Grammy's Kitchen · Gumbo · Savory Crab-And-Shrimp Gumbo Exotica
One of 129 gumbo recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 129 for gravy quality among the gumbo recipes we compared.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 129.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 96% |
| fat | 0% | 6% |
| aromatics | 134% | 21% |
| acid | 2% | 0% |
| salt | 33% | 0% |
| thickener | 0% | 4% |
| vegetables and beans | 232% | 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.
| 227 g | 8 oz. sliced salt pork or thick-cut bacon slices |
| 900 g | 6 medium-size yellow onions, chopped (about 5 cups) |
| 240 g | 6 celery stalks, chopped (about 1 1/4 cups) |
| 120 g | 1 large green bell pepper, chopped (about 11/4 cups) |
| 9 g | 3 garlic cloves, minced (about 1 Tbsp.) |
| 794 g | 1 (28-oz.) can crushed tomatoes |
| 425 g | 1 (15-oz.) can tomato sauce |
| Basic Seasonings (recipe follows) | |
| 454 g | 1 lb. large peeled, deveined raw shrimp |
| 227 g | 8 oz. fresh or frozen crabmeat (preferably backfin), drained and picked over |
| 227 g | 8 oz. frozen cut okra, thawed (from 1 [16-oz.] pkg.) |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp. cornstarch or all-purpose flour, mixed with about 1 tsp. water or liquid from tomato can |
| 1 Tbsp. seafood seasoning | |
| 16 g | 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce |
| 15 g | 1 Tbsp. hot sauce |
| 15 g | 1 Tbsp. lemon juice |
| 2 g | 1 tsp. dried parsley flakes |
| 2 g | 2 dried bay leaves |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.southernliving.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.