Name: Dupre Family Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients: 7 chicken drumsticks, with skin; 6 bone-in chicken breast halves, with skin; 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning blend (such as Tony Chachere's®), or to taste; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1/2 cup dry white wine; 1/4 cup olive oil; 4 cups chicken broth; 1 large yellow onion, chopped; 1 large green bell pepper, chopped; 1 large celery stalk, chopped; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup canola oil; 10 cups boiling water, divided; 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning (such as Tony Chachere's), or to taste; 1 teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste; 1 1/2 pounds smoked sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cups uncooked jasmine rice; 3 cups water; 1 bunch green onions, chopped

Why it works: Pepper and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16,012 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,888 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, white wine, onion, pepper, flour, canola oil):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Turmericfits better
Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, white wine, onion, pepper, flour, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Smoked Sausage	100g cooked	301
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Water	not in our table	0

Dupre Family Chicken and Sausage Gumbo