Gumbo

This is certainly not a soup to disrespect. To build all that great flavor with lower sodium, we began by making a quick homemade shrimp stock reduction, drawing lots of shrimp flavor from the shells. We slashed more sodium by ditching the sausage and instead using meaty chicken thighs for richness. The briny shrimp needed just a light dusting of smoked paprika to take the flavor to a whole new level—no extra salt required. Canola oil replaced saturated fat--heavy butter in the nicely darkened roux.

THE CLASSIC
• 890 calories per serving
• 2,501 milligrams sodium
• 14.8 grams saturated fat

THE MAKEOVER
• 334 calories per serving
• 539 milligrams sodium
• 1.6 grams saturated fat

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