Stuffed Pork Chops

Ingredients: 8 pork chops 3 cups bread cubes 1/4 cup diced celery – sautéed lightly 1 cup chopped oysters 1/2 cup oysters liquor 1 cup diced onions 1 cup crabmeat 2 eggs salt and pepper to taste Instructions: Combine all dry ingredients with crabmeat, oysters and eggs. Mix as you would any bread stuffing. Place about 1 cup of stuffing between 2 pork chops and bake in a greased baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Serve with a brown sauce.
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Creole Chicken Gumbo

Ingredients: 1 large chicken-cut up 4 tablespoons cooking oil 1 large onion-chopped 2 quarts chicken stock-heated 2 tablespoons parsley-chopped 2 tablespoons green onions-chopped 1 teaspoon chopped thyme-if fresh or 1/2 teaspoon if dry 1 clove garlic-mince 3 bay leaves 1 pound smoke sausage (or andouille) 1 pint oysters 1 tablespoon filé cayenne pepper to taste salt and pepper to taste thyme Instructions: Use a heavy pot (iron if possible), and brown the chicken slowly in oil. Remove the chicken. Sauté the onions until soft. Return the chicken and any juice that has drained off to the pot with onions. Cover and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Add the heated stock, parsley, green onions, garlic, and bay leaves. Season generously with thyme. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook over low heat until chicken is tender. Add precooked sausage and cook for 10 minutes. Add oysters and oysters’ water and cook for 10 minutes more. Remove from heat and immediately add filé powder, stirring while adding. Serve in large bowls, pouring it over steamed rice.
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