What cut of chicken for gumbo?

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What cut of chicken for gumbo?

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we make a large pot that lasts a few days so white meat tends to be dry and get stringy and fall apart after a day or two.

thats why i switched to using leg quarters so its all dark meat and it never gets stringy or dry

if its a small gumbo that will be gone by the next day, then most people use white meat for gumbos

and yes to the idiots out there, white meat chicken, even in a gumbo, can be dry when eating it

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Smoke off a pack of leg quarters, pick the meat, and use the bones for stock.

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upvoted and quoted. Smoked stock is great in collard greens, red beans, and lots of other dishes

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whole cut up hen, or whole cut up rooster.

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^^^^ this

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Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?

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use a whole cut hen, or a whole cut rooster for the gumbo. 2 wings, 2 drum sticks, usually breasts in 4, thigs in 2, neck, gizzard and heart. leave out the liver

Boneless skinless thighs or a whole rotisserie chicken. Thighs turn out great, I like to brown them after sausage

That’s perverse!

Thighs

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Smoke off a pack of leg quarters, pick the meat, and use the bones for stock.

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Yep, and yep.