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Southern Style Cajun Recipes For Anyone

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

If you are craving the taste of something Cajun but don’t have a lot of experience with Cajun cooking — or cooking in general — you might feel as if you will have a difficult time whipping up a tasty dish for yourself and your family. Fortunately, however, there are quick and easy ways to prepare delicious foods that have a bit of Cajun flavor.

For instance, you can always make jambalaya without having to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. There are plenty of boxed mixes that make it easy for you to create this tasty and flavorful dish, and you can stir in your own add-ins, such as chopped green peppers or onions for a bit of added flavor and flair.

You can also try adding Cajun seasoning to some of your other favorite recipes. For instance, you can try making fried chicken in the way that you normally make it, but you can add a bit of Cajun or Creole seasoning to your batter. You might be surprised by just how tasty this addition can make your chicken.

There are also lots of great recipes online that are easy to make but that still have a traditional Cajun flair that you are sure to love.

The Three Cajun Basics

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You’ve watched plenty of Emerill shows on Cable TV and you even went to New Orleans once on a business trip but do you really know Cajun food? Here are three items you’ve got to know how to work with if you really want to make the claim you ‘know how to cook Cajun.”
The Holy Trinity – We speak, of course, of celery, onions and bell peppers, the foundation of any true Cajun dish. They come together (usually with garlic) to make a fragrant base for sauces, soups and even bouillabaisse.
Roux – Yes, roux. It’s merely flour and butter cooked together but there’s a real art to it. Don’t skimp on the butter – you need the liquid fats to cook the flour and remove that gluey taste to help give body to soups and ettoufes.
Alligator – Okay, so unless you live in the deep south you’re not likely to have easy access to this critter but if you’ve never sliced and fried up some alligator tail you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s chewy and flavorful and yes, tastes a lot like chicken.

Taste Of Southern Goodness Cajun Recipes

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Southern food is absolutely amazing. It is full of flavor and soul and is some of the best food ever. If you want to enjoy some great comfort food all you have to do is sit down to an amazing southern dish. Below is a great southern Cajun recipe for crawfish pie.
Ingredients:
2 cups crawfish tails
Crawfish fat
3 1/2 tablespoons of cooking oil
1 chopped onion
3 tablespoons of butter
cup chopped celery
Salt
Red pepper
1 tablespoon of green onion
1 garlic glove
1 pinch of nutmeg
cup of tomato sauce mixed with water
4 tablespoons of corn starch
2 tablespoons of parsley
Four pastry lined pie plates
Cook
1. Cook celery, onion and garlic in cooking oil. Cook until tender. Dish out half the cooked mixture.
2. Add tomato sauce, water and crawfish fat into the cooked mixture and cook on medium.
3. When it begins to boil slowly add cornstarch and water until it thickens.
4. Season with nutmeg, thyme, red pepper and salt.
5. Remaining onion mixture to a saucepan and add crawfish tails and butter. Cook for 4 minutes.
6. Combine sauce, crawfish, green onion and parsley.
7. Add mix to pastry, fold edges together and bake for 5 minutes at 450 degrees.

Guaranteed Good The Best Cajun Food Recipes

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Cajun people are descendants of Acadian immigrants deported to Louisiana from Canada. Their food is known for being simple yet flavorful and spicy, and also makes use of local Louisiana ingredients. Among the best-known and simplest Cajun recipes are:

Blackened Redfish
2 lbs Redfish fillets
2 tsp White pepper
2 tsp Paprika
2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
2 tsp Thyme
1 cup Melted butter

Combine all the spices. Heat a skillet, preferably a cast iron one. Dip fish in butter, and sprinkle with spices. Place in hot skillet and let cook until the underside looks dark brown, flip and cook for the same amount of time on the other side. Serves 2.

Jambalaya
1 cup Diced onion
1 cup Diced bell pepper
1 cup Chopped celery
1 lb Sliced Andouille
2 cloves Minced garlic
1 cup Chicken stock
2 tbsp Bacon grease
4 cups Cooked rice
3 tbsp Flour
1 16oz Can tomato sauce

Brown Andouille in bacon grease and remove. Add onion, bell pepper, garlic and celery and cook for 1 minute or until soft. Add flour. Cook until flour is golden brown. Add chicken stock and tomato sauce, cook until thick. Add Andouille sausages. Cook for another minute and then serve over rice. Serves 2.

Easy Cajun Style Recipes That Anybody Can Make

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Cajun style food is full of flavor. It takes inexpensive items and adds characteristic flavors to make a fantastic culinary experience.

Certain things are characteristic to the Cajun flavor. One is a Cajun Seasoning, either commercial or home made. If you make it at home be sure to use cumin, paprika, garlic and cayenne in proportions you like. Oregano is good too. You can make it with salt or salt free.

A second addition is the Cajun Trinity of cooking. That is roughly chopped bell peppers, celery and onions. Add to meats, stews, rice and gumbo. Gumbo is a stew that includes chopped okra.

Third, thicken soups and sauces with a roux. That is wheat flour browned in butter. It has a rich flavor when stirred into liquids.

Quick examples you can make are burgers on the grill: add Cajun seasoning to the meat you use as well as putting it in the barbecue sauce you baste with. Dirty rice or red beans and rice start with basic cooked rice to which you add Cajun seasoning, meat, or red beans. Use shrimp or sausage in your rice dishes. The most authentic is andouille sausage.

Cajun cooking is great for fall gatherings and is both filling and flavorful, a tasty treat.

The Best Cajun Hamburger Recipes Around

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Making a perfect, spicy, Cajun hamburger at home isn’t as hard as you may think. Try this recipe and wow the guests at your next cook out.

Mix together the following dry ingredients:
3 tablespoons of dried oregano
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
3 tablespoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons salt
Keep the dry ingredients in a small glass bowl or throw-away plastic container. Do not keep these ingredients in a reusable plastic bowl as the spices will scent the bowl.

Now it’s time to make the burgers. You will need one pound of ground beef, preferably beef with a low fat content so the burger doesn’t shrink too much on the grill. In a glass bowl, combine the following:
1 pound of ground beef
1 teaspoon salt
cup onion, finely chopped
teaspoon thyme
1 clove of garlic, minced or put through a garlic press
to 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce depending on how “hot” you can handle it
teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon of the Cajun seasoning blend you created previously

Mix the ingredients together in a glass bowl and make sure they are blended evenly throughout the hamburger. Form the burger into four patties and grill on a medium to hot grill for four to five minutes per side.