs celery (diced) |
| 300 g | 2 large yellow onions (diced) |
| 240 g | 2 large green bell peppers (seeded and diced) |
| 15 g | 5 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 2 teaspoons creole seasoning | |
| 1680 g | 6 to 8 cups chicken stock |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 794 g | 2 (14-ounce) cans diced tomatoes |
| 454 g | 1 pound andouille or cajun smoked sausage (sliced) |
| 840 g | 6 cups shredded cooked chicken* |
| 454 g | 1 pound okra** (trimmed and chopped; frozen works, too) |
| salt | |
| pepper | |
| 454 g | 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined*** |
| cooked white rice, sliced green onion, and hot sauce for serving |
Method: 9 steps, published by southernbite.com β open the original β or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
βHi! Itβs Erica again (March 2023). It took me a while, but I finally made this again. Thanks for the advice on seasoning amounts. I upped the salt a bit since I used homemade stock and I donβt add salt to it. I increased the Cajun seasoning a little as well. Iβ β a cook, 5β
βSo let me start by saying I was born and raised near South Louisiana. So gumbo is something I've enjoyed most of my life. My 15 year old son (who never does anything remotely cooking-related, isn't from there, and is a very picky eater) randomly came to me lasβ β a cook, 5β