Creole Gumbo

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 129.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	79%	96%
fat	0%	6%
aromatics	9%	21%
thickener	5%	4%
vegetables and beans	53%	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)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

4 g	1 teaspoon olive oil
454 g	1 pound chicken breast (or thicken thighs, chopped)
	Salt and pepper to taste
454 g	1 pound ounces andouille (sliced into 1/4 inch slices)
110 g	3/4 cup peanut oil or vegetable oil
90 g	3/4 cup flour
120 g	1 medium bell pepper (chopped)
150 g	1 medium onion (chopped)
40 g	1 medium celery stalk (chopped)
9 g	3 cloves garlic chopped
794 g	28 ounce crushed tomatoes (2 14-oz cans)
	2 tablespoons Creole seasoning
2 g	1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional, for extra spicy)
1440 g	6 cups chicken stock (or use seafood stock)
3 g	3 bay leaves
2 g	1 teaspoon fresh thyme
454 g	1 pound shrimp (peeled and deveined)
454 g	1 pound crab meat ((I used lump crab - use more shrimp or tender white fish as an alternative))
25 g	4 tablespoons chopped parsley + more for serving
	1 tablespoon filé powder or to taste (optional, for thickening)

Method: 9 steps, published by www.chilipeppermadness.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Hi Mike- Great Recipe. Saturday night, before the Big Game we went to a "Souper Bowl" Party. Seven crock pots of different soups. We made yours as true to your recipes as possible. Skinless, boneless chicken thighs, andouille sausage, lump and claw crabmeat an” — a cook, 5★

“5-star recipe for sure, but I had to take some shortcuts (long day with a sick kid, and lack of ingredient planning!). I omitted the chicken just because we don't really like chicken. I used a jarred roux which I've never tried before but worked out surprising” — a cook, 5★