Whether making the classic Southern red beans and rice as a main course or a side dish, it’s good to know what to serve with red beans and rice! Cajun Red Beans and Rice is comfort food, to those in the know. This New Orleans red beans and rice recipe is made Paul Prudhomme …
This low country shrimp boil recipe will help you decide just how many shrimp per person. Then again I say there can never be too many shrimp! When the days are hot outside and you barely want to heat up the kitchen, I love resorting to a low country boil. One big pot with lots …
Big Mamou Cajun Pasta can be made with chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken. This addicting buttery, garlic, and spicy red sauce is a great way to celebrate New Orleans cooking! I’ve had Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitchen cookbook probably since 1984. It is one of my most used cookbooks particularly in Spring around the time of …
This spicy shrimp with piquant sauce lives up to its name. And it is good! (This is an updated post from 2016.) There are lots of recipes for spicy shrimp. But this Cajun recipe from Paul Prudhomme really takes the cake. Spicy and hot are two terms that don’t always go together. Something can have …
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo YaYa starts with a roux and the holy trinity of celery, onions and green peppers. Throw in some spicy smoked sausage and boiled or roast chicken and you’ve got yourself a party. Pass the Tabasco, please. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that Manservant has roots in Mississippi, just down the road from …
My mind has been working overtime. I’m the type that over thinks things. Like how I soon might be getting another one of these. Puppies are due and I’m already thinking of names. Will it be pink or blue? Should I go buy a new bed or get out the crate, and how will little …
Cajun fish with a pecan browned butter sauce is truly a special meal. Make some pecan butter and a browned butter sauce. Then season your fish Cajun style and dust with flour to lightly fry. Oh my. It is that good! It has been a lot of years that this recipe has begged to …
Fat Tuesday is tomorrow and with all the recipes I’ve been posting lately, well, they are making me fat. Fatter. Forget I mentioned it. Time to switch gears a bit and get back to the basics. Not that the recipe today is basic. But it is good and maybe it is good for you. It …