Spicy Chicken Gumbo with Andouille Sausage

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 25.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	23%	114%
fat	1%	8%
aromatics	3%	20%
vegetables and beans	8%	25%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

10800 g	6 bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
2839 g	3 quarts water
	4 cups okra
145 g	2/3 cup vegetable oil ((plus 2 tablespoons))
90 g	3/4 cup flour
400 g	2 1/2 cups onion ((chopped))
447 g	3 cups green bell pepper ((diced))
152 g	1 1/2 cups celery ((diced))
17 g	2 tbsp garlic ((finely chopped))
1360 g	4 Andouille sausages ((sliced into rounds))
397 g	14 oz. can diced tomatoes ((chopped))
5 g	5 bay leaves
2 g	1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 g	1 teaspoon dried basil
2 g	1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
5 g	2 teaspoon paprika
	salt and pepper ((to taste))
60 g	1/4 cup hot sauce
25 g	1/4 cup parsley ((chopped))
	Cooked white rice ((for serving))
	Crusty bread ((for serving))

Method: 7 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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