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Louisiana Crawfish Boil Recipe - Feed a crowd with a Cajun-style crawfish boil prepared outside over propane heat or inside atop the stove. Use your largest stockpot and boil artichokes, potatoes, corn, onions, mushrooms, green beans, and sausage with crawfish in a spicy broth brimming with traditional seasonings.

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Louisiana Crawfish Boil

Feed a crowd with a Cajun-style crawfish boil prepared outside over propane heat or inside atop the stove. Use your largest stockpot and boil artichokes, potatoes, corn, onions, mushrooms, green beans, and sausage with crawfish in a spicy broth brimming with traditional seasonings.

By IMANKAY

Tanya's Louisiana Southern Fried Chicken Recipe - Eggs and evaporated milk in the herbed batter make this rich fried chicken extra moist and flavorful.

Tanya's Louisiana Southern Fried Chicken

Eggs and evaporated milk in the herbed batter make this rich fried chicken extra moist and flavorful.

By Tanya Lewis

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Creole Black-Eyed Peas and Rice Recipe - An easy spicy dish made with rice and black-eyed peas. Adjust the spices to your needs - less Creole Seasoning if you like it mild, add chili powder or cayenne pepper for more kick!

Creole Black-Eyed Peas and Rice

An easy spicy dish made with rice and black-eyed peas. Adjust the spices to your needs - less Creole Seasoning if you like it mild, add chili powder or cayenne pepper for more kick!

By Sola

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Southern Fried Catfish Recipe - Marinated in creamy buttermilk, coated with a crispy cornmeal batter, and then deep friend to a golden brown, flaky catfish prepared Southern-style is divine.

Southern Fried Catfish

Marinated in creamy buttermilk, coated with a crispy cornmeal batter, and then deep friend to a golden brown, flaky catfish prepared Southern-style is divine.

By Irlynda Smith

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Ann's Shrimp Etouffee Recipe - Shrimp, onions, celery and mushrooms, seasoned with paprika, garlic and crushed red pepper. Great over steamed rice.

Ann's Shrimp Etouffee

Shrimp, onions, celery and mushrooms, seasoned with paprika, garlic and crushed red pepper. Great over steamed rice.

By Ann Cooper

Southern Grilled Barbecued Ribs Recipe - Here's a zesty southern two-step! Step one: Bake ribs in a simple marinade. Step two: Quickly grill to finish with a zesty homemade BBQ sauce.

Southern Grilled Barbecued Ribs

Here's a zesty southern two-step! Step one: Bake ribs in a simple marinade. Step two: Quickly grill to finish with a zesty homemade BBQ sauce.

By MYSST

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Jambalaya Recipe and Video - Chicken and andouille sausage is simmered with rice and Cajun seasonings in this spicy jambalaya recipe.

Jambalaya

Chicken and andouille sausage is simmered with rice and Cajun seasonings in this spicy jambalaya recipe.

By Terri

Crawfish Pie Recipe - Crawfish pie is a famous Cajun dish, and this version is loaded with crawfish tail meat and vegetables, with a hint of heat from cayenne pepper.

Crawfish Pie

Crawfish pie is a famous Cajun dish, and this version is loaded with crawfish tail meat and vegetables, with a hint of heat from cayenne pepper.

By Randy Brown

Barlow's Blackened Catfish Recipe - A Cajun spice mixture transforms blackened catfish fillets into a baked Southern delight!

Barlow's Blackened Catfish

A Cajun spice mixture transforms blackened catfish fillets into a baked Southern delight!

By INDIANABARLOW

Key West Chicken Recipe and Video - This recipe from the Florida Keys is the best marinade for chicken, and it only takes 30 minutes from prep till you can grill! It's a great blend of flavors with honey, soy sauce, and lime juice.

Key West Chicken

This recipe from the Florida Keys is the best marinade for chicken, and it only takes 30 minutes from prep till you can grill! It's a great blend of flavors with honey, soy sauce, and lime juice.

By TINA B

Scott Hibb's Amazing Whisky Grilled Baby Back Ribs Recipe and Video - Slowly baking these baby back pork ribs before grilling is the secret. That, and the finely-tuned, sweet, basting sauce.

Scott Hibb's Amazing Whisky Grilled Baby Back Ribs

Slowly baking these baby back pork ribs before grilling is the secret. That, and the finely-tuned, sweet, basting sauce.

By Scott David Hibbard

Garlic Chicken Fried Chicken Recipe and Video - This actually uses my breading for Chicken Fried Steak---my husband suggested we try it with chicken breasts, and it was delicious!

Garlic Chicken Fried Chicken

This actually uses my breading for Chicken Fried Steak---my husband suggested we try it with chicken breasts, and it was delicious!

By TANAQUIL

The Best Chicken Fried Steak Recipe and Video - This recipe for chicken fried steak includes a batter spiked with Tabasco Sauce and a pan gravy that is sure to satisfy all the chicken-fried steak lovers at your table.

The Best Chicken Fried Steak

This recipe for chicken fried steak includes a batter spiked with Tabasco Sauce and a pan gravy that is sure to satisfy all the chicken-fried steak lovers at your table.

By norah

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Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice Recipe and Video - I grew up in Louisiana and love red beans and rice; these are just like I remember--red beans made with Cajun seasonings and Andouille sausage. This is a great Sunday supper.

Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice

I grew up in Louisiana and love red beans and rice; these are just like I remember--red beans made with Cajun seasonings and Andouille sausage. This is a great Sunday supper.

By MIAMI BEACH

Tangy Honey Glazed Ham Recipe and Video - I came up with the glaze for this ham using ingredients on hand and it's the best I've ever tasted. This ham is very nice served with scalloped potatoes, creamed peas and biscuits.

Tangy Honey Glazed Ham

I came up with the glaze for this ham using ingredients on hand and it's the best I've ever tasted. This ham is very nice served with scalloped potatoes, creamed peas and biscuits.

By Sue S.

Cindy's Jambalaya Recipe - This is a tradition here in the South. Add anything you like to this basic recipe!

Cindy's Jambalaya

This is a tradition here in the South. Add anything you like to this basic recipe!

By Cindy in Pensacola

Old Charleston Style Shrimp and Grits Recipe and Video - Tender shrimp and andouille sausage with red, green, and yellow bell peppers are served over cheese-flavored grits in this traditional low-country favorite.

Old Charleston Style Shrimp and Grits

Tender shrimp and andouille sausage with red, green, and yellow bell peppers are served over cheese-flavored grits in this traditional low-country favorite.

By berskine

Southern Pulled Pork Recipe - This recipe starts out on the stove, and ends up in the slow cooker! Add your favorite BBQ sauce and eat plain or on a bun! Great for parties.

Southern Pulled Pork

This recipe starts out on the stove, and ends up in the slow cooker! Add your favorite BBQ sauce and eat plain or on a bun! Great for parties.

By Brenda Laughlin Sumner

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Simple Country Ribs Recipe - Ribs are boiled in barbeque sauce before grilling to keep them extra tangy, tasty and moist!

Simple Country Ribs

Ribs are boiled in barbeque sauce before grilling to keep them extra tangy, tasty and moist!

By PHOENIX33_64

Slow Cooker Carolina BBQ Recipe and Video - Miss the tarheel tradition of a pig pickin'? Then find yourself a crock pot, a big pork shoulder, some cider vinegar and get cooking! While ground and crushed red pepper will provide the basic heat - go the extra mile and find some Texas Pete (or Trappey's) pepper sauce to bring the taste of Carolina to your kitchen.

Slow Cooker Carolina BBQ

Miss the tarheel tradition of a pig pickin'? Then find yourself a crock pot, a big pork shoulder, some cider vinegar and get cooking! While ground and crushed red pepper will provide the basic heat - go the extra mile and find some Texas Pete (or Trappey's) pepper sauce to bring the taste of Carolina to your kitchen.

By coolmonkshoes

Dave's Low Country Boil Recipe and Video - Famous in the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina. This boil is done best on an outdoor cooker. It has sausage, shrimp, crab, potatoes and corn for an all-in-one pot all-you-can-eat buffet!

Dave's Low Country Boil

Famous in the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina. This boil is done best on an outdoor cooker. It has sausage, shrimp, crab, potatoes and corn for an all-in-one pot all-you-can-eat buffet!

By Lisa

Easy Red Beans and Rice Recipe - This is an easy and delicious take on a Louisiana classic that you can prepare and cook in 40 minutes! I use turkey kielbasa to cut down on the fat, but not the flavor.

Easy Red Beans and Rice

This is an easy and delicious take on a Louisiana classic that you can prepare and cook in 40 minutes! I use turkey kielbasa to cut down on the fat, but not the flavor.

By Paula

Beer and Brown Sugar Steak Marinade Recipe - I concocted this marinade on a lark and it turned out great. The flavors complement and do not overwhelm the natural taste of beef.

Beer and Brown Sugar Steak Marinade

I concocted this marinade on a lark and it turned out great. The flavors complement and do not overwhelm the natural taste of beef.

By Craig Jones

Country-Style Steak Recipe and Video - Seasoned and pan-fried beef cube steaks get a long, slow bake in beef broth to make delicious, tender steaks and tasty gravy from an inexpensive cut of beef.

Country-Style Steak

Seasoned and pan-fried beef cube steaks get a long, slow bake in beef broth to make delicious, tender steaks and tasty gravy from an inexpensive cut of beef.

By hmclaurin

Baked Chicken with Peaches Recipe - The sweetness of peaches and a sprinkling of brown sugar, the spice of ginger and cloves, and a smidgen of lemon juice all heighten the flavor of these baked chicken breasts.

Baked Chicken with Peaches

The sweetness of peaches and a sprinkling of brown sugar, the spice of ginger and cloves, and a smidgen of lemon juice all heighten the flavor of these baked chicken breasts.

By LOREERIN

Louisiana Shrimp Creole II Recipe - Tomatoes and shrimp cooked up with garlic and onions - this Gulf Coast tradition will have you dreaming of the bayou. This recipe can either be a main dish or a side dish. You can make it as hot as you want, just add more chili powder and hot sauce. Serve over hot rice.

Louisiana Shrimp Creole II

Tomatoes and shrimp cooked up with garlic and onions - this Gulf Coast tradition will have you dreaming of the bayou. This recipe can either be a main dish or a side dish. You can make it as hot as you want, just add more chili powder and hot sauce. Serve over hot rice.

By Katrina Berry

Southern Fried Chicken Recipe and Video - A heritage recipe, both simple and reliable: chicken in a batter of salt, pepper, flour and paprika, quickly fried in hot vegetable oil.

Southern Fried Chicken

A heritage recipe, both simple and reliable: chicken in a batter of salt, pepper, flour and paprika, quickly fried in hot vegetable oil.

By Cindy Garrick

Monte Cristo Sandwich - the Real One Recipe and Video - This is the real Monte Cristo sandwich. It has a nice thick batter and is absolutely delicious. Enjoy hot sandwich with currant jelly or make a currant sauce with currant jelly, water and heavy cream.

Monte Cristo Sandwich - the Real One

This is the real Monte Cristo sandwich. It has a nice thick batter and is absolutely delicious. Enjoy hot sandwich with currant jelly or make a currant sauce with currant jelly, water and heavy cream.

By SEAWAKIM