Best Louisiana Chicken Recipes

LOUISIANA STYLE BLACKENED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, mix together all the blackening spices.
• Toss the chicken in the spices, making sure that each fillet is evenly coated.
• Heat a large heavy based frying pan over high heat until very hot.
• Add the oil and fry chicken fillets on each side.
• You want the chicken to fry quite fast so that you sear and roast the spices very well.
• Don't be tempted to add too many pieces to the pan at once or you will not get the desired effect.
• When the fillet is well seared, place on a roasting tray and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• Serve the chicken on a platter garnished with a few salad leaves.

TANYA'S LOUISIANA SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a medium size bowl mix together the eggs and milk. Add ALMOST all of the salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder (reserve a dash of each for seasoning the chicken pieces). Set aside.
• Sprinkle a dash of the remaining salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder onto both sides of the chicken pieces.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Put the flour in a plastic bag. One piece at a time, dip the chicken into the egg/milk mixture then add to the plastic bag. Shake the bag so that the flour is covering each piece of chicken.
• You can check to see if the oil is hot enough by sprinkling a little flour in the skillet. If it fries, it's hot enough! Place the chicken pieces in the skillet. After about 5 minutes, turn the chicken over. Let chicken fry for about 15 minutes or until the meat is cooked through and the juices run clear. Enjoy!

LOUISIANA CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO(THE REAL STUFF)

Steps:

• Melt some butter in your heavy bottomed pot.
• Sprinkle your chicken with a lil bit of flour.
• Brown in the butter (about 5 minutes?) Remove.
• In the same pot, using equal parts butter and flour, make your roux.
• (see my recipe list, if you don't know how to do this, it is posted under gumbo base, aka roux) Once the roux has reached the dark chocolate stage, add the onion, bell pepper and celery.
• In Louisiana, this is known as the Holy Trinity, almost every cajun/creole dish begins with this.
• Add some salt, some pepper and a lot of garlic and saute all the veggies for a little while.
• It doesn't matter how long of a little while as long as you don't let it burn.
• Add chicken back into the pot.
• Start adding your water or broth slowly, stirring the whole time.
• You will know when you have enough by how thick or thin your gravy is.
• If you want thinner gravy, more stock, if you want thicker gravy, less stock.
• Season with more salt, more pepper and the cajun seasoning blend.
• Bring just to a boil and lower heat to a simmer.
• Add sausage.
• Allow to cook long enough for the chicken to began to fall of off the bones or until people are hovering over you trying to snitch spoonfuls of it behind your back.
• (about an hour and a half?) Serve over rice.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place flour in oven bag; shake to coat. Place oven bag in a 13x9-in. baking pan or larger roasting pan. Sprinkle chicken with salt and cayenne pepper; place in bag. , Surround chicken with onions, potatoes, carrots and green peppers. Place one garlic clove inside the chicken and one with the vegetables. Sprinkle parsley and mint over vegetables and chicken. Combine broth, Worcestershire sauce and bitters if desired. Pour under chicken inside of bag., Fasten the bag. Puncture the top of the bag five or six times with a fork. Bake until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°, 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

SOUTH LOUISIANA CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO (NO OKRA!)

Steps:

• For the Roux.
• Heat bacon grease in large skillet.
• Add flour when melted.
• The mixture should be liquidy, If not add a bit more bacon grease.
• Stir mixture constantly over a med-high heat, be careful not to scorch.
• Stir until the mixture is the color of peanut butter.
• For Gumbo.
• Add chopped vegetables to roux in skillet, stir and allow to cook until onions are clear.
• Meanwhile in a large sauce pan, warm 3 cans of broth.
• Once onions are clear, stir in one can of broth, stir until smooth.
• Add roux mixture to saucepan of broth.
• Use the roux skillet for the chicken,cook sausage and chicken until chicken is no longer pink, add to broth.
• Pour the 2 remaining cans of broth into the skillet, bring to a boil, stirring, cleaning the remaining roux and the flavors from the skillet.
• Add skillet broth to sauce pan.
• Stir in Cajun seasonings and bouillon.
• Let simmer on low for 2 hours.
• Serve over cooked white rice.

LOUISIANA HOT SAUCE CHICKEN SANDWICH WITH CAJUN RANCH DRESSING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk, hot sauce, honey, cumin, garlic, lime juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the chicken into a re-sealable bag and pour the buttermilk marinade over. Marinate in the fridge, at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
• Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill the chicken until cooked through and 165 degrees F, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Place the cheese on the bottom of each roll, then top with 2 chicken thighs, lettuce and a dollop of Cajun Ranch Dressing.
• In a medium bowl, combine the mayonnaise, buttermilk, hot sauce, lemon juice, blackening seasoning, mustard, salt and cayenne. Fold in the scallions, celery, red peppers and garlic with the mayonnaise mixture.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In dutch oven or stock pot add chicken pieces, barely cover with water and season with salt and pepper or creole seasoning.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce to a slow simmer and cook, covered, 30 to 45 minutes until meat can be easily de-boned . Do not overcook or cook too fast or the chicken will be stringy. Reserve 5 cups of stock or reduce stock to 5 cups.
• Remove chicken from pot, cool, de-bone, and cut into bite sized pieces, discarding skin and bones and setting aside the meat.
• In Heavy skillet (I use a 12" well seasoned cast iron skillet) saute ground pork sausage in oil, scrambling with a spatula, until done. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving fat in skillet.
• Add smoked sausage to skillet, cook until lightly browned. Remove from skillet with slotted spoon and set aside, reserving pan drippings.
• Sauté vegetables in hot skillet with 3 TBS of reserved pan drippings (more if needed) until celery is tender and onion is clear to lightly caramelized. Remove from skillet and set aside.
• In large heavy bottomed stock pot or dutch oven (at least 12 quart) add reserved chicken stock, rice, sausage, and vegetables, season to taste with salt and pepper or creole seasoning, bring to rapid boil, reduce to low heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is desired consistency. Do not remove lid during cooking.
• Remove from heat and gently fold to mix together the ingredients as they tend to stratify during cooking. Don't get too aggressive or you'll break up the rice grains and mush it up.
• Serve with a salad, garlic bread and iced tea.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN SAUCE PIQUANT

Steps:

• Heat 3 cups of cooking oil hot enough to cook chicken.
• Cut chicken into 2 inch pieces, season with the creole seasoning and fry in oil until done.
• Remove the chicken from the oil.
• In another frying pan, saute onions,celery, bell pepper and garlic until opaque looking and slightly limp.
• To the vegetable mixture, add your chicken which has slightly cooled.
• Add tomatoes and water to the mixture, then lower the flame allowing mixture to simmer for for one hour, stirring about every 10 minutes.
• Serve with rice.
• If you like yours to be a bit thicker, use 2 cans of diced tomatoes and 1 can (8 ounce) tomato paste and 1 cup water.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN FILE GUMBO

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt, thyme, pepper, and cayenne.
• In an iron soup pot, heat oil over medium high heat until hot, then fry chicken until golden brown.
• Pour excess oil out of pot, and reserve for roux.
• Add onions, celery, and garlic to the pot with the chicken, and cook, uncovered, over low heat until onions are wilted.
• Season flour with Creole seasoning.
• In a heavy iron pot, heat the reserved oil over medium heat to make roux.
• When oil is hot, stir flour in gradually.
• Lower heat to very low, and cook to desired darkness - golden brown to chocolate brown, stirring constantly (It is VERY important that you continue stirring constantly).
• Pour excess oil off the top to prevent the gumbo from being too rich.
• Slowly stir in water, dissolving roux.
• Add the water to the chicken mixture.
• Allow to boil over medium low heat until meat is tender.
• Serve in soup bowls with rice.
• Just before serving sprinkle parsley and a dash of file on each serving.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN GUMBO

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt in a plastic or paper bag.
• Add chicken pieces, close bag, and shake to coat well.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Shake excess flour from chicken and place in hot oil, cook until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes.
• Remove chicken from pot and set aside.
• Add onion, celery, green onion, and garlic to pot and cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
• Return chicken to pot.
• Stir in broth, tomatoes, bay leaf, and TABASCO Sauce and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add okra and cook 10 minutes longer.
• Serve in bowls and top each serving with a scoop of rice.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• Place chicken in large gumbo/stock pot, fill with water just to cover chicken well, boil til done. While chicken is cooking, cut up sausage into rounds, then cut rounds into quarters. Brown sausage in a skillet, drain on paper towels. Chop garlic, onions and celery and brown in the sausage grease. Remove chicken, cut up into small pieces. Dissolve bouillon in chicken broth. Add soup to broth, continue to simmer, add more water as needed. Add garlic, onions and celery to broth. If using okra, add now. Add seasonings to taste to broth. If desired, you can add diced tomatoes (like ro-tel). Add chopped chicken and sausage to mix. Continue to simmer, covered.
• Now to make the roux: This is like making gravy - use remaining sausage drippings, add oil and heat in skillet. Sprinkle flour into oil, stirring constantly, until all added and mixed well. You may have to add more flour to get the right consistency, should spread slowly back out into pan when stirring/scraping the mixture. Stir constantly, do not let it burn. Cook until it is the color of dark peanut butter. Remove from heat. Slowly scrape the roux mixture into the slowly boiling gumbo mixture, stirring as you add it, and scraping the bottom of the gumbo pot for roux that settled to the bottom. BE CAREFUL as it will steam up quite a bit. Stir constantly until all roux thoroughly dissolved into gumbo. Let simmer for 30 min to an hour, stirring occasionally.
• Serve over cooked white rice. I like Jasmine rice.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Brown the chicken pieces in the oil.
• Remove the pieces.
• Stir the flour into the drippings and cook until brown.
• Add the celery, pepper and onion and cook until tender.
• Add the soup powder, water, salt and paprika, bring to a boil.
• Cook for 5 minutes.
• Place the chicken in a baking dish.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken, bake uncovered for 45 minutes, basting often and skimming fat.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN PASTA (CHEESECAKE EATERY-INSPIRED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lay chicken breasts flat on a cutting board and slice horizontally into 2 thin pieces using a sharp knife.
• Place 1/2 cup flour in a shallow bowl. Mix 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and panko bread crumbs together in a separate shallow bowl. Beat eggs together in another shallow bowl.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in an oven-proof skillet over medium heat.
• Dredge chicken in flour, dip in cheese-bread crumb mixture, and coat with eggs. Place chicken in the hot skillet and cook until evenly browned, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer skillet to the oven.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onion; saute until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper, white wine, and garlic. Cook until peppers are softened, 3 to 5 minutes more. Remove vegetables from pan.
• Melt butter in the same skillet; add 2 tablespoons flour and whisk well. Add cream and chicken stock; whisk constantly until bubbling and thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in basil, Cajun seasoning, and red pepper flakes. Return pasta and vegetables to the sauce; mix in remaining 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Lay baked chicken on top.

CHEESECAKE FACTORY'S LOUISIANA CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat.
• Add yellow and red bell peppers, mushrooms, and onion to same skillet,until crisp-tender, about 4 minute.
• Add garlic and crushed red pepper to skillet and saute 3 minutes.
• Add whipping cream and chicken stock.
• Simmer until sauce re-heats and thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Add basil and 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese to sauce, stirring to incorporate.
• Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low, simmer; sauce will reduce and thicken.
• Wash and drain chicken breasts.
• Pound until very thin (the thinner the chicken breasts the better).
• Mix breadcrumbs, flour, and Parmesan cheese together.
• Place milk in dish for dipping.
• Dip chicken in breadcrumb mixture and then in milk and then back in breadcrumbs.
• Place in fry pan that the oil has been heated and fry at medium high temperature until golden crisp and cooked through.
• Add more oil as needed.
• Remove and drain chicken; keep warm.
• Meanwhile, cook bow-tie pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite.
• Drain and return to pot.
• Add sauce and toss to coat.
• Place pasta with sauce on plate, and top with chicken breast.
• Serve, passing additional Parmesan separately.

LOUISIANA HOT SAUCE GRILLED CHICKEN LEGS FOR TAILGATING

Steps:

• heat grill or start coals in a small pan on the grill add butter and entire bottle of hot sauce, stir till it becomes red medium thick liquid, let simmer or move off direct heat till chicken is ready. put on chicken legs and cook over heat till the skin begins to crisp. Apply sauce liberally to each leg, and turn often till achieving a smoky red skin and cooked throughout. don't spare the sauce and remember the mantra "sauce and flip" cooking times vary depending upon methiod but normally 15 to 20 minutes total

LOUISIANA CHICKEN AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE GUMBO

Steps:

• 1. Bring chicken, water, seasonings and veggies to boil in a large stock pot. 2. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and simmer for up to an hour or until chicken is tender, falling off the bone. 3. Remove chicken from stockpot and strain the broth reserving it for the gumbo. De-bone the chicken, shred and set aside. 4. Take reserved chicken stock and add it back to the stockpot. Add shredded chicken, sausage, veggies, seasonings and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil. 5. Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer for 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally. 6. In a heavy skillet (I use a cast iron skillet) heat oil on medium high heat. 7. Gradually add in flour whisking constantly. 8. **Note** A good roux takes about 30 minutes to make so be prepared to be whisking for a while lol My cajun buddies will tell ya, its done when its 2 beers in! 9. Keep stirring until your roux is a dark carmel brown in color. I've added step pics for start, middle and end results for a reference. 10. Once roux is finished, slowly add it to your gumbo pot and continue to stir occasionally for another hour. 11. Serve over hot cooked rice with gumbo file if desired.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN AND PASTA

Steps:

• Cook gemelli to desired doneness as directed on package. Drain; cover to keep warm.
• Meanwhile, cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Add chicken, bell pepper and onion; cook 4 to 6 minutes or until chicken is browned, stirring occasionally.
• Add all remaining ingredients except parsley; mix well. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until chicken is no longer pink in center, stirring occasionally. Stir in gemelli; cook and stir until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with parsley.

LOUISIANA STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place chicken between waxed paper sheets and roll until flat and uniform in size.
• Sprinkle with lemon pepper and salt.
• Saute green onion, celery and garlic until tender; add sherry, croutons, crab, parsley and dill weed.
• Blend well and divide among breasts.
• Roll breasts, tucking ends in and secure with toothpicks.
• Dust with flour and place in baking dish with rolled edge down; sprinkle with paprika.
• Melt remaining butter and drizzle over chicken; pour half and half in bottom of dish.
• Bake uncovered at 350 for 50-60 minutes.
• Baste frequently with pan juices.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pat the pieces of chicken completely dry with paper towels and season them on all sides with the salt and red pepper. In a heavy 12-inch skillet, heat the oil over moderate heat until a light haze forms above it.
• Fry the chicken in the hot oil, starting the pieces skin side down and turning them frequently with tongs for about 20 minutes, or until they brown richly and evenly.
• To be sure that the bird is cooked to the proper degree of doneness, lift a thigh from the pan and pierce it deeply with the point of a small skewer or sharp knife. The juice that trickles out should be clear yellow; if it is still tinged with pink, fry the chicken for 2 or 3 minutes more.
• After all of the chicken pieces are cooked, drain them on paper towels. Then arrange them on a heated platter and drape them with foil to keep them warm.
• Meanwhile, in another large heavy skillet, melt the butter over moderate heat. When the foam subsides, add the mushrooms and, stirring occasionally, cook for 5 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender and the liquid that accumulates in the pan has evaporated. Do not let the mushrooms brown. Remove the pan from the heat and reserve the mushrooms.
• When the chicken has cooked its allotted time and been transferred to the platter, pour off all but about 4 tablespoons of the fat remaining in the skillet and in its place add the flour; mix well. While stirring constantly with a wire whisk, pour in the chicken stock in a slow, thin stream and cook over high heat until the sauce comes to a boil, thickens heavily and is smooth. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2 or 3 minutes to remove the raw taste of the flour.
• Stir in the mushrooms, olives, sherry and artichoke hearts, and simmer for a minute or so longer to heat them throughout.
• Taste for seasoning, then ladle the sauce and vegetables over the chicken and serve at once.

LOUISIANA CHICKEN COURTBOUILLON WITH SAFFRON

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, preferably cast-iron, heat the oil over modderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it brown the chicken, patted dry, in batches, transferring it with a slotted spoon as it is browned to a large kettle. Pour off all but 1/4 cup fat from the skillet, stir in the flour, and cook the roux over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until it is the color of peanut butter. Add the onion, the celery, and the bell pepper and cook the mixture, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened. Stir in the garlic, cook the mixture, stirring, for 1 minute, and add the tomatoes with the juice, breaking them up with the spatula. Transfer the tomato mixture to the kettle and stir in the stock, the saffron, and the cayenne. Bring the liquid to a boil, simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour, and stir in the scallion greens and salt to taste. Serve the Courtbouillon over the parsleyed rice in soup plates. Serves 8 to 10.