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Cajun Crawtator Casserole

April 7, 2025 by George Graham 18 Comments

Cajun Crawtator Casserole

Smashed Yukon Gold potatoes infused with fresh herbs, Cajun spice, and creamy Greek yogurt reaches new culinary heights with the addition of rich Louisiana crawfish tail meat. And the crunch of Zapp’s Crawtator kettle-fried potato chips is the pièce de résistance. It’s pure comfort in a casserole dish. I first crossed paths with the late… 

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Filed Under: Casserole, Seafood Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, casserole dish, crawfish recipe, Creole, Potato recipe, Ron Zappe, Zapps

Shrimp and Okra Gumbo

March 31, 2025 by George Graham 54 Comments

Shrimp and Okra Gumbo

Just last week I was telling a good friend that I had plans to make Shrimp and Okra Gumbo for the weekend.  Without hesitation, she asked, “Cajun gumbo or Creole gumbo?”  Oh, here I go again.  After a 10-minute explanation, I could see my friend regretted even asking the question.  But, it is a difficult… 

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Filed Under: Seafood, Soup Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, Cajun food, Cajun gumbo recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Louisiana cooking, shrimp and okra gumbo, shrimp dish, shrimp gumbo recipe, shrimp recipe

Backbone Stew

March 17, 2025 by George Graham 31 Comments

Backbone Stew

Backbone Stew is more than a meal—it reflects the people who make it. It’s an intimate dish made for family gatherings and Sunday suppers, where the chatter around the table is as important as the food on it. It’s a dish for when things aren’t perfect, but you make do when you take the scraps… 

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Filed Under: Meat, Stew Tagged With: backbone stew recipe, Cajun backbone stew recipe, Cajun boucherie recipe, cajun cooking, Cajun food, Cajun pork recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes

Peggy’s Skillet Fried Chicken

January 27, 2025 by George Graham 10 Comments

Peggy’s Skillet Fried Chicken

Peggy is my momma. She passed away some time ago, but not before I learned her secret to the perfect fried chicken that I affectionately call Peggy’s Skillet Fried Chicken. She was a wiz in the kitchen and taught me the basics of cooking simply. She was a patient cook and knew that time was… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Acadiana Table, bacon waffle recipe, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, Cajun food, Cajun fried chicken recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Fried chicken recipe, Louisiana cooking, perfect fried chicken recipe, savory waffle recipe, Southern fried chicken recipe, Tabasco hot sauce, Tabasco pepper jelly recipe, Tabasco recipes

Orzo, Shrimp and Kale Salad

January 6, 2025 by George Graham 13 Comments

Orzo, Shrimp and Kale Salad

More and more, I see orzo pasta showing up on the Acadiana table of folks who didn’t even know it existed a few years ago.  Cajun and Creole home cooks are a stubborn bunch who hold to Cajun recipe tradition more so than most cultures.  But in my Orzo, Shrimp and Kale Salad recipe, this ingredient… 

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Filed Under: Salad, Seafood Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Louisiana cooking, orzo salad recipe, pasta salad recipe

Braised Beef Shanks with Parsley Pecan Pesto

December 2, 2024 by George Graham 24 Comments

Braised Beef Shanks with Parsley Pecan Pesto

Let’s cut to the meat of this story–whole sectional cuts of beef are irresistible to me.  They harken back to pioneer days and more rustic farm-style butchering techniques.  But beef shanks are rarely seen whole in the supermarket.  My guess is that retailers fear that timid customers will panic and run screaming from the meat… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Acadiana Table, Beef shank recipe, Cajun beef recipe, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipes, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, George Graham, Louisiana cooking, pesto recipe, roast beef recipe

Creole Smothered Green Beans with Andouille Sausage

November 25, 2024 by George Graham 70 Comments

Creole Smothered Green Beans with Andouille Sausage

This Creole Smothered Green Beans is the one you’ll always see on our holiday table. It’s simply green beans straight out of a can, but it’s uncanny how these green beans–sautéed up in smoky bacon grease, smothered down in spicy andouille, and spiked with Cajun seasonings–will bring “thanks” to your Thanksgiving table. This Creole Smothered… 

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Filed Under: Casserole, Vegetables Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, Cajun green beans, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Creole green beans recipe, green bean casserole recipe, smothered green beans recipe, Thanksgiving side dish

Cane-Brined Roast Turkey

November 18, 2024 by George Graham 20 Comments

Cane-Brined Roast Turkey

I love turkey. It is dependable, versatile, affordable, and delicious cooked in so many great Cajun and Creole interpretations. But for many cooks, a turkey sandwich is about as close as they get to the bird all year long. And anxiety sets in as the calendar rolls around to September, October, November, and finally the… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, Cajun fried turkey recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Cajun turkey recipe, Thanksgiving turkey recipe, turkey brine recipe

French Mustard-Braised Rabbit

November 11, 2024 by George Graham 17 Comments

French Mustard-Braised Rabbit

Smothered down in a wine-infused braise of two mustards, the rich white meat of rabbit cooks low and slow in this tart and tantalizing combination of flavors. It’s Louisiana French meets European French in this French Mustard-Braised Rabbit recipe. The people of South Louisiana have many ancestral ties to their French cultural roots–cooking included. For… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Burgundy cooking, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Creole mustard recipe, Dijon cooking, French mustard recipe, French rabbit dish, Louisiana cooking, Maille mustard recipe, Mustard-braised rabbit recipe, Rabbit in mustard sauce

Guinea Gumbo

November 4, 2024 by George Graham 22 Comments

Guinea Gumbo

From the pages of my latest cookbook Fresh From Louisiana: The Soul of Cajun and Creole Home Cooking, this Guinea Gumbo recipe is an old-school Cajun classic. Steeped in tradition and infused with rich gumbo flavors, every spoonful defines the art of Cajun cooking. I remember it like it was yesterday: the day, over 30… 

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Filed Under: Roux-Based, Soup, Stew Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, Cajun gumbo recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, chicken gumbo recipe, guinea gumbo recipe, gumbo recipe

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About George Graham

I’ve lived in South Louisiana for all my life. My passion is the rich culinary heritage of Cajun and Creole cooking, and in the pages of Acadiana Table, my mission is to preserve and promote our culture by bringing you the stories and recipes that make it so unique. Read More…

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