Recipes with Photos
Refrigerator Rolls/ Refrigerator Cinnamon Rolls
Great Fresh Cooked Rolls. This recipe shows how to prepare the basic refrigerator rolls. Then using the same basic recipe to prepare cinnamon rolls. Ingredients1 cup milk 1 (2 oz) cake compressed yeast 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup lukewarm water 1 egg 3 1/2 cups sifted flour 3 ...
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Creamed Gravy with Ground Meat
Chipped beef served on toast or biscuits has long been know by its alternative name which we can not enter on our site – SOS – Something on Shingles. Ingredients1 lb ground beef 1/3 cup minced onions 3 tbsp butter or margarine 3 tbsp flour 2 cups milk Salt and black ...
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Taco Soup
The flavor is tremendous and the ease of preparation surprising. Ingredients1 (15 oz) can Ranch Style Beans with Jalapeno onions (with liquid) 1 (15 oz) can Golden Hominy and/or Black Beans (with liquid) 1 (15 oz) can Whole Kernel Corn (with liquid) 1 lb ground meat 1 (10 oz) can ...
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Corn and Shrimp Chowder Soup
What a delightful and rich tasting soup. Serve this as an appetizer and you will be the hit of your dinner party. Great anytime comfort food is needed. Ingredients1 stick margarine or butter - 1/2 cup 2 tbsp flour or gravy mix 1 medium chopped onion white onion preferred 1 ...
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The Art of Drying Shrimp (Cajun Dried Shrimp)
In the days when there were no refrigerators, people used to cure their meats and fish with salt. It has been soaked in a salty solution and then dried until it is very hard, much like people used to do over a hundred years ago. Salt is considered antibacterial because ...
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Cracklins (Cracklings) /Grattons and Pork Rinds /Baconettes
Although cracklins (grattons in Cajun) are commonly known as pork rinds or baconettes, they are really not the same. While both are both made with pork fat, each has a different method of cooking and a different cut of meat. To make cracklins you use a cut of pork that ...
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Fried Eggplant – A Cajun Classic
Great by themselves or in a rice dressing. Ingredients1 large eggplant peeled and medallion sliced 1 egg, slightly beaten 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water or milk 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp cayenne (optional) Sprinkle of granulated sugar Oil for fryingDirectionsStep ...
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Paw Paw’s Catfish Courtbouillon II
In Lake Charles, La., there was a wonderful Cajun restaurant that served one of the best courtbouillon (courtbouillion) around. Sarah writes, “I also enjoyed PawPaw’s Catfish Courtbouillion and didn’t know if you guys had the original recipe? I visited PawPaw’s in the early 90s and asked for the recipe and ...
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Fig Syrup
This homemade fig syrup made from fresh figs is so good with pancakes, biscuits and waffles. Ces’t Bon!! Make extra and can for later. Ingredients1 cup pureed figs 1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup Karo or corn syrup 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Watkins butter flavoringsDirectionsStep 1The first step ...
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Miniature Pecan Pies – Pecan Tassies
Whether you pronounce it “pih KAHN” or prefer “PEE kan”, one of the most common desserts with the pecan as a central ingredient is the pecan pie. Here is the bite size version of the ever popular dessert. IngredientsCrust 1 stick 8 ounces butter 3 ounces Philly Cream Cheese 1 ...
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Oven Chicken Fricassee
Cajuns love to get together and play cards games like booray (bouree) and euchre. While you fix this dish shuffle yourself a hand of Louisiana cards and play while it bakes. This dish is so easy and great for small dinner card games or any party or gathering. Taste so ...
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Braised Beef Short Ribs
Braising as defined by princeton.com means to cook by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container. Many Cajun beef and pork dinners and suppers are cooked this way. Rib recipe can be cooked stove top or in the oven. Ribs do not have to be pre-boiled. Ingredients2 ...
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Oven Barbequed Beef Short Ribs
Because of the connective tissue ribs are tough and require long cooking to soften them up. Beef Short Ribs do take a while to cook but the taste rewards you for being so patient. These ribs promise to be finger licking good! Ingredients2 1/2 to 3 pound beef short ribs ...
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Chuck (Beef) Roast or Eye of Round Roast with Brown Tasty Gravy
A few weeks ago we entered a fast way to make oven baked chicken fricasse’. This is the beef version. A fail proof way to cook the perfect roast with a perfect gravy similar to the older cooks. Ingredients1 chuck or beef roast approximately 3 pounds 1 can cream of ...
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Coca Cola Roast
An interesting cooking angle to get a better gravy with the older Cajun women when cooking a meat dish was to caramelize sugar after browning the meat. Some cooks actually do this as the first step. Caramelizing sugar result is a tasty, brownish syrup which is used to coat the ...
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