Recipes by Chrissy LeMaire
Pan Fried Bananas
Much like Jambalaya, this Nouveau Cajun dish has a Caribbean influence. Deep fried plantains are a Caribbean favorite but since bananas are readily available around Southwest Louisiana, it made sense to use them in place of delicious plantains. Even though no sugar is added, this dish is a naturally sweet ...
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Fried Soft Shell Crabs
This is one of my mom’s favorite dishes. Ingredients 2 cups flour (1 cup flour and I cup cornmeal optional) 1/2 tsp baking powder 3 eggs 1 cup milk 1 dozen soft shell crabs bread or cracker crumbs (optional) salt & black pepper canola oil Directions Step 1 Make flour ...
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Baseball Park Burgers
I ate these this weekend at Holly Beach and it reminded me of being at the Vermilion Parish baseball parks playing softball and watching my brother pitch. Mom told me the secret to their burgers is the extra butter that’s added and the Evangeline Maid buns. These burgers, like all ...
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Shortcut Chicken Fricassee
I don’t know how this tastes like my grandma’s, but it does. I didn’t have any fresh vegetables, so I used a bunch of dried minced garlic and onions and it came out super good. Ingredients 1/2 cup sifted flour 1/2 cup oil 3 medium chicken breasts 1 heaping tsp ...
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Beef or Deer Jerky
Chrissy’s uncle sent us this prodigious recipe Prodigious you say… why not just say impressive Ingredients 3 pounds venison or beef 1 cup soy sauce 1 cup Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup teriyaki 1 tsp black pepper (peemon noir) 3 or 4 tsp Tony Chachere 3 tsp or ...
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Alligator Eggs
Stuffed Pasta Shell with Goat Cheese, Smoked Alligator Sausage, Crawfish, cream and spices – One of our realcajunrecipes.com co-founder Chrissy LeMaire favorite appetizers! From the owners of PJ’s – “Christina LeMaire came to PJs to eat recently. Please tell her hello and thank you for a really great web site. ...
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Congo Bars
Mawmaw always cooked these at Christmas time. Ask Chad, Colby and Chrissy what they think of these. Ingredients 2 3/4 cups flour 2 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tbsp salt 2/3 cup shortening 1 lb brown sugar 3 eggs 1 cup pecans, chopped 1 (6 oz) package chocolate chips Directions ...
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