Grammy's Kitchen · Gumbo · Seafood Gumbo Stock
One of 129 gumbo recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
It ranks #1 of 129 for gravy quality among the gumbo recipes we compared. 34 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.7★.
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 | 0% | 21% |
| thickener | 0% | 4% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 38% |
| collagen idx | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | shells from 1 pound shrimp |
| 4732 g | 5 quarts water |
| 244 g | 4 carrots, sliced |
| 600 g | 4 onions, quartered |
| 20 g | 0.5 bunch celery, sliced |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, sliced |
| 2 g | 2 sprigs fresh parsley |
| 5 whole cloves | |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon dried basil |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons dried thyme |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this stock a few years ago to use as a base for gumbo for my Mardi Gras party. It was incredible and I beleive roasting the shrimp shells really makes the difference. I made shrimp etoufee this past Saturday for Mardi Gras party and wanted to use this s” — a cook, 5★
“perfect starter gumbo stock recipe! I wouldn't limit it to just shrimp shells though! Feel Free to add fish bones, crab shells or any other shellfish shells you have around. The best gumbo stock I make is almost exactly like this but we use leftover crawfish s” — a cook, 5★