Archive for August, 2010

Mouth Watering Monday: Red Bean Burritos

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Tony Chachere's Red Bean Burrito Recipe

Recipe: Red Bean Burritos

Summary: Use Tony Chachere’s Red Beans and Rice Mix to make Red Bean Burritos.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare Tony Chachere’s Red Beans and Rice Mix according to directions.
  2. Warm Tortillas
  3. Spoon mix onto center of each tortilla
  4. Add a layer of cheese, onions and salsa
  5. Fold burrito shape and serve immediately

Cooking time (duration): 5

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 8

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)

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Mouth Watering Monday: Crawfish Fettucine

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Tony Chachere's Shrimp and Crawfish Fettucine Recipe

Recipe: Shrimp & Crawfish Fettuccine

Summary: A southern twist on Fettuccine Alfredo, made with Tony Chachere’s Original Creole Seasoning

Ingredients

  • 2 Whole Chopped Onions
  • 2 Whole Chopped Celery
  • 1 Whole Chopped Bell Pepper
  • 1 Whole Chopped Green Onion
  • 6 tablespoon Margarine
  • 2 tablespoon All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/8 cup Chopped Parsley
  • 2 pound Crawfish tails
  • 2 tablespoon Jalapeno Relish
  • 1/2 pound Velveeta Cheese
  • 1/2 pint Half and Half
  • 3 Whole Garlic (minced)
  • 3 tablespoon Tony Chachere’s Original Creole Seasoning
  • 1/2 pound Fettuccine
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan

Instructions

  1. In a Dutch oven, saute’ onions, celery, bell pepper, and green onions in margarine on medium heat until tender.
  2. Add flour, parsley, and crawfish and cook for 15 minutes.
  3. Add relish, cheese, Half and Half, and garlic.
  4. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  5. Stir often to prevent sticking.
  6. Season with Tony Chachere’s Original Creole Seasoning.
  7. During the last 10 minutes of cooking crawfish, begin boiling the pasta so that it will be tender at the same time that the crawfish is cooked.
  8. Follow directions on the bag to boil the pasta, but do not add salt.
  9. When the pasta is tender, drain, rinse in cold water, and drain again.
  10. In 1 or 2 casseroles, coated with cooking spray, pour some of the pasta across evenly, then cover with crawfish mixture.
  11. Continue alternating pasta and crawfish mixture until all is used up.
  12. Sprinkle top wit Parmesan cheese (optional) .
  13. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Cooking time (duration): 35

Number of servings (yield): 8

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)

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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Mouth Watering Monday: Stuffed Bell Peppers

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Tony Chachere's Stuffed Bell Pepper Recipe

Recipe: Stuffed Bell Peppers

Summary: Stuffed Bell Peppers made with Tony Chacheres Dirty Rice Mix. Makes a great appetizer

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan, brown meat
  2. Prepare Tony Chachere’s Dirty Rice according to package directions 
  3. While Dirty Rice is cooking prepare bell peppers by slicing tops and removing insides
  4. Stuff prepared mix into each pepper
  5. Top with bread crumbs
  6. Place in rectangular baking dish with inch water
  7. Bake in 450F oven until tops are browned about 15 minutes

Cooking time (duration): 5

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)

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