contest BEGIN! Bayou Battle
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Much obliged and yall are welcome. While most hard core hot sauce folks booo the Crystal with its vinegary cayenne flavor, for this food...it just works! I can dig it, 'specially on teh oysters! The fried okra were tasty love nuggets! Bugs and shrimps? Underwater cockroaches never tasted so good! And the oyster po'boy crustini's? Three words...GOOD 'GAWD YALL!!
That's one big Plate-O-LOVE, son!!
....Crystal is a fav of mine...but gimmie Tabasco for raw oysters every time!
Duvall Dave's Shrimp & Andouille Po'Boy
Here it is, my entry for this month's Throwdown:
The ingredients:
Bayou Battle...
Pick at least one main ingredient:
1. Catfish
2. Gator (or croc, for Aussies)
3. Shellfish (crawfish, shrimp, blue crab, or oysters only)
4. Pork (andouille,tasso, or chaurice only)
5.Poultry (chicken, turkey, or duck only)
(You must limit the protein ingredients to the above and not add additional meat, fish, etc.)
Pick at least two additional ingredients:
1.Okra
2.Corn
3. Rice
4. Tomatoes
5.Pecans
(You may also add whatever else you want as long as you pick two, and do not add additional meat, fish, etc. except what is listed in section 1.)
Pick at least one Cajun/Creole staple:
1.Roux
2.Trinity (green bell peppers, onion, celery)
3.Crab/Shrimp/Crawfish boil (spices)
4. Creole Mustard
5.Filé Powder
Pick at least one cooking method:
1.Grill/Smoke
2. Fry (deep or sauté)
3.Étouffée
4. Boil
5.Stew
Mandatory ingredients:
Cayenne pepper, and one hotter pepper (in any form).
Note:
Crab/Shrimp/Crawfish boil (spices) was in my teaser shot, but ended up not using it
Lets cook... First up, I made some rice with extra hot cayenne
Gotta spicy up the mayo with cayenne pepper and habanero heat salt
Whipping up some home-made creole mustard with Grey Poupon and Creole seasoning
Things are prepared and ready to go
Pan-frying the andouille sausages
Yum... Garlic, onions, orange habs, cayenne pepper, with a sprinkle of hab heat salt nicely frying to perfection
Toss in the shrimp and pre-pan-fried andouille sausage
Next up... the build!
Here it is, my entry for this month's Throwdown:
The ingredients:
Bayou Battle...
Pick at least one main ingredient:
2. Gator (or croc, for Aussies)
3. Shellfish (
4. Pork (andouille,
5.
(You must limit the protein ingredients to the above and not add additional meat, fish, etc.)
Pick at least two additional ingredients:
1.
2.
3. Rice
4. Tomatoes
5.
(You may also add whatever else you want as long as you pick two, and do not add additional meat, fish, etc. except what is listed in section 1.)
Pick at least one Cajun/Creole staple:
1.
2.
3.
4. Creole Mustard
5.
Pick at least one cooking method:
1.
2. Fry (
3.
4. Boil
5.
Mandatory ingredients:
Cayenne pepper, and one hotter pepper (in any form).
Note:
Crab/Shrimp/Crawfish boil (spices) was in my teaser shot, but ended up not using it
Lets cook... First up, I made some rice with extra hot cayenne
Gotta spicy up the mayo with cayenne pepper and habanero heat salt
Whipping up some home-made creole mustard with Grey Poupon and Creole seasoning
Things are prepared and ready to go
Pan-frying the andouille sausages
Yum... Garlic, onions, orange habs, cayenne pepper, with a sprinkle of hab heat salt nicely frying to perfection
Toss in the shrimp and pre-pan-fried andouille sausage
Next up... the build!
Make sure to paste the ingredients into the final post, Dave!
Duvall Dave's Shrimp & Andouille Po'Boy - The Build
And now, to build out DD's Shrimp & Andouille Po'Boy!
First up, spread on spicy mayo onto pan-fried hoagie rolls
Put on the andouille sausage and chipotle cheese
Put on my pan-fried shrimp awesomeness and squeeze on some fresh lime
Top it off with some tomato
Some close ups of my yummy awesomeness...
The side of cayenne rice
DD's Po'Boy
WOW - Need I say more?
Here's the money shot - DD's Shrimp & Andouille Po'Boy with a side of cayenne rice!
And now, to build out DD's Shrimp & Andouille Po'Boy!
First up, spread on spicy mayo onto pan-fried hoagie rolls
Put on the andouille sausage and chipotle cheese
Put on my pan-fried shrimp awesomeness and squeeze on some fresh lime
Top it off with some tomato
Some close ups of my yummy awesomeness...
The side of cayenne rice
DD's Po'Boy
WOW - Need I say more?
Here's the money shot - DD's Shrimp & Andouille Po'Boy with a side of cayenne rice!
Well here we go with the West Coast rendition for the THP Bayou Battle
Ingredients:
Crawfish
Andouille
Shrimp
Mirliton
Bell Pepper
Celery
Onion
Green Onion
Garlic
Jalapeno
Carribean Red
Rice
Pecans
Fresh made Seafood Stock
Cayanne and Assorted Spices
First off gotta have fresh seafood stock with lots of crawfish and shrimp shells
Next a dark red roux
Then the shrimps and mudbugs, stock and roux and spice and you have Efouffee
You gotta put that Etouffee somewhere - Mirliton Pirogue. And with that Jalepeno/Andouille Hushpuppies
For your Southern Louisiana dining pleasure Mirliton Pirogues smothered (as it translates) with Crawfish/Shrimp Etouffee - Jalapeno/Andouille Hushpuppies and Pecan Rice.
Enjoy, we did
Ingredients:
Crawfish
Andouille
Shrimp
Mirliton
Bell Pepper
Celery
Onion
Green Onion
Garlic
Jalapeno
Carribean Red
Rice
Pecans
Fresh made Seafood Stock
Cayanne and Assorted Spices
First off gotta have fresh seafood stock with lots of crawfish and shrimp shells
Next a dark red roux
Then the shrimps and mudbugs, stock and roux and spice and you have Efouffee
You gotta put that Etouffee somewhere - Mirliton Pirogue. And with that Jalepeno/Andouille Hushpuppies
For your Southern Louisiana dining pleasure Mirliton Pirogues smothered (as it translates) with Crawfish/Shrimp Etouffee - Jalapeno/Andouille Hushpuppies and Pecan Rice.
Enjoy, we did
Wow! These feasts will take some serious evaluation. Diggin' those hush puppies.
Damn TB, POO POO platter that" a full on meal extravaganza. I'm a lot closer than Paulky
LC, great looking plate and loving the fried hotness. Some serious cookin' goin' on in your kitchen! You raise the bar sir.
DD. What can be said for your entry? How 'bout...I'd push grandma in her wheelchair down the stairs for one of them 'po boys!!
DD. What can be said for your entry? How 'bout...I'd push grandma in her wheelchair down the stairs for one of them 'po boys!!
Oh my gosh, Dave...I LOVE po-boys....just ask anyone here that's had to peer at my repeated postings ad nauseam!! 
And Logchief....that feast looks to DIE FOR!!
....with Keystone too!!
And Logchief....that feast looks to DIE FOR!!
....with Keystone too!!
logchief my man you need a close-up! I just realized what you made. Étouffée stuffed deep-fried mirlitons! Hard to see.
I forgot to put the proof of life in my teasers so I'm skipping straight to the dish!
Shrimp Creole
Started with the trinity
then tomatoes diced and pureed
added bay leaf, garlic, salt, cayenne, thyme, parsley, salt
then the shrimps go in.
Put rice on a dish and fashion a hole in the center.
Pour dish into the hole.
Finished the plating with with Christmas colors--red and green Thai hots diced and sprinkled on.
Shrimp Creole
Started with the trinity
then tomatoes diced and pureed
added bay leaf, garlic, salt, cayenne, thyme, parsley, salt
then the shrimps go in.
Put rice on a dish and fashion a hole in the center.
Pour dish into the hole.
Finished the plating with with Christmas colors--red and green Thai hots diced and sprinkled on.
TB I can't believe you foo-foo'ed a "po'" boy!
I forgot to put the proof of life in my teasers so I'm skipping straight to the dish!
Shrimp Creole
Nice, hot stuff......direct and effective!
Oh my gosh, Dave...I LOVE po-boys....just ask anyone here that's had to peer at my repeated postings ad nauseam!!
And Logchief....that feast looks to DIE FOR!!
....with Keystone too!!
If ya love Po'Boys, after eating mine you'd think you died and went to Po'Boy heaven
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