Cajun Cooking

I’d like to cook something special for my anniversary dinner. Each year I pick recipes from the world and I thought this year we could try Cajun Cooking. The one who gives me something like “family recipes” (I mean a recipe that is not taken from the internet) gets 10 pts.

Thank you and hugs from Italy

Cajun Cooking

Traditional Cajun Cooking would include Turduckins (duck breast stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a turkey) & stuffed chickens. (Both are traditional French recipes long forgotten but rediscovered here in creole & cajun country)

With either, you would first de-bone the bird or ask your local butcher to do it for you(except for the wings), season the interior, then stuff with your choice of dressing. I like to stuff my birds with crayfish etoufee, Jambalaya(my favorite), dirty rice, Boudin, or something more “american” say Broccoli & Cheese rice casserole. Then I like to cook my bird in a clay pot.(I know that you can get your hands on a clay pot for sure in Italy!) Take root vegetables (potatoes, onions, shallots, carrots’ parsnips) & some mushrooms & place them on the bottom of the clay pot. Add a good full bodied red wine like Cabernet, merlot, sangiovese, granache or pinot noir (not chianti!) to the bottom to give a good flavor & add moisture. Place chicken on top of vegetables. Add fresh rosemary, garlic, sage & thyme then season appropriately with sea salt & fresh ground pepper. Cook at 375 for about 1 hour (get a meat thermometer)

DON’T FORGET TO SEASON THE INSIDE OF THE BIRD BEFORE STUFFING!!!!

Remove the bird onto a large cutting board & let cool for 10 minutes. Then with an extremely sharp knife slice the bird from side to side. This should create “Roulades” which should look like a meat circle filled with the stuffing. Season to taste & enjoy a true masterpiece!

For dessert make a white chocolate bread pudding complemented with a whiskey sauce.(recipe on the internet for bread pudding. Just add white chocolate!)
Or go for Bananas Foster
I am a manager at a Cajun Specialty Meat market & we sell about 1000 stuffed chickens every month. For more cooking instructions & ideas go to stuffedfoodstores.com

Because I think that you are in italy here are some leads on some prepackaged products that you can order; Zatatrains Jambalaya(the best), Tony Chaches creole seasonings. Paul Prudhommes seasonings (incredible)

Good Luck & happy anniversary.

Cajun Cooking

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This is an great summer salad, you can make it spicy if you like, but i suggest you use mild cajun spices. With some dark bread this goes great with an barbeque! Hope you like it !

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Ettouffee Please give me one you use yourself not one you copy off the internet I want it to be tried and true
Blackened Catfish same thing here please make it one that you use
Gumbo your own recipe
and finally
Red beans and rice
My hubby has found a place in Utah called the Skull and Bones that serves up the best Cajun food he ever tasted he said and he wants me to cook some up for him so if any of you know any of the recipes I would sure like it if you would share them with me. Thank You!

Here are a bunch of cajun recipes that are authentic and relatively easy to make – http://www.gourmet-living.com/category.html?category=cajun

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If the chicken is spicy, I prefer to go simple with the sides so the flavours don’t "argue" – mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, steamed veggies.

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Well actually i just need to know how to make cajun spice at home.

CAJUN SPICE

1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup cayenne
1/4 cup paprika
1/4 cup garlic granules
1/4 cup ground black pepper
2 tablespoons onion granules
2 tablespoons oregano, dry
2 tablespoons thyme, dry

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We are having a big crawfish boil on Saturday and I am looking for lots of good cajun recipes to go with it!

What are your favorite cajun recipes? Dirty rice? Stewed okra? etc…..

Thanks!

Hiya alexismg99.
Here is a recipe web site that has 181 cajun dish recipes.

http://www.recipesource.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search_string=cajun&any=off

Dirty egg sandwiches is my personal favorite.
I hope this may have helped, good luck.

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I’m looking for an easy but good cajun/spicy chicken breast recipe, perferably oven fried or pan fried, anyone know of one?

4 pounds of chicken.
1 16oz bottle of ranch sauce
Chili powder
Large tortilla’s
–
Optional
Lettuce
Diced tomato
shredded cheese

DIRECTIONS
1) Cut up chicken into small cubes and cook them in a pan.

2)While the chicken is cooking, mix the ranch sauce with chili powder, adding powder until you think it is spicy enough.

3) When chicken is done, drain it, and put it into a large bowl, mix in the Chili-ranch sauce..

4) Spoon a portion over Tortilla and add lettuce, tomato, or cheese as desired.

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I am looking for a good cajun marinade or a good cajun sauce recipe, i am in the army and when i was in ft.polk for training a few months ago, i had this spicy sausage they sold from a trailer kitchen, and it was a spicy cajun sauce they soaked in the sausage, if you know any thing,can u please help me out or if you know any good cajun marinades for steaks and or ribs

Moroccan?
OK, there are hundreds of recipes for a cajun BBQ sauce. That’s probably what you had with the sausage. This one works pretty good.

http://www.insanechicken.com/Cajun-BBQ-Sauce.html

As for the ribs and steaks I like to use a dry rub, here’s a good one.
http://www.nolacuisine.com/2007/03/11/barbecue-rub-recipe/

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