Joyeux Noël—It’s that time of year again! Twinkling lights, smiling families and (most importantly) the smell of all that delicious holiday food coming from the kitchen. Cajun food is a great fit for the holiday season—mostly thanks to the sense of love and care...
Creole and Cajun foods have a lot in common, but despite their many shared qualities, they are two entirely different kinds of cuisine. For many of the folks that live in Louisiana, whether they’re in the heart of Cajun Country or near the Port of New Orleans—the...
Jason “The Cajun Ninja” Derouen knows his way around a Cajun kitchen. With just under 150,000 subscribers, Derouen’s YouTube channel features recipes and cuisines reviews from all over Cajun country. We sent the Cajun Ninja one of our favorite specialty items, our...
Cajun dirty rice (also known as rice dressing) is one of the simplest and tastiest traditional Cajun recipes to prepare. Made from white rice that is “dirtied” by being cooked alongside chicken liver, fatty cuts of pork or ground beef, dirty rice is one of our...
A Cajun rice and gravy is a staple in the world of Acadian cuisine, and once you cook your own you’ll understand why. The secret to any good rice and gravy recipe is to use fatty cuts of meat like chuck roast, short rib, neck chops and 7-steak – the fatter the...
