Recipes

  • Hot Creole Dip

    Brown meat. Saute’ onion, pepper and celery in margarine. Melt cheese. Add all other ingredients to the cheese and pour into a large baking dish. Bake 300 degrees for 2 1/2 hours. Serve with fritos or melba toast. Note: We chopped the vegetables in a food processor to save time and added some picante sauce…

  • Creole Sauce

    Saute carrots, onion and celery together in butter (or olive oil, preferred). Add flour and saute to cook roux, stirring constantly. Add clam juice, herbs, garlic and wine. Simmer about 15 to 20 minutes. Add tomato paste to thicken. Serve with shrimp, scallops, etc.

  • Creole Omlet

    Saute minced onions, tomato paste, shortening and garlic. Add bread crumbs which have been soaked in milk, remove from fire, allow to cool. Add beaten eggs, beat a few minutes. Add ham and green pepper. Put shortening in an omelet skillet or pan. Fry on a low flame, moving the pan occasionally so as to…

  • Creole Beef Liver

    Cook onions in medium saucepan, that has been sprayed with Pam, until lightly browned. Add green pepper, cook 2 minutes, add 1 to 2 tablespoons water, if needed to thin sauce. Spray rack of broiling pan with Pam. Broil liver about 3 minutes or until top is browned, turn and broil for 3 minutes more.…

  • Creole Champagne Punch

    Chill all ingredients (except sugar) for several hours. Into a large punch bowl, pour lemon juice and sugar. Mix well. Then add remaining ingredients, saving the champagne until last. I also add an ice ring: Arrange maraschino cherries (1 small bottle reserving the juice), fresh strawberries, if in season, remaining 1/2 can of pineapple chunks…

  • Creole Loaf Cake

    Mix first 3 ingredients. Add eggs. Sift flour, cocoa, salt and add alternately with buttermilk. Add soda dissolved in boiling water. Pour into greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. TOPPING: Mix in saucepan 3/4 stick oleo, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup canned milk, 1/2 cup pecans and 1…

  • Creole Style Red Beans

    Soak the beans overnight in 6 cups of cold water. Cut the ham or sausage in 1″ pieces, coarsely cut up the onion and pepper. Dump all this merchandise in with the beans and add another cup or so of water to make up for what the beans have absorbed. Bring to a brisk boil,…

  • Biloxi-Style Shrimp

    Bring spice bag to boil in beer or water in large saucepan. Add the Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces, salt, garlic powder, pepper and lemon-lime juice. Simmer for 10 minutes to blend flavors. Arrange shrimp in an oven-proof casserole. Pour liquid over them. Pour melted butter over all. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, stirring…

  • Shrimp Butter

    Blend: Fold in shrimp and refrigerate. Serve in a bowl set inside a larger bowl with ice to maintain chilled butter. Serve with favorite crackers.

  • Marinated Spiced Shrimp with Mushrooms

    Combine all ingredients and marinate, covered, in refrigerator. It is best if prepared a day or two ahead of time. Serve with cocktail picks as hors d’oeuvres, or as a first course, served on a bed of lettuce, or in scallop shells. Makes 20-25 servings.

  • Hot Spicy Shrimp Dip

    In top of double boiler melt cream cheese. Cook shrimp according to package, drain and dice. Add shrimp and all ingredients to melted cheese. Use 2 whole jalapenos to start. Cook slow on low in double boiler for 40 minutes, at least for flavor to develop. Taste. Add dash salt, more garlic salt and jalapenos…

  • Baked Stuffed Shrimp

    Clean shrimp (cook with shells on). Grease the pan with butter. Split open backside of shrimp and take out vein. Put stuffing on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Serve with hot melted butter.

  • Fried Shrimp and Walnuts

    This is quick (2 minutes), so prepare up front! Mix soy sauce and honey in a cup. Shell shrimp. Heat oil in a pan or wok to near smoking heat. Put in walnuts and sesame seed. When these start to brown (and smell good) throw in the shrimp and cook these to complete pinkness. Pour…

  • Shrimp Ball

    Mix all ingredients and form into a ball. Refrigerate until firm. Mix ketchup and horseradish together to taste. Make a well in the center of the shrimp ball and fill with ketchup mixture, spreading the mix over the entire shrimp ball. Serve with crackers or toast. Parent

  • Lemon and Garlic Shrimp

    Shell the shrimp. Squeeze all the juice of the lemon into a cup and mix with salt, garlic and ground coriander. Add pepper to taste, more if no coriander. Pour this over the shrimp and allow to stand at least an hour (can be overnight in the refrigerator). Heat a pan or wok with oil…

  • Shrimp Avocado Salad

    Cube avocado. Place in blender with buttermilk, cream cheese, lemon juice, garlic and hot pepper sauce. Arrange lettuce in a bowl. Arrange shrimp, tomatoes and Swiss cheese on to of Romaine. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Toss with avocado dressing.

  • Shrimp Biscuit Wrap

    Roll to pancake flatness each of the canned biscuits. Spread each with cocktail sauce, wrap around one frozen cooked jumbo shrimp and pin with a cocktail stick. Place in a 450 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until biscuit browns.

  • Dill Marinated Shrimp

    Cook shrimp. Combine marinade. Add shrimp and marinate for 8 hours. Drain and serve.

  • Canton Shrimp Rolls

    Heat oven to 375 degrees. In medium bowl, combine margarine, catsup and soy sauce. Stir in water chestnuts, green onions and shrimp. Separate dough into 16 triangles. Spoon about 1 tablespoon shrimp mixture on shortest side of each triangle. Stretch corners of dough over filling and roll towards opposite point, completely covering filling; seal edges…

  • Twice Baked Potatoes

    Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and hollow out potatoes, saving skins. Beat inner part of potatoes and add other ingredients, beating well. Restuff potatoes and bake for 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. Sharon C. Yarborough

  • San Juan Shrimp Boat

    Halve avocado and remove seeds. Scoop out pulp and dice. Put shell with lemon juice and set aside. Peel and chop tomatoes. Mix all remaining ingredients except shrimp and watercress. Pour over tomato and avocado pieces, mix carefully. Fold in shrimp. Pile mixture in avocado shells, top with water cress, sprigs and chill. Makes 4…