Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Bayou Sauce Piquante

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of cooking oil
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • 1/2 cup of onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup of celery, chopped
  • 1/2 cup of parsley, chopped
  • 2 pounds of shrimp, peeled and deveined 
  • 1 16-ounce can of tomato sauce
  • 1 8-ounce can of tomato juice
  • 1 pound of crabmeat
  • 1 pound of catfish filets
  • 6 cups of rice

Directions

  1. Make a roux with oil and flour; add onion, celery and parsley and cook until wilted.
  2. Add tomato sauce and tomato juice; cook about 1 hour.
  3. Add crab meat and catfish and cook another hour, stirring frequently; add shrimp and cook 10 minutes longer.
  4. Serve over cooked rice in soup bowls.  
Source — Cajun Cuisine Cookbook
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 9, 2020

Bayou Sauce Piquante

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of cooking oil
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • 1/2 cup of onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup of celery, chopped
  • 1/2 cup of parsley, chopped
  • 2 pounds of shrimp, peeled and deveined 
  • 1 16-ounce can of tomato sauce
  • 1 8-ounce can of tomato juice
  • 1 pound of crabmeat
  • 1 pound of catfish filets
  • 6 cups of rice

Directions

  1. Make a roux with oil and flour; add onion, celery and parsley and cook until wilted.
  2. Add tomato sauce and tomato juice; cook about 1 hour.
  3. Add crab meat and catfish and cook another hour, stirring frequently; add shrimp and cook 10 minutes longer.
  4. Serve over cooked rice in soup bowls.  
Source — Cajun Cuisine Cookbook
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 9, 2020

Minced Meat

Ingredients

  • Beef
  • Potatoes
  • Salt Pork

Directions

  1. Remove all bones and gristle from cold boiled beef and chop fine. 
  2. Chop cold boiled potatoes into middling fine slices.
  3. Fry 3 slices of salt pork in a spider. 
  4. Take pork up once it has turned brown.
  5. Mix in the minced meat and potatoes.
  6. Cook for 20 minutes.
  7. Take it up in covered dish with slices of pork placed on top of the dish.  
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 7, 2020

Minced Meat

Ingredients

  • Beef
  • Potatoes
  • Salt Pork

Directions

  1. Remove all bones and gristle from cold boiled beef and chop fine. 
  2. Chop cold boiled potatoes into middling fine slices.
  3. Fry 3 slices of salt pork in a spider. 
  4. Take pork up once it has turned brown.
  5. Mix in the minced meat and potatoes.
  6. Cook for 20 minutes.
  7. Take it up in covered dish with slices of pork placed on top of the dish.  
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 7, 2020

Croquettes Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 Whole Chicken
  • 1/4 Cup Butter
  • Flour
  • Salt
  • Red Pepper
  • Black Pepper
  • Parsley
  • Small Onion
  • Egg
  • Grated Bread
  • Lard

Directions

  1. Boil chicken until tender.
  2. Let meat cool and chop into fine pieces.
  3. Put liquor in pan with 1/4 cup butter.
  4. Mix in a little flour, salt, red and black pepper, parsley, and a small onion.
  5. Add and mix in the fine minced chicken.  
  6. Shape the mixture while still cold.
  7. Dip the mixture in egg and then into grated bread.
  8. Fry in lard. 
Source — Creole Cookery Book.
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 7, 2020

Croquettes Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 Whole Chicken
  • 1/4 Cup Butter
  • Flour
  • Salt
  • Red Pepper
  • Black Pepper
  • Parsley
  • Small Onion
  • Egg
  • Grated Bread
  • Lard

Directions

  1. Boil chicken until tender.
  2. Let meat cool and chop into fine pieces.
  3. Put liquor in pan with 1/4 cup butter.
  4. Mix in a little flour, salt, red and black pepper, parsley, and a small onion.
  5. Add and mix in the fine minced chicken.  
  6. Shape the mixture while still cold.
  7. Dip the mixture in egg and then into grated bread.
  8. Fry in lard. 
Source — Creole Cookery Book.
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 7, 2020

Beefsteak Pie

Ingredients

  • Butter
  • Beef
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Nutmeg
  • Allspice
  • Ketchup
  • Onion
  • Irish Potatoes

Directions

  1. Butter a deep dish by spreading thin paste over bottom, sides, and edges.
  2. Cut bone, fat, and gristle away from the beef.
  3. Slice beef into thin pieces the size of the palm of your hand.
  4. Beat well with a rolling pin.
  5. Season the beef with pepper, salt, nutmeg, allspice, ketchup, and onion.
  6. Lay down a layer of the seasoned beef. 
  7. Boil Irish potatoes and then slice them.
  8. Put a layer of sliced potatoes over beef until dish is filled.
  9. Pour in a little water and butter.
  10. Bake for 1 hour. 
Prepared by Cody Hanna
Louisiana Anthology
December 7, 2020