Green 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	522%	96%
fat	0%	6%
aromatics	75%	21%
thickener	33%	4%
vegetables and beans	56%	38%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Where it stands out

• #1 of 129 for gravy quality
• #2 of 129 for richness
• #2 of 129 for sauce body
• #129 of 129 for saltiness

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

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

146 g	1 cup peanut oil, lard or other vegetable oil
150 g	1 1/4 cup flour
320 g	2 cups chopped onion
149 g	1 cup chopped green bell pepper
101 g	1 cup chopped celery
12 g	4 cloves garlic
2 g	2 bay leaves
8 g	1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning (see below)
	1 ham hock (optional)
2366 g	10 cups water
1361 g	3 pounds assorted greens (i.e. kale, collards, mustard greens, turnip greens, spinach, chard, parsley, dandelion greens, beet greens), chopped (about 14 cups)
	Salt
454 g	1 pound smoked andouille sausage (optional)
	File powder to taste (optional)
2 g	1 teaspoon black pepper
2 g	1 teaspoon cayenne
2 g	1 teaspoon celery seed
2 g	1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 g	2 teaspoons dried oregano
8 g	1 Tbsp garlic powder
14 g	2 Tbsp sweet paprika

Method: 7 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Making do with what I had available (mustard greens & inordinate amount of curly kale; smoked jalapeño turkey kielbasa and no ham hock; no file or cajun seasoning either). I used a chili seasoning that had almost all of the required spices (although probably i” — a cook

“Tastes authentic! Surprising depth of flavor. Really love how it turned out. I used kale, collard greens, mustard greens, and of course, threw in some okra since it's gumbo! I was elated to find a ham hock locally (a rare occurrence). I used chicken andouille ” — a cook