Grammy's Kitchen · Gumbo · Slow Cooker Chicken Gumbo
One of 129 gumbo recipes we measured
66 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.4★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 129.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 96% | 96% |
| fat | 10% | 6% |
| aromatics | 23% | 21% |
| thickener | 5% | 4% |
| vegetables and beans | 17% | 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)
Weights computed by us.
| 40 g | 1/3 cup all-purpose flour |
| 73 g | 1/3 cup cooking oil (a neutral-flavor oil, such as corn oil or canola) |
| 720 g | 3 cups chicken broth |
| 397 g | 12 to 16 ounces smoked sausage (spicy sausage, such as andouille), sliced about 1/2-inch thick |
| 350 g | 2 to 3 cups diced cooked chicken |
| 1 1/2 cups sliced okra | |
| 160 g | 1 cup chopped onion |
| 74 g | 1/2 cup chopped green pepper |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup chopped celery |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic, minced |
| Dash of salt, to taste | |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I usually jump online for gumbo recipes as a jumping off point. Now I will say that I can't see using oil in my roux. I mean good god, that's what Bacon grease is for. And precooking the chicken? Maybe if you have a way to ad something special to it, but hones” — a cook
“Salad? No...BISCUITS! And truthfully, the rice should be IN the gumbo, not as a side dish that it may or may not be served over. Other than that? Not bad - definitely good on the roux. It should look like a good mocha. Any lighter? Nope. Any darker? You've bur” — a cook