Merwin's Shrimp 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	60%	96%
fat	3%	6%
aromatics	13%	21%
thickener	3%	4%
vegetables and beans	3%	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.

454 g	1 pound smoked sausage, cut into 1/4 inch rounds
109 g	0.5 cup vegetable oil
1814 g	1 (4 pound) chicken, cut into parts
80 g	0.66666668653488 cup all-purpose flour
320 g	2 cups chopped onion
80 g	0.5 cup chopped green onions
99 g	0.66666668653488 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped
12 g	2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
8 g	1 tablespoon minced garlic
907 g	2 pounds medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
1893 g	8 cups water
	salt to taste
	ground black pepper to taste
0 g	0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 g	1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 g	2 bay leaves
	file powder

Method: 6 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I grew up eating my mom's gumbo, so as I read many recipes and reviews, I also had some ideas such as gumbo must have okra and tomatoes! I think this is the best recipe I've found. I did speed it up by doing a few of the steps simultaneously in two pots, so my” — a cook, 5★

“Oh wow... This was SENSATIONAL. Labor intensive but so worth it. I did adjust a couple of things after reading reviews about it supposedly being "bland". With these little tweeks it was superb. I added two tsp of dry cayenne pepper, 1 tsp of white pepper, abou” — a cook, 5★