Recipes With Course: Main Dishes
Beef Eggplant Hash
Eggplants. Cajuns just say – brahams! Question – do you use a potato peeler or a paring knife to peel your eggplants? Ingredients1 1/2 pounds tender-cut diced beef 1 1/2 pounds eggplant, diced into cubes 1 1/2 ribs celery, chopped 1 medium bell pepper, chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 1 ...
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Shrimp And Eggplant Casserole
Two ingredients that compliment each other extremely well are shrimp and eggplant. This recipe will prove it. It is easy and les goûts très bon (the taste is very good). Ingredients2 to 3 eggplants, boiled and mashed 1 cup onions, chopped 1 cup bell pepper, chopped 1/2 stick margarine 1 ...
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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 ...
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Howard’s Cajun Power Ribeye and Onions
Rib-eye steak is a boneless cut from the rib section of beef. The “eye” in its name refers to the round cross-section of a muscle that is not well exercised, so rib-eye steak is very tender. Ingredients3 medium ribeye steak 4 - 6 tbsp oil salt and pepper to taste ...
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Chicken Étouffée (Etouffee)
Sometimes you may want seafood Étouffée, but find that you only have chicken on hand…well, I guess we gonna use chicken. I am dedicating this recipe to my Nannie, now gone from this earth. As the daughter of a trapper/trader she learned to cook early…sometimes it was only with the ...
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Hitachi Rice Cooker Bar-B-Que Shrimp
Although Hitachi makes many appliances, almost every Cajun who bought a rice cooker called it by its manufacturer name – a Hitachi! Although not BBQ’ed these shrimp have a buttery smoky flavor Ingredients2 - 3 pounds shrimp (depending on how many will fit into your insert dish) 1/2 stick butter ...
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Maw Maw Ruby’s Gueydan Courtbouillon
Shayne writes, “Hey MawMaw. I’m seeing a lot of courtbouillon recipes, but all of them are tomato based. Coming from a long line of Cajuns from Gueydan, Delcambre, Erath, Lake Charles, Choupique, and New Iberia, etc.. I believe a true courtbouillon is a clear/white based gravy and not tomato based. ...
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Baked or Grilled Baby Back Ribs
Ingredients5 lbs pork baby back ribs garlic powder 2 tsp garlic powder to taste sesame seeds, roasted 1/4 cup soy sauce black pepper to taste 1/4 cup brown sugar small amount of Worcestershire sauce Tabasco sauce to taste Crystal Lite lemonade (diluted, used for tenderizer)DirectionsStep 1Prepare enough Crystal Lite lemonade ...
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