The love of Cajun food has grown over the years, so much so that it’s now being widely sold across the internet, with homemade Louisiana treats like turduckin, crawfish, alligator, and boudin being shipped across the globe because of their fantastic flavors and spices. If you want to join the crowd and buy spices to season with, pots to boil in, or fresh or frozen ingredients to get the party going, this is the place to get started. Here are eight great Cajun cookin’ web sites to help you get started.
1. Cajun Grocer- http://www.cajungrocer.com/food-fresh-foods-c-1_15.html
This site is amazing, because it ships fresh ingredients like shrimp, live crawfish, alligator, and boudin directly from Louisiana in a cooler packed with dry ice to ensure freshness. Even better, the crawfish can be purchased tailed, and they sell etouffee, jambalaya, and a vast variety of stuffed breads that will make your mouth water.
There are multiple items available throughout the site such as pralines, coffees, marinades, and even recipes, but the big buy is the seafood. You can purchase it online, but you will have to register first, with prices ranging from $6.95 for alligator; to 10 lb of shrimp $64.00; to turducken ranking $94.00. Crawfish was out of season, so I couldn’t give you an estimate on where that price stood.
2. Cajun Super Market- http://www.cajunsupermarket.com/?ppce=ZT1Hb29nbGUmbj1Hb29nbGUgQWR3b3JkcyZjPTAuMTU%3D
This is a unique supermarket because it offers many things that are vital to Cajun cookin’ but overlooked by other sites. It provides the injector (which is used to inject spices into meats when cooking), Sweet Potato Pancake Mix, Zapps Potato Chips, green onion smoked sausage, and Louisiana Green Sauce. But, that’s just the beginning. They’ve got things from Tony Chaceres, Zatarans, and Louisiana that I’ve never heard of and their food selection and choices are remarkable.
They’ve got frozen dishes that are out of this world. Crawfish meat pies for $9.99 (3 pies)/crawfish and crab for ($12); red beans and rice for $9.39; and four servings of shrimp creole for $13. It doesn’t have to be frozen though; they’ve even go breakfast. Ranging from biscuits to grist, to homemade syrup, this site offers a little bit of everything at a reasonable price. A true taste of home.
3. Bellue’s Cajun Cuisine- http://www.belluescajuncuisine.com/
Bellue’s is a fun site because it gives you an opportunity to explore a different side of Cajun cookin’. Here, Cajun hot tamales, beef jerky, and andouille sausage are made, quickly becoming a must have in many households. Of course, the favorites of candied yams, baked beans, and gumbo are still offered; they even sell broccoli rice, chocolate cake, and crawfish bisque, and even better, it’s at a decent price. The jerky is $3, a pint of broccoli rice is $4, and crawfish bisque is $9 for a pint. Deer, pork chops, mustard greens, and brisket with homemade sauce are also found on their long list of items. The list is enormous, with whole turkeys, stuffed chickens, and hams also available. You will need to call to place your order from this site, the number needed is placed on their web page; it varies due to your location.
4. Cajun-Shop: A Gourmet Cajun Shop
http://www.cajun-shop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store;_Code=AGCGS&Category;_Code=BCTP
Cajun Shop is a fun site with things ranging from weekly drawings for tee shirts; recipes for foods like bread pudding, bouillabaisse, and roux; and Zydeco music. They’ve got colorful King’s cake for $45 (incl. s/h), hot nuts for $5.99, and original seafood items. Ranging from shrimp, crawfish, and crab pistoletts, to New Orleans muffalatas and stuffed pork chops, with prices ranging from $54 to $98 for as many as twelve servings, their gourmet selection is one of a kind. Ordering here is simple; you just select items that interest you as you peruse the site, tallying up your total when you finish searching.
5. Cajun Creations- http://www.cajuncreations.com/default.aspx?Affiliate=7
Cajun Creations is the Hickory Farms for Cajun delicacies. Loaded with gift baskets, tins, and bags overflowing with flavorful treats, Cajun Creations is a well-hidden secret of Louisiana. They even have a creative flair, with magnets, gumbo bowls, and mugs decorated with alligators, crawfish, and good old-fashioned Louisiana style. Of course, there’s still live crawfish, turducken with jalapeno rice dressing (15 lb $70), stuffed pork chops ($13), pickled okra ($3.50), and Pat O’Brien’s hurricane mix ($3) tossed in for a bit of fun. Here, you can order online or by phone.
6. Cajun’s Choice- http://cajunschoice.com/store/commerce.cgi
This site centers on seasoning, providing a wide range of spices like gumbo file and creole seasoning while also offering mixes for shrimp, fish, jambalaya, and crab boils. It also provides ready made cocktail sauce, tartar sauce, and creole mustard that have been spiced up with Louisiana’s Cajun heritage. Recipes for things such as fried turkey, a Cajun Bloody Mary, and Shrimp marinade can be found on this site, and a variety of the recipes actually have walk through demos to help get you started. The most expensive thing on site was $2.75, and if ordered in bulk, the prices actually reduced. You can order online or by phone.
7. Bayou Cajun Creole- http://bayoucajuncreole.com/products-cajun-creole.html
Bayou Cajun Creole, centered in Baton Rouge, sells a little bit of everything. It has outstanding seasonings for crab cakes, shrimp/crawfish etouffee, dirty rice, and jambalaya, and even better they have the stuff that makes gumbo finally taste like it came from Mama’s kitchen. They offer gumbo base, gumbo file, and even a phenomenal roux to build your dish from. They’ve even got grits, hog cracking, pralines, and yams. No prices are listed, but there is a phone and e-mail address shown if interested.
8. Chops Cajun Foods- http://www.chopscajunfoods.com/index.html
Chops is known for their heat and go meals. They offer deboned stuffed chicken and turduckin with a variety sides like cornbread dressing, jambalaya, broccoli rice, and even eggplant that is already seasoned. Just defrost, and throw them in the oven when you get home, and dinner will be ready in no time. It doesn’t stop there though; they’ve got etouffee, gumbo, boudin balls, po boys, and mini meat pies. Some items, like duck, quail, rabbit, elk, and even alligator, can also be found there but an order must be placed at least three days before the meat is expected to arrive. (It’s not always at hand.) They even offer frog legs, stuffed Cornish hens, fried turkey, and ribs. Prices are not listed on site.
