Recipes With Course: Main Dishes
Cajun-style Grilled Yellowfin Tuna
“After I moved to Kansas City, Missouri, I ran across a problem: I wanted to make traditional Cajun food, but did not have all of the ingredients I needed available to me. This recipe is representative of the Cajun lifestyle, using what we have around us, and making something great ...
Read moreOven Chicken Stew
This chicken stew, once cooked, tastes so much like chicken fricassee. So easy, so tasty! Ingredients1 cut up fryer or chicken of your choice 1 envelope Lipton Golden Onion Soup 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 can water 1 bell pepper, chopped 1 celery stalk, chopped 1 tbsp Kitchen ...
Read moreDoc Camel’s Pork and Sausage Jambalaya
Note that this recipe is prepared to feed the masses at large family reunions, vendors street fairs, school events, food festivals and political gatherings. Kaplan, LA, in the year 2005, celebrated its first Cajun Food Festival. All types of fun Cajun foods were served. Make plans to attend in April/May. ...
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Cush Cush or Couche Couche
Also called “Cosh Cosh”, this simple dish was once the everyday “supper” for Cajuns. Served with milk, figs or cane syrup and even (one of my favorites) chopped pork cracklings. It was satisfying and filling. My favorite was eating it with coffee added to my milk and lots of sugar! ...
Read moreDot’s Cajun Shrimp & Corn Soup
A Cajun classic made with two favorites  –  shrimp and corn, Ingredients1 cup onions, chopped 1/2 cup bell pepper, chopped 1/2 cup green onion, chopped 1/2 cup oil 1 to 2 pounds shrimp, peeled & deveined 1 small can tomato paste 3 cups water 2 (16 oz) cans whole corn ...
Read moreBase Sauce for Spaghetti and Sauce Piquant
Rich tomato sauce base that may be used for spaghetti meatballs, chicken or seafood and sauce piquant. It also does make a wonderful sauce for lasagna. Very easy and delicious. Beth says it truly is a great, rich tasting sauce on its own… Ingredients1 large 12 oz can tomato paste ...
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Crab (Shrimp or Crawfish) Corn Chowder
Cajuns love their seafood. This “soup for the Cajun soul” can be made with crab, shrimp, crawfish, all three or in combination with each other. Experiment with the mixtures of the seafood available in your area. Ingredients1 block margarine or butter (8 tbsp) 1 cup onions, finely chopped 1/2 medium ...
Read moreCrab and Shrimp Soup (Bisque)
One of the more popular classic Cajun soups made easy; this one will really “hit the spot”. This recipe is dedicated to Howard Menard. Ingredients1 (10 oz) box frozen corn 1 medium onion, chopped 1 block butter 1 can Campbell’s cream of shrimp soup 1 cup water 5 tbsp flour ...
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