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Canned red beans simmer with a smoked ham hock, then part of the pot is briefly processed so the beans turn creamy while some stay whole. The seasoned beans are ladled over long grain rice.
Main ingredient: ham
HB-6628 · Hand-built original
Shrimp are tossed in a heavy Cajun blend of cayenne, paprika, cumin, mustard, thyme and oregano, then baked in a pan of melted butter. They come out pink, fiery and coated in spiced butter.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-6629 · Hand-built original
A Cajun corn and lump crab bisque enriched with cream of shrimp, milk, and heavy cream, seasoned with liquid crab boil and seafood base.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-12386 · Hand-built original
A creamy Louisiana bisque of sweetcorn and crab with a whisper of Cajun spice.
Main ingredient: crab
Pairs well with: crusty bread, salad, hot sauce
HB-5768 · Hand-built original
Corn smothered with peppers, onion and tomato and finished with cream — a Cajun side with main-dish confidence.
Main ingredient: corn
Pairs well with: grilled chicken, rice, greens
HB-5736 · Hand-built original
Crab patties bound with crushed Ritz crackers, egg, and Dijon, pan-fried golden and served on brioche buns with a Cajun mayo and ketchup sauce.
Main ingredient: spices
HB-12391 · Hand-built original
A newspaper-on-the-table crawfish boil with potatoes, corn and sausage in fiery seasoned water.
Main ingredient: crawfish
Pairs well with: melted butter, bread, cold drinks
HB-5739 · Hand-built original
Crawfish tails simmered in a creamy green chile and cheese sauce, rolled in fajita tortillas, covered with more sauce, and baked until the cheese melts.
Main ingredient: spices
HB-12392 · Hand-built original
A crawfish etouffee built on butter and the onion, bell pepper, and celery trinity, thickened with a peanut-butter-colored roux and seafood stock, served over white rice.
Main ingredient: spices
Pairs well with: crusty bread, grilled cheese sandwich, green salad
HB-12393 · Hand-built original
Thick, buttery Cajun crawfish stew with a light roux, onion, and tomato paste, served over rice in about 40 minutes.
Main ingredient: tails
HB-2625 · Hand-built original
Cornbread batter made with creamed corn, evaporated milk, and cheddar, folded with Cajun crawfish, bell pepper, onion, and jalapeño and baked until set.
Main ingredient: spices
HB-12394 · Hand-built original
Rotini pasta tossed in a Cajun crawfish sauce of butter, white wine, half-and-half, and lobster base, finished with Parmesan and parsley and served with French bread.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-12395 · Hand-built original
The Jazz Fest classic: pasta in a Cajun cream sauce with crawfish tails and spring onions.
Main ingredient: crawfish
Pairs well with: garlic bread, green salad, hot sauce
HB-5756 · Hand-built original
A hand-pie filling of crawfish in a blonde roux sauce, baked under a golden pastry lid.
Main ingredient: crawfish
Pairs well with: salad, rice, hot sauce
HB-5757 · Hand-built original
A skillet queso of smoked sausage, crawfish tails, tomatoes with green chilies, and melted queso blanco and Colby Jack cheeses thinned with evaporated milk.
Main ingredient: sausage
HB-12396 · Hand-built original
White rice cooked in a rice cooker with crawfish tails, beef consommé, butter, bell pepper, and shallot, fluffed and topped with green onions.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-12397 · Hand-built original
The crawfish version of étouffée, sweet tails smothered in a buttery roux sauce.
Main ingredient: crawfish
Pairs well with: rice, salad, hot sauce
HB-5725 · Hand-built original
Louisiana crawfish tails in a golden roux gravy built on onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic with Cajun seasoning.
Main ingredient: lobster
HB-6676 · Hand-built original
One-pot orzo cooked in chicken broth with cream-style and whole kernel corn, Cajun-seasoned chicken, and a finish of cream and Parmesan, topped with crispy bacon and green onions.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: green beans, garlic bread, caesar salad, cornbread
HB-18839 · Hand-built original
Fresh four-cheese tortellini simmered in a creamy tomato basil sauce with browned andouille, sun-dried tomatoes, and garlic, finished with Parmesan and basil.
Main ingredient: sausage
HB-12399 · Hand-built original
Onions and a whole head of garlic roasted in butter until caramelized, baked with mozzarella-topped chicken, then tossed with pasta and cream.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12400 · Hand-built original
A creamy Cajun chicken soup with cheese tortellini, carrots, celery, and thyme, finished with heavy cream and Parmesan.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12403 · Hand-built original
A creamy potato soup with bacon, celery, red onion and melted sharp cheddar, with optional Cajun tasso, finished with crisp bacon on top.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12407 · Hand-built original
A Louisiana-style spice blend of paprika, garlic, cayenne, herbs and peppers for seasoning meats, seafood and vegetables.
Main ingredient: paprika
Pairs well with: green salad, crusty bread
HB-5177 · Hand-built original
Prawns in a tomato and trinity sauce — the Creole cousin of étouffée, brighter and tomato-forward.
Main ingredient: prawns
Pairs well with: rice, green salad, crusty bread
HB-5738 · Hand-built original
Chicken drumsticks seasoned with Cajun and Montreal chicken spices, baked and basted twice with a butter and honey BBQ sauce mixture.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12408 · Hand-built original
Chicken breasts seasoned with Cajun and ranch spices, topped with buffalo sauce, two cheeses and a buttery crushed Ritz cracker crust.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12411 · Hand-built original
Butter beans slow-cooked with ham hocks, onion, bell pepper and celery, finished with browned smoked sausage and served over rice.
Main ingredient: beans
HB-12412 · Hand-built original
Deviled eggs with a mayonnaise and mustard yolk filling sharpened with pepperoncini juice and hot sauce, dusted with smoked paprika.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-12413 · Hand-built original
Creole cream-style red beans simmered with seasoned ground beef, onion and bell pepper, thickened with roux and served over white rice.
Main ingredient: beans
HB-12415 · Hand-built original
Rice 'dirtied' with finely chopped livers, trinity vegetables and Cajun spice.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: greens, hot sauce, cornbread
HB-5734 · Hand-built original
Spaghetti tossed in a thick, flour-built meat sauce of ground beef, pork sausage, onion, bell pepper, celery and tomato paste.
Main ingredient: sausage
HB-12457 · Hand-built original
Elbow macaroni tossed with butter, then flooded with a three-cheese sauce of Monterey Jack, white cheddar and mild cheddar melted gently into evaporated milk and cream — no roux, no flour, just patience over low heat — and broiled until golden.
Main ingredient: elbow macaroni
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, baked beans, barbecue chicken
HB-18843 · Hand-built original
Ground beef and pork cooked with onion, bell pepper and three canned soups, then baked with uncooked white rice until the grains absorb the mixture.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-12418 · Hand-built original
A one-pot jambalaya where chicken, andouille, the diced onion, celery and pepper trinity, rice and shrimp all cook together in a seasoned tomato broth.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6907 · Hand-built original
A chilled corn dip with jalapeño, bell pepper and green chilies folded into sour cream, mayonnaise and three shredded cheeses.
Main ingredient: spices
HB-12424 · Hand-built original
Cornmeal-crusted catfish, fried crisp and served with a punchy remoulade.
Main ingredient: catfish
Pairs well with: hush puppies, coleslaw, fries
HB-5737 · Hand-built original
Tangy green tomatoes in a Cajun cornmeal crust — crisp, sharp and made for remoulade.
Main ingredient: green tomatoes
Pairs well with: remoulade, salad, grilled meats
HB-5749 · Hand-built original
Chicken skewers seasoned with Montreal chicken spice, Cajun seasoning and Parmesan, air-fried and basted twice with garlic parsley butter.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12432 · Hand-built original
Cabbage wedges browned in a skillet and baked in a garlic Parmesan cream sauce until tender and golden on top.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12433 · Hand-built original
Crosshatched chicken breasts rubbed with Cajun spices and Parmesan, baked, then topped with garlic butter and broiled with more Parmesan.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12434 · Hand-built original
Thin beef simmered in a tomato gravy, served over cheese grits — a New Orleans brunch classic.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: salad, crusty bread, hot sauce
HB-5751 · Hand-built original
A dark-roux Cajun gumbo with browned andouille, seasoned chicken, okra and the onion, pepper and celery trinity, ladled over rice.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7173 · Hand-built original
Seasoned ground beef patties browned and simmered in an onion and mushroom gravy made with beef broth, butter and Cajun seasonings.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-12443 · Hand-built original
Seasoned ground beef patties browned and simmered in onion and mushroom gravy, served loco moco style over white rice with a fried egg on top.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-12487 · Hand-built original
Tuna salad made with a blended cottage cheese and egg yolk base, pickles, celery and shallot, spooned into hollowed cucumber halves.
Main ingredient: tuna
HB-12449 · Hand-built original
A soup of ground beef, three colors of bell pepper, fire-roasted tomatoes and rice in beef bone broth, topped with shredded cheese.
Main ingredient: turkey
Pairs well with: crusty bread, grilled cheese sandwich, green salad
HB-12450 · Hand-built original
Louisiana red beans and rice: dried red kidney beans soaked overnight and slow-cooked with onions, celery, bell peppers, garlic, chicken stock, bay leaves, Cajun seasoning and ham, finished with andouille sausage and served over white rice.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7264 · Hand-built original
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