Tag: cajun

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Accompanying my Cajun battered and fried Lake Michigan Whitefish today was a mound of slightly spicy and extremely tasty, freshly made Cajun Tartar Sauce and it was easy, almost too easy to make.

Cajun Tartar Sauce with Cajun Battered Fish

Ingredients
1 c mayonnaise
1/4 c shredded dill pickle
1 tbsp cajun seasoning
1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/2 tsp dried tarragon

Instructions
Now for the “tough” part putting it together.  Put all ingredients in a bowl and stir until thoroughly mixed, sever fresh or refrigerate until ready to use.

And that’s it, dress up fish with a slight spicy and very tasty rendition of plain old tartar sauce.  It would go very nicely on a fish sandwich, in fact, I will be making on of those as soon as I make it to the store to pick up some pepperjack cheese to top it with.

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Another day, another way to eat chicken, this one a little bit more involved.  Like the turkey breast I had cooked last year I stated off with my standard brine and added some black peppercorns, sage and basil.  I also use garlic cloves in place of garlic powder and I chopped up a couple of onion and added them to the brine.  After an afternoon of hunting and a thorough rub down with cajun spice to throw this bird on the smoker.

Chicken on the smoker

It took about four hours over a combination of hickory, apple and cherry wood to finish out bird.  Although we did baste this bird it probably would have been just fine without, it was the moistest chicken I have ever had.

Carving a Smoked Chicken

Not only was the chicken moist but it was also full of flavor and possibly by far the best chicken I have ever eaten.  We will be eating chicken again this way and next time we might go for more of a barbecued type of thing, just to branch out.  Oh yeah the potatoes were smoked too and not half bad.

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