40 Best Louisiana Recipes From Louisiana Woman Blog

How To Boil Crawfish: With Helpful Tips

Eating crawfish is a Cajun's delight, so with that said, it's my pleasure to share our family's methodology on How To Boil Crawfish. Here's a top-rated recipe with everything you need to know for a crawfish boil, plus helpful tips and a short video on peeling those tasty tails. So, allons'! (That means let's go!)

Easy Boiled Shrimp Recipe

Preparing a pot of Easy-Boiled Shrimp is a cinch with just a few pantry ingredients. There is no need for a bottled liquid crab boil or a boxed seasoning bag. You only need seasonings, lemons, raw Gulf shrimp, and a large pot of boiling water. Then, you'll be eating tender shrimp in minutes!

Best-Ever Hush Puppies

These Best-Ever Hush Puppies are crispy on the outside and light and tender on the inside. They have a delicious, sweet cornbread, fresh jalapeño, and oniony taste. The easy prep and cooking instructions make these golden-brown fried

rounds a 'best ever' quick bread recipe!

Crawfish Fettuccine

This deliciously creamy, cheesy Crawfish Fettuccine, with a spicy jalapeño kick to tempt the taste buds, is made with fresh ingredients. Nope, this is not your typical canned soup fettuccine recipe!

Pork Jambalaya With Sausage: A Traditional Cajun Dish

Cooking authentic Cajun food from South Louisiana should be a simple, convenient experience, as this Pork Jambalaya recipe suggests. If you can chop vegetables and stir in a pot, you can make this tantalizing rib-sticking meal of tender pork, smoked andouille sausage, and perfectly seasoned rice. 

Best Hot Cajun Boudin Dip Recipe

This Boudin Dip is a hard-to-resist baked appetizer flavored with boudin (a Cajun sausage of rice and meat), melted cheese, and Cajun seasoning. It's baked until the edges are bubbly and topped with crispy bacon bits and green onions. What's not to love?

Buttery-Salted Roasted Pecans

There's nothing like feasting on crisp, Buttery-Salted Roasted Pecans when trying to curb your hunger or satisfy that beastly snack attack. This pecan recipe is a no-guilt, delicious treat that pleases most with simple ingredients and easy instructions.

Crispy Louisiana Boudin Egg Rolls

Boudin Egg Rolls are a crispy fried treat and easy to make with the stuffing from Louisiana's Cajun boudin. Wrap the boudin filling in an egg roll wrapper and fry it in a deep fryer with a blend of olive and vegetable oil for a satisfying snack, meal, or appetizer.

Cajun Crawfish Étouffée Recipe: To Étouffée Is To Smother

Cajun Crawfish Étouffée Recipe is a classic Louisiana dish that consists of smothered crawfish in a buttery white sauce flavored with the Cajun trinity and a kick of cayenne. Try it with shrimp instead of crawfish. The étouffée is served over rice.

Rice And Gravy, A Cajun Staple

We Cajuns like our Rice And Gravy the way our mamas serve it: with a dark gravy (really dark) over a pile of white rice. And if there's enough gravy to cover each grain, she's really good at it!

Easy Old Fashioned Homemade Root Beer

When the days bring warmer temperatures, I crave a cold glass of something from the heart of Cajun country: Homemade Root Beer. It's a refreshing, non-carbonated drink of root beer extract, sugar, and water. Our Cajun mamas were the cool neighborhood root beer moms before the Kool-Aid moms became popular!

Shrimp Okra Gumbo Recipe: Made With Smothered Okra

The delicious combinations make the Shrimp Okra Gumbo Recipe unique. This classic Cajun gumbo is thickened with smothered okra rather than the traditional dark roux of flour and oil. It's a healthier version and can be served as a main dish, a side dish, or the most appetizing appetizer.

Gumbo z'Herbes Made With Greens, A Green Gumbo Recipe

Gumbo Z'Herbes is a famous Creole dish from New Orleans. It comprises a dark roux, smoked meat, and different winter greens. This dish (also called green gumbo) began as a meatless gumbo to serve during the Lenten season and is now a rich Southern Louisiana culinary tradition.

King Cake Recipe: A Traditional Version

The traditions of Louisiana are fun to explore, mainly when they include celebratory foods like this King Cake Recipe. It's filled with the classic flavors of cinnamon-sugar swirled into tender bread dough, baked to perfection, and then iced with sprinkles of purple, green, and gold sugar.

Shrimp Mold Recipe, A New Orleans Style Molded Dip

This delightful Shrimp Mold Recipe is stamped with the flavors of New Orleans. It's a classic Southern Louisiana shrimp dip that congeals in a mold after it's chilled and magically keeps its shape when unmolded.

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Best Louisiana Rice Dressing

This classic Louisiana Rice Dressing is not the same as dirty rice. It's one of Southern Louisiana's traditional recipes, often served at family gatherings. It's a convenient and versatile side or main dish!

Cajun Firecracker Ranch Crackers

Cajun Firecracker Ranch Crackers are crispy baked saltines packed with not just a little bit of flavor. They're easy to make and great as a snack, appetizer, or served with soup, gumbo, and/or salad. Oh, yeah, and with a link of hot boudin, too. Smack!

Easy Southern Louisiana Blackberry Dumplings Recipe

Easy Blackberry Dumplings are warm, soft dumplings cooked in a sweet blackberry sauce that brings back memories of traditional blackberry picking during early southern Louisiana summers. 

Crawfish Nachos: aka Cajun Crawchos 

You'll find spicy Cajun seasoned cheesiness in these Crawfish Nachos. They're full of tasty crawfish bites, garnished with lime, cilantro, and jalapeño peppers. It's not a nacho but a Cajun Crawcho!

Fish In Red Gravy

Fish in Red Gravy was one of my Mawmaw Trahan's best dishes and is still a family favorite today. It's red tomato sauce and seasonings that simmer for hours, developing into a deep, rich flavor before adding fish fillets such as redfish or catfish. This simple yet very satisfying stew is a pleasant alternative to fried fish.

Cajun Cake Recipe: Pineapple, Coconut, Pecan Cake

The old-fashioned Cajun Cake Recipe is a homemade, super-moist indulgence. Because of its hidden ingredient, a whole can of crushed pineapple, the fresh-baked cake is frosted with ooey-gooey coconut pecan icing. The common pantry ingredients make it a quick dessert for any occasion!

Chicken Sauce Piquant Recipe, A Smothered Cajun Stew

This spicy Chicken Sauce Piquant has stewed chicken and a rusty red Cajun country gravy. Serve it over a bed of white rice for an authentic Cajun classic dish.

La Bouille Recipe, Old Fashioned Cajun Custard

La Bouille Recipe (pronounced boo-YEE) is an old-fashioned dessert from South Louisiana. It's a light, creamy, buttery vanilla custard that's quick and easy to make. This Cajun comfort food is served hot or cold, sometimes with cake or in a sweet dough tart.

Simple Cajun Aioli: The Spicy Garlic Mayo Sauce

Discover the many uses of a mayo-based sauce flavored with garlic, hot sauce, and spicy seasonings in this Simple Cajun Aioli sauce. Try it slathered in a shrimp po'boy sandwich or as a dip for perfect fried chicken breast. It's a spicy treat anyway you serve it!

Louisiana Crunch Cake, A Coconutty Southern Recipe

Louisiana Crunch Cake is a lovely, moist, buttery pound cake with a sugary coating on the outside. This one is drizzled with a cane syrup glaze and topped with lots of crunchy toasted coconut flakes and pecans-it's the perfect Southern coffee cake!

Cajun Roux Recipe And An Easy Lesson

This Cajun Roux Recipe is easy to follow and a delicious start to many Cajun dishes. You only need heat, flour, oil, a heavy pot, and a spoon with some serious stirring skills. I'll show you how!

Smothered Okra For Gumbo

A pot of Smothered Okra for gumbo is prepared with a medley of vegetables. This traditional Cajun stew is a flavorful base that thickens a gumbo, replacing a classic flour-and-oil roux. It's a timesaver stored in the freezer, sitting ready when there's a need for a pot of okra gumbo.

Fish Cakes Made With Sacalait (Crappie or White Perch)

A pan-fried sacalait (white perch or crappie) fish cake made with Zydeco Chop Chop blend and vegetables, seasoned with some Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning.

Louisiana Shrimp And Corn Soup, A Cajun Recipe

A steamy bowl of Louisiana Shrimp and Corn Soup is a favorite Cajun dish. With its spicy, tomatoey broth, this comforting soup balances the sweetness of corn and shrimp. Warmth for the body, good for the soul! 

Louisiana Comeback Sauce, A Best Southern Recipe

This tantalizing Louisiana Comeback Sauce is kin to a remoulade and neighboring Mississippi's Comeback Sauce. It whips up in minutes with just four ingredients.

Cajun-Style Smothered Green Beans With Potatoes

Perfectly cooked Smothered Green Beans with potatoes get their flavor from Cajun seasonings, smoky bacon and ham, and an oniony sauce. This delicious dish dresses up a plain old vegetable into an impressive yet easy Cajun-style side dish.

Southern Louisiana Coleslaw Buttermilk Recipe

This Southern Louisiana Coleslaw features a buttermilk dressing that tastes like Southern cuisine. It also features unique Louisiana ingredients that set this crunchy salad apart.

Mardi Gras Salad With Asparagus

This sweet-and-tangy marinated Mardi Gras Salad features the traditional purple, green, and gold colors of a Fat Tuesday celebration. It's served cold with a crisp bite, perfect for Mardi Gras season, but can be enjoyed anytime.

Easy Corn Maque Choux, Cajun Side Dish Recipe

Corn Maque choux (pronounced "mock shoe") is a classic Cajun recipe of corn smothered in a medley of onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and garlic. It's the perfect example of Louisiana cooking for a side dish that's so easy to prepare.

Shrimp Stew With Eggs

There are two ways to make Shrimp Stew With Eggs. One is to boil the eggs and add them to the stew's gravy, but recently, I've discovered another way that I think I might like better. It starts with a roux and ends with freshly cracked eggs poured right into the gravy for poaching. It's a delicious denouement to another classic Cajun dish. If you like a soft-centered egg, you may prefer it this way, too!

Comforting Cajun Meatball Stew

A satisfying Cajun-style Meatball Stew of moist, tender, meaty meatballs cooked in a dark, rich gravy surrounded by diced carrots and potatoes. Serve them over hot rice, and this meal will meet all the criteria for Southern comfort food.  

Couche Couche Recipe, A Cajun Mama's Breakfast Cereal

Many Cajun mamas feed their families this hot cereal made with pan-fried cornmeal mush, called Couche Couche, usually served in milk or coffee milk and sweetened with cane syrup. These cornbread crumbles make a quick and filling meal any time of day.

Fig Pepper Jelly

This Fig Pepper Jelly is made with fresh figs, jalapeño peppers, and warm honey for a perfect blend of sweet heat. This is not your regular fig jam. It's not just for stuffing in a biscuit; it can also be topped with softened cream cheese and served with crackers, used as a glaze for meats, as a dip for fresh fruit, or warmed and poured over ice cream.

Croquesignoles Or French Donuts

These Cajun French donuts are my Great-Grandma George's recipe called Cronquesingnoles  (pronounced, "cro-see-alls"). With a hint of nutmeg, this sweet and crunchy pastry pairs well with a good cup of hot coffee.

Deboned Stuffed Chicken: With An Easy Tutorial

The Deboned Stuffed Chicken is a Southern Louisiana specialty meat item, stuffed with delicious fillings such as dressing, meat, or vegetables. It is heavily seasoned with a Cajun seasoning blend and yields juicy chicken flavor when sliced into each boneless serving.