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Home | Recipes | Holidays | Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Our Mardi Gras category features some delicious and festive recipes to help you celebrate Fat Tuesday. From traditional New Orleans dishes to colorful cocktails, we have a variety of recipes to help you bring the spirit of the French Quarter to your home. Whether you’re hosting a Mardi Gras party or just looking to enjoy some Cajun cuisine, these recipes are sure to add some fun and flavor to your celebration. 

A white bowl filled with Tennessee shrimp and grits, topped with a sprig of parsley.
Key lime slice and bake cookies garnished with lime zest beside slices of lime, all on a sheet of parchment paper.

Key Lime Slice-and-Bake Cookies

2 hrs

Pibil-style pork ribs on sheets of parchment paper with a bowl of habanero salsa next to it.

Pibil-Style Pork Ribs

23 hrs

A cast-iron pan filled with smothered pork chops in a thick caramelized onion and cream sauce.

Smothered Pork Chops

1 hr

A large enamel pot filled with chicken perloo with a ladle.

Chicken Perloo

1 hr 5 mins

A floral tablecloth with a cellar of pink salt, a plate of cornbread, and a pot of field peas and snap beans along with pot liquor and a chunk of salt pork.

Field Peas and Snap Beans

1 hr 10 mins

A basket of chicken wings with wax paper, covered with a sticky red sauce, sesame seeds, and green onion slices.

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings

2 hrs 30 mins

A blue skillet with paper towel and a pile of breaded, deep-fried cauliflower. A bowl of dip in the background.

Popcorn Cauliflower Bites

40 mins

A platter of baked shrimp with Creole sauce with bread slices on the side.

Baked Shrimp with Creole Sauce

1 hr 10 mins

Pieces of Rodney Scott's whole bbq chicken on a cutting board with a knife beside them.

Rodney Scott’s Whole BBQ Chicken

3 hrs 45 mins

A pile of Cajun fried chicken pieces.

Cajun Fried Chicken

35 mins

Crackers topped with pimento cheese.

Pimento Cheese

10 mins

Glass bowl filled with pecan pie bread pudding, caramel sauce, bourbon-vanilla ice cream on a marble table

Pecan Pie Bread Pudding

5 hrs

Creole shrimp and grits in a white bowl, with a spoon above the bowl with a shrimp in it.

Creole Shrimp and Grits

1 hr 30 mins

Pieces of bayou fried shrimp in a paper towel-lined bowl.

Bayou Fried Shrimp

1 hr

A white bowl filled with Tennessee shrimp and grits, topped with a sprig of parsley.

Tennessee Shrimp and Grits

1 hr

Seafood gumbo in a two-handled bowl on a piece of wood.

Seafood Gumbo

5 hrs 15 mins

A root beer-glazed ham on a wooden cutting board with a fork and knife resting beside it.

Root Beer-Glazed Ham

4 hrs 30 mins

A bowl filled with duck jambalaya and topped with sausage

Duck Jambalaya

1 hr 45 mins

A blue and white bowl filled with shrimp and grits.

Southern Shrimp and Grits

1 hr 25 mins

Cajun chicken and sausage gumbo with a serving of rice, in a white bowl with a spoon.

Cajun Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

2 hrs 45 mins

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