Seafood dishes abound in South Louisiana and methods are as many as you can imagine. Below is a collection of the traditional Cajun and Creole recipes us Cajuns have cooked for years.

Click on the Main Ingredient below or scroll down to pick the recipe you're looking for. To see the "Modern" recipes click here.

Crawfish

Crawfish Etouffee
Crawfish Turnovers
Boiled Crawfish
Crawfish Omelet

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Crab

Stuffed Crab - Jack Guidry (My Dad's Recipe)
Crab Stew  
Boiled Crabs - Jack Guidry... -  How to peel a crab!
Crab & Corn Bisque - D. Guidry - Houma, LA
Crab-Meat-Au-Gratin

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Fish

Fried Fish  
Redfish Sauce Piquant

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Frog Legs

Fried Frog Legs  
Smothered Frog Legs

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Shrimp 

Shrimp Boulettes 
Fried Shrimp  
Gumbo  
Shrimp Stew
Shirley's Shrimp Jambalaya
Shrimp Bisque - LM

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Turtle

Turtle Sauce Piquant (I'm looking for a good recipe, please send one)

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Oysters

Oysters Louisiana 
Ruby's Christmas Oyster Gumbo - C. Daigle - Bayou Blue, LA
Fried Oysters  
Oyster Chili - Jack Guidry :-)
Oyster Soup
Oyster Jambalaya - the late, Earl Jackson - Houma
Oyster Dressing - the late, Earline Jackson - Houma
Oyster Jambalaya - the late, Percy Guidry - Houma, LA

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Alligator

Alligator Sauce Piquant (I'm looking for a good recipe, please send one)

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Please send your recipes!

Thanks