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Cajun Foods that Freeze Well
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:39 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:39 am
I'm making a care package to ship to a soldier returning from deployment who is lonesome for food from south Louisiana. He has a very pregnant wife who doesn't know how to make his favorites. She asked for recipes, but I thought I'd make and send food now, and maybe I'll send her some recipes, too.
So far my list of freezable food includes:
C & S Gumbo
Maque Choux
Smothered okra
Boudin (not made by me)
Question: If I make crawfish etouffee from crawfish tails that have been previously frozen (which is all that's available right now), and then freeze the finished product, is there any chance it will be good? I'm not doing it if it will only be kinda good.
I might also make some white beans and tasso. Any other suggestions? I probably won't do red beans.
So far my list of freezable food includes:
C & S Gumbo
Maque Choux
Smothered okra
Boudin (not made by me)
Question: If I make crawfish etouffee from crawfish tails that have been previously frozen (which is all that's available right now), and then freeze the finished product, is there any chance it will be good? I'm not doing it if it will only be kinda good.
I might also make some white beans and tasso. Any other suggestions? I probably won't do red beans.
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:58 am to Darla Hood
Whatever you do, leave the rice out of the freezer. I know that's unavoidable with the boudin, it doesn't ruin it but I feel like freshly cooked rice really helps with frozen dishes
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:02 am to Harry Caray
Right. I’m not sending any rice, except what’s in the boudin. They’ve got access to shrimp, so they might add some to the smothered okra to have over rice.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:02 am to Darla Hood
To me, crawfish are always a bit watery after freezing/thawing the second go-round. But if the guy's hungry for home flavors, he won't care about the texture of the crawfish!
Other suggestions:
--prefab frozen meat pies (easy to purchase, easy to heat up or fry, easy to share w/his buddies)
--sauce piquante
--smothered pork chops/some other protein in a "rice n gravy" style dish
--mailable sweets like a pecan pie (or little pecan tarts/tassies), pralines, or candied pecans
Other suggestions:
--prefab frozen meat pies (easy to purchase, easy to heat up or fry, easy to share w/his buddies)
--sauce piquante
--smothered pork chops/some other protein in a "rice n gravy" style dish
--mailable sweets like a pecan pie (or little pecan tarts/tassies), pralines, or candied pecans
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:06 am to Darla Hood
billy's will ship their boudin frozen. i'll put in the oven and it's money. or defrost and throw on the grill.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:10 am to Darla Hood
Not particularly considered a "Cajun" dish, but red beans freeze well.
Right now in my freezer I have sauce piquant, seafood gumbo, chicken/sausage gumbo, REAL crawfish bisque with the stuffed heads, redfish courtbullion, red beans with smoked sausage and ham, smothered okra, After The Boil Soup (look it up on u-tube) and several bags of redfish on the half shell ready for cooking.
Right now in my freezer I have sauce piquant, seafood gumbo, chicken/sausage gumbo, REAL crawfish bisque with the stuffed heads, redfish courtbullion, red beans with smoked sausage and ham, smothered okra, After The Boil Soup (look it up on u-tube) and several bags of redfish on the half shell ready for cooking.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:10 am to Darla Hood
My folks used to freeze food for snow skiing trips, mainly because they just liked it more than what they could buy, and fly with it in a duct taped ice chest. They made crawfish or shrimp fettuccine, and etouffe (and they found cooking rice up in the mountains was v. hard) every time. The fettuccine was our favorite, no one noticed any decrease in meat quality.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:32 am to Darla Hood
If you cook crawfish tails too much, the tails will shrivel up, as you know.. So when I freeze and ship, I add the crawfish when I'm cooking and ready to serve.
Okra and Maque Choux both freeze and ship really well.
You can also run by Hebert's and ship em something frozen. Their stuffed chickens are really easy to cook.
Okra and Maque Choux both freeze and ship really well.
You can also run by Hebert's and ship em something frozen. Their stuffed chickens are really easy to cook.
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:50 am to Darla Hood
Darla, I've never had an issue with using frozen crawfish tails in a dish that I then freeze. The crawfish tails are usually parboiled and I don't "cook" them much until I'm actually cooking the dish for serving. That being said, I don't believe I've ever frozen etouffee.
Crawfish pies freeze well. I have frozen crawfish gumbo a number of times without issue. The same is true for crawfish bread.
What a nice thing you are doing!
Crawfish pies freeze well. I have frozen crawfish gumbo a number of times without issue. The same is true for crawfish bread.
What a nice thing you are doing!
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:13 pm to Darla Hood
Pastalaya that is vacuum sealed freezes and defrosts well.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:20 pm to hungryone
quote:Good idea on the sweets! They won't be homemade, but I'll pick up some pralines from Poche's in Breaux Bridge when I pick up some of their tasso for the white beans.
hungryone: mailable sweets like a pecan pie (or little pecan tarts/tassies), pralines, or candied pecans
quote:If I don't pick up Billeaud's, maybe I'll have Billy's ship. Thanks.
oldcharlie8: billy's will ship their boudin frozen
quote:Um, can I just send their address to you so you can ship all that?
gumbo2176: Right now in my freezer I have sauce piquant, seafood gumbo, chicken/sausage gumbo, REAL crawfish bisque with the stuffed heads, redfish courtbullion, red beans with smoked sausage and ham, smothered okra, After The Boil Soup (look it up on u-tube) and several bags of redfish on the half shell ready for cooking.
quote:I'll add this to the maybe list. Thanks!
Gaston: The fettuccine was our favorite, no one noticed any decrease in meat quality.
quote:Great idea! I'm totally going to do this! Thanks.
bdevill: You can also run by Hebert's and ship em something frozen. Their stuffed chickens are really easy to cook.
quote:Hmm, maybe I'll send a package of tail meat and some crawfish puree and a recipe for etouffee.
So when I freeze and ship, I add the crawfish when I'm cooking and ready to serve.
quote:
Gris Gris: Crawfish pies freeze well. I have frozen crawfish gumbo a number of times without issue. The same is true for crawfish bread.
So much to think about! Thanks for the great ideas.
quote:I am not a good pastalaya maker. :(
haricot rouge: Pastalaya that is vacuum sealed freezes and defrosts well.
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 3:58 pm to Darla Hood
If you are anywhere near one of the Heberts Meat Markets, they have many choices already frozen
Posted on 7/25/19 at 6:03 pm to Darla Hood
Something they may not have access to
Posted on 7/25/19 at 6:24 pm to Darla Hood
quote:
C & S Gumbo Maque Choux Smothered okra Boudin
Damn, bruh. Now I’m hungry.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 6:48 pm to Darla Hood
Grillades are always better the next day. I bet they would freeze well. We've never had any leftovers, so I don't know :)
Posted on 7/25/19 at 7:29 pm to LSUEnvy
Bourque's will ship their rice dressing mix and it's a lot better than Savoie's.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 8:19 pm to Darla Hood
I have a few dozen boudin balls frozen I can donate
I can mail them to you
I can mail them to you
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:56 pm to Darla Hood
Red Beans
White Beans
You could make a pastalaya base where all she has to do is add noodle
Make an etouffee just dont add the crawfish, heat up etouffee and add defrosted crawfish tails or shrimp
White Beans
You could make a pastalaya base where all she has to do is add noodle
Make an etouffee just dont add the crawfish, heat up etouffee and add defrosted crawfish tails or shrimp
Posted on 7/26/19 at 6:37 pm to CHEDBALLZ
I make a lot of Grillades and freeze them in 2 1/2 cup glad freezer plastic containers. Can she make grits with cheese?
Posted on 7/26/19 at 7:58 pm to djangochained
Not sure if serious! If you are, let me know. If you’re joking, that’s okay, too.
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