Recipes
Smothered Fresh Tomatoes
During summer we had an abundance of fresh tomatoes. Being raised on a truck farm we had the best vegetables and Mom knew exactly how to make a dish that complimented her entree and make her 9 children happy to eat and enjoy dinner. Ingredients10 to 12 fresh tomatoes cut ...
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Quick Cajun-Like Spaghetti Sauce
Here is a recipe for a quick quick spaghetti sauce with great Cajun flavor. Add your favorite meat, chicken or shrimp and add spaghetti. Ingredients1 jar spaghetti sauce 1 to 2 large tbsp of roux 1/2 cup fresh mushrooms 1 cup Cajun trinity - mixed onion, bell pepper and celery ...
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Gloria’s Crock-Pot Roast
A dear friend of mine shared this recipe with me several years ago, and I have never cooked a roast any other way since. It is so tender it just falls apart. The original recipe called for 1/2 package Lipton Soup Mix – Maw-Maw likes the entire packet! Ingredients1 large ...
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Fried Green Tomato BLT Sandwich
If you like fried green tomatoes, you’ll love them in this sandwich. The medium-size green tomato has a piquant flavor, which makes it excellent for frying, broiling and adding to relishes. Ingredients1 large green tomato 1 cup flour 1 egg 4 to 5 strips of bacon lettuce bread or buns ...
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Smoked Boudin Burger Recipe
Cajuns think boudoin is the perfect meal than someone thinks of something to make the dish even more interesting. There is hardly anything that taste better than two or three carbs together. Ingredients3 to 4 links of boudin 3 hamburger buns flour for dusting condiments - ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, Tabasco ...
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Italian Cream Cake
Italian Cream Cake is a very popular wedding cake. In fact, this was the flavor of Mawmaw’s wedding cake. When you eat this cake you will know why it is such a favorite. IngredientsItalian Cream Cake 2 cups flour (she does not sift first) 2 cups sugar 1 cup buttermilk ...
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Angel’s Seafood Delight
This recipe is a perfect use for fake crab meat. Ingredients1 package imitation crab meat 1 package crawfish tails 1 package or 2 of shredded cheese 1 can cream of mushroom soup 2 large eggsDirectionsStep 1Break up the crab meat in a large bowl. Step 2 Sauté the crawfish tails ...
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Pork Grillades (Gree-yahds)
This is a popular recipe request. This recipe is one of the classics and as with the old recipes, cooks use a lil of this and a lil of that. Between Mawmaw and Bert, the beginning of the semblance of a recipe has been created. This recipe calls for an ...
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Brookie’s Black Bayou Gumbo
A mouthwatering gumbo deep from the heart of Acadiana swamp country. Seafood gumbo cooking at it’s finest. Lump bayou crab meat and bayou hot shrimp with the fixins of Cajun vegetables and the secret of Brookie’s bayou juice. Ingredients72 ounces shucked jumbo blue crab meat 6 pounds peeled & de-veined ...
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Black-Eye Pea Jambalaya (Rice Cooker)
Plug in dat rice cooker! This is a fast and easy dish to make in your rice cooker. Ingredients3/4 stick butter 1 small onion, chopped 1 small bell pepper, chopped 1 pound smoked sausage sliced and browned 1 1/2 cup raw rice Creole or Cajun Seasoning to taste 1 14oz ...
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World’s Best Coconut Cake
Very easy to make yet so elegant and delicious. From the author: This cake needs nothing else. It’s the most delicious coconut cake I’ve ever had and I don’t usually care for coconut! IngredientsCAKE 1 box Duncan Hines Butter Recipe yellow cake mix, prepare according to directions on box and ...
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Cajun Potato Gumbo
This recipe was given to me by my grandmother. It comes from her mother I guess it was a simple recipe to feed a lot. Ingredients1/4 cup cooking oil 1 cup onions 1/2 cup bell peppers 1/2 cup celery 1 large piece of salt meat 5 large red potatoes cut ...
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Mamaw Summet’s Chocolate Gravy
This is so good that it’ll make a hound break a log chain to get to it. One day at work I asked if anyone had any unusual recipes. A young lady, Jordan Raymer, asked if I had ever had Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits. That one got my attention. Ingredients1 ...
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Ms. Sally’s Cajun Pork Roast
Delicious pork roast prepared on a grill. This recipe was given to me by my Cajun cousin, Sally Sonnier Hand. It may have originated with her dad, Uncle Otis Sonnier. Wherever it came from it is a delicious Cajun way to cook a pork roast and I think it will ...
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Seasoned Crackers
This is one of our favorite recipes. The editors at RealCajunRecipes.com make it at least once every holiday season. Ingredients1 pound box of saline crackers 1 1/3 cup Canola Oil 1 1/3 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes 1 package dry ranch dressing (look for the seasoned brand)DirectionsStep 1Mix all ingredients ...
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Fire and Ice Pickles
Le feu et la glace conservent au vinaigre – a great Cajun snack. Ingredients1 gallon jug of dill sliced pickles 5 pounds sugar 1 2 oz bottle of Tabasco SauceDirectionsStep 1Pour the entire jar of pickles in colander; discard juice. Or better yet freeze the juice and make Pickle Juice ...
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Wheat Thin
My niece shared this recipe with our family Christmas 2008. These taste so much like butterfingers but have much less the calories. What is nice is that you can use all reduced fat products and save the calories for eggnog. Great for Christmas and Easter Tins. Ingredients1 box wheat thins ...
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Amanda’s Fruit Salad
Fruit salad is a traditional Cajun side dish for holiday and family gatherings. Amanda, one of our frequent guest recipe contributor writes – “My mother made this fruit salad at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Its always better the next day! ” Ingredients2 cans (15 oz) fruit cocktail 1 small bag miniature ...
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Kool Aid Pie
This takes 10 minutes to prepare and is delicious. Many Cajun children grew up with Kool Aid and root beer enjoying so many cold and refreshing flavors. Ingredients2 cans Eagles Brand condensed milk 2 packages lemonade Kool Aid 2 containers of cool whip 1 graham cracker crustDirectionsStep 1Blend condensed milk ...
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Myrtle’s Pecan Pie
Amanda writes: “My grandmother and mother made this pecan pie at Thanksgiving and Christmas.” Such a traditional Cajun favorite. Ingredients2/3 cup sugar 3 eggs 2/3 cup Karo syrup 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups pecans (halves or chopped) 1 unbaked pie shellDirectionsStep 1Mix sugar, eggs and Karo thoroughly. Stir in vanilla ...
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