Recipes
Best Brisket Ever
This is a tasty and very easy recipe. Once you’ve had brisket this way you will never want to eat it any other way. Very flavorful! Ingredients1 beef brisket trimmed (5 or more lbs.) 1 bottle of Allegro marinade (Hickory Smoke Flavor)DirectionsStep 1Take your trimmed beef brisket and put in ...
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Mark Boudreaux’s Cajun Jambalaya
Jambalaya, a Cajun/Creole dish, is perhaps the most versatile main dish that Louisiana has to offer. The most important thing with this dish is to use the right equipment; any heavy bottomed cast iron pot or Dutch oven. Ingredients1 pound Andouille (Cajun) or mild smoked pork sausage, sliced 1/4-inch thick ...
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Biscuits and Gravy Pistolettes
These pistolettes are very simple to make and so good! You can take your biscuits and gravy with you! This recipe is easily modified to your personal taste. Many things could be added such as cheese, onion, Tabasco sauce, your imagination is the limit. Ingredients1 pound ground sausage 8 ounces ...
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Fried Brain Medallions
Many may be turned off by the thought of this dish but this is absolutely a delicacy. Is not sucking crawfish heads considered a delicacy. Ingredients1 beef brain 3/4 cup corn flour Garlic powder to taste Salt and pepper to taste 2 - 4 tbsp lard, oil, or bacon grease ...
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Pork Chop Casserole
Ingredients5 pork chops 1 can cream of mushroom 1 package Lipton onion soup mix 1 cup water 1 tsp Kitchen BouquetDirectionsStep 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Step 2 Mix the cream of mushroom soup, onion soup, water, kitchen bouquet, and lastly add the uncooked pork chops. You can also use ...
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T-Boy’s Red Beans & Rice
This is a traditional Monday food in New Orleans. Everyone has their own recipe for Red Beans & Rice, most of which probably change a little with each cooking. On a Monday the ladies of the house would put on a pot of red beans to cook all day while ...
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Kicked up Cajun Cake – Yum Yum Cake
Like a Pina Colada in cake format. IngredientsYum Yum Cake 1 large can crushed pineapple with juice 2 eggs 1/4 cup oil 1 box yellow cake mix (author prefers pineapple cake mix) Topping 5 ounces can milk 1 stick butter 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup coconut 1 small vanilla pudding ...
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Seafood Jambalaya
Ingredients3 pounds cleaned shrimp 1 pound crabmeat 1 dozen oysters 1 pound smoked sausage 3 cups rice 1 small can tomato sauce 1 large onion chopped 2/3 cup chopped parsley 1/2 cup shallots (not scallions) 1 cup chopped bell pepper 2/3 cup cooking oil salt and red pepper to tasteDirectionsStep ...
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Brenda’s Crawfish Fettuccine
A Cajun classic. Ingredients1 medium chopped onion 1 stick margarine 1 chopped celery rib 4 tbsp flour 1 pound crawfish 1 pint half and half 8 oz Velveeta cheese 12 ounces fettuccine Cajun SeasoningDirectionsStep 1Sauté onions and celery in margarine, add flour gradually, then half and half and cheese heat ...
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Lemon Custard
The original recipe Panna cotta, is an Italian dessert made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar, mixing this with gelatin, and letting it cool until set. An Italian phrase which literally means “cooked cream”, appeared in Woman’s Day and is not labor intense. It is so similar to our ...
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Lump Crab and Corn Beignets
MawMaw halved the recipe and still made 20 beignets. Ingredients4 cups canola 3 cups flour 2 cups milk 1 tbsp baking powder 1 tbsp seasoned salt 1 tbsp garlic 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp Original Louisiana hot sauce 1 pound lump crab meat 2 cups fresh corn cooked 1/4 cup ...
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Smothered Potatoes with Sausage and Tasso Cooked Up in Rice Cooker
The ease of this recipe impressed my husband. He was surprised we could press the button, leave and go Stine Lumber and not have to worry about anything burning and then come back home and the meal is done. I actually used only half the butter called for in the ...
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Ms. Charlene’s Chicken
My friend’s mom used to make these for us we were in high school. They were our favorite! Since we are all grown and moved out, we don’t see each other very often. So, out of the blue, I called her and she gladly gave me her recipe. I didn’t ...
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Quick Spicy Meaty Rice
This is a recipe that I originally learned from a true coonass in the 80’s and it was his family’s recipe from Baton Rouge. Ingredients4 boxes Zatarins Jambalaya mix, 2 regular and 2 with cheese 2 cans Rotel diced tomatoes w/chiles, original flavor 2 cans Rotel diced tomatoes w/chiles, either ...
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Cheramie’s Oyster Pie
Cajuns love oysters, yeah. Ingredients1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 6 tbsp cold unsalted butter, diced 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp to 4 tbsp ice water 4 strips bacon, chopped 1 cup chopped yellow onions 1/2 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped green onions 2 tsp minced garlic 1 tbsp Creole ...
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Ted ‘s Pepper Jack Burgers!
The author says “Secret to these is Coca-cola and poking a hole in center of patties with pinky so they don’t look like flying saucers when cooked.” Ingredients1 1/2 pound ground chuck sirloin 1 small onion minced fine 1/2 tsp celery seed (not salt) 1/2 can Coca-cola dash of Worcestershire ...
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Giff’s Taco Soup
I usually cook this on Sundays before a Saints game. It’s a crowd favorite — the ladies love it! A visitor posted that this soup freezes really well! Ingredients2 pounds ground beef 2 15 oz cans kernel corn (undrained) 2 15 oz cans pinto beans (undrained) 2 15 oz cans ...
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Easy-Tasty Persimmon Cake
This is a simple persimmon cake that even family members who do not eat persimmons have enjoyed. Ingredients1 box yellow cake mix 2 tbsp butter 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup persimmon pulp 1 tsp vanillaDirectionsStep 1Make cake mix according to package instructions. Step 2 Add the rest of the ingredients ...
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Wanda’s Stuffed Hamburger
These are the best burgers I’ve ever eaten. My sister Wanda has been making these for as long as I can remember. My 12 year old recently had one of hers and suggested that I make them at home. I did; and we’ve agreed that Wanda’s are better. Ingredients1 pound ...
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Crawfish-Broccoli Cornbread
The original recipe was for the broccoli corn bread and it was my family’s favorite. But my husband has to have some type of meat, so I came up with this, and everyone loved it. I have also used shrimp, left over chicken that I deboned or even pre-cooked ground ...
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