Grammy's Kitchen · Gumbo · Gumbo
One of 129 gumbo recipes we measured
from theforkedspoon.com
102 cooks on theforkedspoon.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 129.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 106% | 96% |
| fat | 9% | 6% |
| aromatics | 12% | 21% |
| acid | 1% | 0% |
| sweetener | 0% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| thickener | 4% | 4% |
| vegetables and beans | 40% | 38% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 120 g | 1 cup all-purpose flour |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup bacon drippings or butter (or a mix of both) |
| 41 g | 3 tbsp + 1 tsp oil (divided) |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoon sweet paprika |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (divided) |
| 907 g | 2 pounds chicken breast (chopped) |
| salt and black pepper (to season) | |
| 454 g | 1 pound smoked Andouille sausage (sliced) |
| 200 g | 5 stalks celery (finely chopped) |
| 300 g | 2 large onions (chopped) |
| 240 g | 2 green bell peppers (seeded and finely chopped) |
| 15 g | 5 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 2880 g | 3 quarts (12 cups) low-sodium chicken broth |
| 3 cubes beef bullion ((optional)) | |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon white sugar |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt (plus more to taste) |
| 22 g | 3 tablespoon hot pepper sauce ((I used Tabasco sauce)) |
| 4 g | 4 bay leaves |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 411 g | 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes |
| 245 g | 1 cup tomato sauce |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoon butter |
| 454 g | 1 pound okra (chopped) |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoon distilled white vinegar |
| 32 g | 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 454 g | 1 pound lump crabmeat |
| 907 g | 2 pounds jumbo sea scallops |
| 907 g | 2 pounds raw, uncooked, shrimp (peeled and deveined) |
| 4 teaspoon gumbo filé powder | |
| Fresh chopped parsley |
Method: 13 steps, published by theforkedspoon.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This recipe came out amazing! I made it for my little brother's 18th birthday, and everyone enjoyed it immensely. A few things I did was I added corn, used frozen okra instead of fresh, and used imitation crab meat because I had a hard time trying to find fres” — a cook, 4★
“This recipe came out amazing! I made it for my little brother’s 18th birthday, and everyone enjoyed it immensely. A few things I did was I added corn, used frozen okra instead of fresh, and used imitation crab meat because I had a hard time trying to find fres” — a cook, 4★