Recipes from Chasing the Gator

Chasing the Gator Cookbook

A badass modern Cajun cookbook from Top Chef fan favorite Isaac Toups and acclaimed journalist Jennifer V. Cole, featuring 100 full-flavor stories and recipes. Full of salty stories, a few tall tales, and more than 100 recipes that double down on flavor, Chasing the Gator shows how–and what it means–to cook Cajun food today.

A white bowl filled with braised greens with Andouille sausage on a wooden table with a linen napkin underneath.

Braised Greens with Andouille

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A one-pot wonder of a small mountain of greens, caramelized onions, andouille sausage, and plenty of slurp-worthy pot liquor.

A tied whole roasted leg of lamb with a crispy garlic crust on a metal baking sheet.

Red Wine Garlic Roasted Leg of Lamb

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Perfection. That’s the type of response we’re having to this crazy tender, exceptionally tasty roast leg of lamb marinated in true Mediterranean fashion.