Cajun Food comes from the state of Louisiana , from the people who were told to leave and never come back, from Canada.The Cajuns learned to live off of the what they could grow from their ground, out of necessity, changing their French Recipes to accomodate the new land making a much more rustic version than its predecessor. True Cajun food is not overly spicy, but very flavorful. Having to feed large families with very little money or food is how Cajun food came to be as we know it today. It is a local cuisine made with simple and very common ingredients such as bell pepper, onion, celery, rice, crawfish, shrimp catfish, chicken, fresh pork sausage and pork. Some of the more common dishes include jambalaya, boudin, gumbo, shrimp or crawfish etoufee and sauce piquante. Most dishes are roux based. All are very inexpensive to make, but very flavorful!
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Most Commonly Used Cajun Spices/Ingredients
The most well known spices used in Cajun cooking are borrowed from all kinds of different culinary origins. Here are a list of some of the ingredients/spices:
Salt Pepper Paprika Cayenne Pepper Garlic Powder Chili Powder Dried Basil And Thyme You will probably find more of a variety of spices, these are only some of so many!
New Orleans Creole Red Beans and Rice
This little Video will show you how to prepare a great Cajun comfort food. This particular cajun style food is called Creole Red Beans and Rice. If you follow these easy steps, shown in the videao, you will be eating Cajun style i no time!
Where To Go For Cajun Food
- Frommers: Cajun Restaurant Search
Louisiana Cajun Restaurants
- Prejean's Phone: (337) 896-3247 Google Map
- Frommer's Highly Recommend
- Mulate's Phone: (800) 854-9149 Google Map
- Frommer's Highly Recommended
- Randols et Salle De Dance Phone: (800) YO-CAJUN Google Map
- Frommer's Recommended
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Fast Facts
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Indigenous to Louisiana
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Rice is a staple ingredient
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Not the same as Creole Food
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Cajun Food originates from Acadians who settled in Louisiana after being exiled from Canada.
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Feeding large families with very little money or food is how Cajun food came to be as we know it today.
