Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking that originated in Louisiana, in the United States, blending West African, French, Spanish and Native American influences with the general cuisine of the American South. It revolves around the influences of populations present in Louisiana before its sale to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The word Creole described the French and Spanish descendants in French colonial Louisiana and over the years grew to include Acadians, Germans, Caribbeans and native-born people of African and mixed ancestry. Rice became the predominant starch, and gumbo, whose name comes from the French word for okra, is a signature dish.
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Origin RegionLouisiana, United States 1 Connections
Features Dish
Source Dirty rice (Wikipedia)
Source Red beans and rice (Wikipedia)
Source Shrimp creole (Wikipedia)
Uses Ingredient
Source Louisiana Creole Cuisine (Wikipedia)
Source Louisiana Creole Cuisine (Wikipedia)
Source Louisiana Creole Cuisine (Wikipedia)
Source Louisiana Creole Cuisine (Wikipedia)
Source Louisiana Creole Cuisine (Wikipedia)
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1. Louisiana Creole Cuisine (Wikipedia)
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Louisiana Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole, Louisiana Creole: manjê kréyòl, Spanish: cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Native American influences, as well as influences from the general cuisine of the Southern United States.
Uses Ingredient: Rice, Wikipedia article text
Rice became the predominant starch in the diet, as it was easy to grow, store and prepare.
Uses Ingredient: Okra, Wikipedia article text
The dish is a Louisiana version of West African okra soups which the dish gumbo is named for.
Uses Ingredient: Tomato, Wikipedia article text
Its ingredients include shrimp, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic and cayenne pepper.
Uses Ingredient: Shrimp, Wikipedia article text
Its ingredients include shrimp, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic and cayenne pepper.
Uses Ingredient: Celery, Wikipedia article text
Its ingredients include shrimp, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic and cayenne pepper.
View the SourceDirty rice (Wikipedia)
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Dirty rice is a traditional Louisiana Creole dish made from white rice which gets a "dirty" color from being cooked with small pieces of pork, beef or chicken, green bell pepper, celery, and onion, and spiced with cayenne and black pepper.
Red beans and rice (Wikipedia)
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Red beans and rice is an emblematic dish of Louisiana Creole cuisine (not originally of Cajun cuisine) traditionally made on Mondays with small red beans, vegetables (bell pepper, onion, and celery), spices (thyme, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf), and pork bones as left over from Sunday dinner, cooked together slowly in a pot and served over rice.
Shrimp creole (Wikipedia)
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Shrimp creole is a dish of Louisiana Creole origin (French, Spanish, and African heritage), consisting of cooked shrimp in a mixture of whole or diced tomatoes, the "holy trinity" of onion, celery and bell pepper, spiced with hot pepper sauce or cayenne-based seasoning, and served over steamed or boiled white rice.
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