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In the Philippines until November... easy Cajun recipe ideas?
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:18 am
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:18 am
I’m currently in the Philippines until November (killing time while I wait for the LA bar exam results get posted). I’ve been entertaining a friend who came to stay for a while with me from Manila. She expressed some interest in trying the “Cajun people food”.
I made NOLA-style BBQ shrimp tonight (with rice, because they can’t go a single meal without rice. Including scrambled eggs and rice for breakfast), and the shrimp went over very well with both her and my landlord. So, I’d like to whip up a few more dishes over the next few weeks to keep them impressed with Louisiana cooking.
The only problem is I’m pretty limited in cooking space, utensils, and ingredients. I have access to Tabasco, but everything else I’m having to improvise. I have a single medium-sized wok-style pan, a teapot, small frying pan, and a small pot. A slotted ladle, 4” chefs knice, and rice scoop.
With that in mind, can anybody recommend anything relatively simple to cook for them?
I made NOLA-style BBQ shrimp tonight (with rice, because they can’t go a single meal without rice. Including scrambled eggs and rice for breakfast), and the shrimp went over very well with both her and my landlord. So, I’d like to whip up a few more dishes over the next few weeks to keep them impressed with Louisiana cooking.
The only problem is I’m pretty limited in cooking space, utensils, and ingredients. I have access to Tabasco, but everything else I’m having to improvise. I have a single medium-sized wok-style pan, a teapot, small frying pan, and a small pot. A slotted ladle, 4” chefs knice, and rice scoop.
With that in mind, can anybody recommend anything relatively simple to cook for them?
This post was edited on 8/21/19 at 9:19 am
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Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:18 am to jerbee99
Jambalaya, you should have easy access to rice.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:19 am to jerbee99
Sounds like you’re in love
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:24 am to jerbee99
First you make a roux
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:26 am to jerbee99
Shrimp creole is maybe the easiest dish to make anywhere in the world because it uses only common ingredients. And it is served over rice. First you make a roux ....
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:29 am to jerbee99
Shrimp Etouffee or what ever you want to call it. All you need is bell pepper onion celery. Small pot and some shrimp.
Edit: or “shrimp creole”
Edit: or “shrimp creole”
This post was edited on 8/21/19 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/21/19 at 10:17 am to TBoy
Is Shrimp Creole the same thing we call Shrimp Stew in South Louisiana.?
Posted on 8/21/19 at 10:24 am to Bigfishchoupique
Just live off lumpia, I would.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 10:53 am to jerbee99
+1 on shrimp creole or shrimp stew, easily made in a wok style pan if you can figure out a lid so things don't cook too dry (a piece of foil will work).
Jambalaya will work, again if you can foil that wok tightly so that the rice properly steams. How about something simple like red beans & rice? You can find decent quality bacon or a smoked pork product, I'd wager, plus the onion/garlic/green pepper/celery, etc needed for red beans.
Frankly, I'd be asking her to teach you how to make Filipino food. Lumpia are one of the world's great delights, and chicken adobo done well is amazing. Maybe you could trade: she cooks one dish, and you cook another for a combo meal? Just thinking about this makes me want garlic fried rice for breakfast...
Jambalaya will work, again if you can foil that wok tightly so that the rice properly steams. How about something simple like red beans & rice? You can find decent quality bacon or a smoked pork product, I'd wager, plus the onion/garlic/green pepper/celery, etc needed for red beans.
Frankly, I'd be asking her to teach you how to make Filipino food. Lumpia are one of the world's great delights, and chicken adobo done well is amazing. Maybe you could trade: she cooks one dish, and you cook another for a combo meal? Just thinking about this makes me want garlic fried rice for breakfast...
Posted on 8/21/19 at 11:06 am to jerbee99
Gumbo
Smothered meat dishes
Hell could probably make boudin
There is likely a lot of similarities between the cooking (at least post-Colonial influence) and base ingredients of Filipino and Cajun. Rice, pork, seafood, spices, trade routes, etc... Painting with a broad brush here, but they are second or third cousins.
Smothered meat dishes
Hell could probably make boudin
There is likely a lot of similarities between the cooking (at least post-Colonial influence) and base ingredients of Filipino and Cajun. Rice, pork, seafood, spices, trade routes, etc... Painting with a broad brush here, but they are second or third cousins.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 11:11 am to jerbee99
Remember my nephew saying there were lots of stray dogs around their dock when he was stationed over there.
Make a roux...
Make a roux...
Posted on 8/21/19 at 11:50 am to Buck_Rogers
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Feline etouffe
Haha
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