Chicken and Andouille gumbo

1/2 cup of oil

1/2 cup of flour

3 cups of onions chopped fine

1 bell pepper chopped fine

1 stalk of celery chopped fine

2 bay leaves

1 tbs of crushed rosemary

1 lb of andouille in 1/2 inch slices

2 lbs of chicken

2 1/2 cups of okra sliced

2 quarts of water

1 quart of chicken stock

Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning

2 tbs of hot sauce

First thing you need to do is to add a little bit of oil to coat the pot. Then add chicken into pot and brown it . Remove chicken from pot and add andouille . Brown andouille then remove from pot . Add 1/2 cup of oil and 1/2 cup of flour whisk until a dark roux is formed. Then add your vegetables to the roux and stir until the vegetables are wilted. Next add water and chicken stock and stir until it comes to a rolling boil. Put rest of ingredients in the pot except the okra . In a separate pot add oil and saute okra until no longer ropy, stirring it so it don’t burn. Turn heat off and set aside. Bring it a boil for five minutes and turn down to a simmer. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours and add okra at the end . Serve over rice as a soup. Eat and enjoy!

 

Shrimp or Crawfish Fettuccinne

1 stick butter

2 lbs. peeled and deviened shrimp/ crawfish tails

3 bell peppers, chopped

3 onions, chopped

3 celery stalks, chopped

4 cloves garlic, chopped

(I use a box of onion mix from Sam’s, or produce dept.

for the last 4 items)

1 lb. pack fettuccine noodles

1/4 cup flour

1 pint Half & Half

18 ounces Velveeta Mexican cheese

1 tablespoon of diced jalapeño’s

Parmesan cheese

Before beginning, rinse shrimp in colander and then cover with Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning. ( Approximately 2 tablespoons)

Melt butter, then sauté onions, bell peppers, and celery until tender. Add garlic and seafood, and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Add flour, mixing it well. Add cheese and half & half.  Simmer on low heat approximately 20 to 25 minutes.

In a separate pot, cook noodles, while other pot is simmering. Drain noodles well and add them to the mixture. Put the mixture into a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish. If desired, top with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes, or until it’s hot and bubbly throughout.

Feeds approximately 10 to 12

 

Red Beans and Rice (Blanchard style)

1 lb. red kidney beans (Camellia)
½ lb. ham (cooked of bone is the best)
8-10 cups of water (from the cooked bone)
1 onion chopped
1 bunch chopped green onions
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 tablespoons of chopped celery
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
1-2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning (more if you like your beans hot)

Put ham bone in pot of water and cook for 2-4 hours (until all meat is cooked off).  You can remove the ham that cooks off and keep cooking the bone for extra flavor.  Break the ham up into small pieces.

While you bone is cooking, soak your red beans in warm water (covering with water several inches).  Every hour, pour off the water and add new warm water.  Do this two or three times.  This will remove the bitter taste you sometimes get with red beans.

Remove bone and check meet for cartilage.  You can let cook and skim off fat for a lower fat version, but keep in mind that this is not a diet meal.

Add beans to stock you retained from cooking the bone (8-10 cups minimum, add water if necessary), and cleaned ham.  Add remaining items and bring to a rolling boil for 10-15 minutes.  Reduce heat and cook for 2 hours or longer.

You should have a thick solution as our red beans cook apart.

Server over rice.

Enjoy!

Blanchard’s Bourbon Spiced Pecans

3 ounces of Bourbon ( 6 tablespoons)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce
1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
1 Pound of Pecan Halves (4 cups)
2 tablespoon Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning

Simmer the Bourbon in a saucepan to reduce it by half, to 3 tablespoons.

In a bowl, combine the warm bourbon, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning, and oil, stirring until the sugar and seasoning has dissolved.

Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring it to a boil. Blanch the pecans in the boiling water
for one minute. Drain the pecans. Add the hot pecans to the bourbon mixture and toss. Let
stand for 5 minutes.

Spread the nuts on a rimmed baking sheet. Pour any of the remaining bourbon mixture in the
bowl over them.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, stirring the nuts every 10 minutes. When the nuts are
lightly browned and the liquid has evaporated, remove the nuts from the oven and transfer them
to a clean nonstick sheet and allow them to cool and dry.

Enjoy!

Shrimp and Corn Soup

2 lbs of shrimp
3 cans of cream corn
3 cans of regular corn
1 can of stewed tomatoes
1 5oz can of V8 Vegetable
1 lb of vegetables
1 stick of butter
3/4 can of Rotel ® 
tomatoes
Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning

Add stick of butter to pot add vegetables sauté
Add shrimp and cook and stir for about 10 minutes until shrimp are pink.
Add all the ingredients bring to a boil for 3 minutes, stir.
Simmer for 45 minutes add Blanchard’s Blend Seasoning to taste.

Enjoy!

Gator Sauce Piquante

3 lbs gator meat
1 cup cooking oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 onions, chopped fine
1 bell pepper, chopped fine
1 small can of tomato paste
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 can Rotel® tomatoes
2 bay leaves
2 stalks celery, cut fine
1 pinch rosemary
4 tbs. sugar
Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning (to taste)
Soak gator in milk for at least 3 hours.  Strain the milk from the meat and sprinkle Blanchard’s Blend Cajun seasoning on the meat (according to your taste).
On a medium-high heat, add enough oil to the black iron pot to brown the meat.  Brown seasoned meat, and remove from oil.  Retain the stock for later use.
Put the remainder of the oil in the pot on medium heat, and flour.
Stir slowly until flour turns dark (you are making the roux).  Be sure not to burn it which can happen if you try and brown it to quick.
Next add onions, bell peppers and celery.  Stir for 5 to 7 minutes.
Add  tomato paste, tomato sauce and Rotel® tomatoes with about 1 quart of water.  Stir until it comes to a boil.  Add the bay leaves and rosemary.
Let cook for about 30 minutes.
Add the gator meat back to the mixture with the retained stock.  There should be enough water to just cover the meat, if not add water.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer, stirring often.
Simmer for about 3 hours.
After simmered for 3 hours, add sugar.
Season to taste and serve over rice.
Enjoy!

Duck bombs

4 Duck breast
1 Onion
1 Bell Pepper
1 8 oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese
4 Strips of Bacon
Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning

Slice the onion and bell pepper into long strips.
Slice the duck breast open and insert onion and bell pepper. Add cream cheese.
Season the breast with Blanchard’s Blend Cajun seasoning to taste.
Put a slice of onion on the bottom of the breast, some cream cheese and a slice of bell pepper on the other side and wrap with bacon, using a toothpick through the breast to hold the bacon in place.

Put on hot grill until bacon is cooked.

Enjoy!

Baked Tilapia with Crawfish Cream Sauce

2 lb. Tilapia
1 Stick of Butter
1 Onion – chopped
1 Bell Pepper – chopped
¾ cup Green Onions – chopped
1 lb. Crawfish tails (pealed)
1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
2 oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese (1/4 bar)
Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning

Sauce

Melt butter in pan, add onions, bell peppers and crawfish seasoned with Blanchard’s Blend Cajun Seasoning.  Cook until vegetables are wilted.
Add Heavy whipping cream and cream cheese, stir and let simmer for 15 minutes.
Top with green onions and season to taste.

Fish
Preheat oven to 425.
Season fish with Blanchard’s Blend Cajun seasoning to taste.
Cook fish for 6 to 10 minutes (until flake easy).
Top with crawfish cream sauce.

Enjoy!