cajun and creole

Cajun and Creole cuisine is embedded in Louisiana’s rich and colorful culture. The warm and hot spices that impart delicious full flavor in so many of Cajun and Creole dishes offer plenty to celebrate any time of the year.

Big bowl of red beans and rice soup with lots of veggies

Red Beans and Rice Soup with Collards

Co+op
This soup adds loads of vegetables to the familiar flavors of red beans and rice.Read more
Gumbo

Gumbo

Co+op
Gumbo is a Southern classic, a rich stew thickened with a roux, as well as the thickening properties of okra.Read more
Chicken, Andouille and Shrimp Jambalaya

Chicken, Andouille and Shrimp Jambalaya

Co+op
Jambalaya's Cajun and Creole flavors are a blend of African, Spanish and French influences.Read more
Bowl of Red Beans and Rice

Red Beans and Rice

Co+op
This delicious, colorful New Orleans classic is incredibly easy to prepare.Read more

Maque Choux Corn Salad

Co+op
Explore traditional Creole cuisine with this simple corn salad alongside crab or shrimp.Read more
Cooked, spiced catfish fillets on a baking tray

Cajun Spiced Catfish

Robin Asbell
Catfish's assertive flavor is complemented by a lovely crust of spices in this baked (rather than fried) recipe.Read more

Blackened Salmon with Mustard Seed Slaw

Co+op
Blackened fish is offset by a spicy slaw in this classic combination.Read more

Creole Mustard Vinaigrette

Casey Wilcox
This versatile vinaigrette serves as a sauce for blackened poultry, fish or meat and adds zest to veggies or potatoes.Read more

Blackened Salmon

Casey Wilcox
Ten minutes is all you need to make a mouth-watering blackened salmon fillet with this Co+op Kitchen video recipe.Read more

Blackening Salmon

Casey Wilcox

Casey Wilcox demonstrates how to add spice to your cooking by blackening salmon.Read more

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