20+ Mouthwatering Cajun Holy Trinity Recipes (2024)

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In Cajun and Creole cooking there's a heavy influence of French cuisine. Most Cajun dishes, as a general rule, start with this basic ingredient combination. This compilation of Cajun holy trinity recipes are, in my opinion, the best.

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The holy trinity of Cajun cooking is 99% of the time started with a combination of onions, green bell pepper and celery.

Much like the traditional mirepoix (onion, celery and carrot), it adds rich flavors like no other.

Hint: Some of these recipes might be questionable as to being actual Cajun recipes, or Creole cuisine, but they are recipes that are frequently made by Cajuns and have that unique flavor, usually by adding andouille sausages, or other such flavorful ingredients..

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Stuffed Crab

This stuffed crab recipe is a Cajun masterpiece! Tasty and piled high inside a real shell, Louisiana chefs love serving this dish. Stuffed crab is deliciously moreish.

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Seafood Gumbo

Deliciously tasty, New Orleans style Seafood Gumbo. The perfect blend of seafood and smokiness with just enough spice to get those lips tingling! Serves perfectly with rice and potato salad. (Note. A Creole gumbo would contain tomatoes)

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Southern Chicken Stew

This delicious Southern Chicken Stew Recipe comes from Cajun country. Homemade comfort food at it's best and full of green peppers, Creole seasoning and a dark roux, this delicious thick stew will have your tummy happy in no time.

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Catfish Courtbouillon

A tasty Cajun masterpiece, a tomato based seafood stew full of catfish fillets and trinity. Catfish courtbouillon is a southern favorite.

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Crawfish Sauce

A delicious creamy Crawfish Sauce that is full of Cajun spice. Perfect spooned over any seafood or baked potato.

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Quick Stovetop Mac and Cheese Recipe

Delicious easy homemade Taco Soup can be made in four simple steps. All the tastes of a taco but in the form of a soup.

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Crawfish Etouffee

Crawfish étouffée is a classic Louisiana dish full of robust flavor. This dish is famous for its Cajun influence and surprisingly easy and quick to make. Add hot sauce to your liking.

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Natchitoches Meat Pie

This recipe is straight out of Natchitoches Louisiana. The delicious flaky pastry along with the wonderfully seasoned meat filling makes these pies so addictive you'll be reaching for another, and another...

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Southern Baked Beans Recipe

These Southern Baked Beans are so tangy, sweet and meaty they are the perfect accompaniment to any barbecue!

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Pastalaya

Pastalaya is a Cajun recipe, originating from the traditional Jambalaya, replacing the rice with Pasta. This Pastalaya recipe is a hearty comfort food started with a Cajun roux for a darker color. Cajun cooks all over the state now have mastered this delicious recipe.

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Real Cajun Jambalaya

This is a big pot of Cajun comfort food. A real Cajun Jambalaya is typically nice and slightly dry, full of meat and smokey flavors and some great Cajun seasonings to top it off.

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Cajun Rice Dressing

Cajun rice dressing made just like grandma made. Perfectly moist with the use of chicken gizzards and livers for added depth of flavor and texture.

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Crock Pot Pinto Beans

Deliciously meaty and creamy - Southern cooking at it's best. These crock pot pinto beans are a meal all unto itself.

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Slow Cooker Cajun 15 Bean Soup Recipe

Full of flavor this slow cooker Cajun 15 bean soup is smoky, heart warming and full of Cajun ingredients.

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Crawfish Pie

This delicious and juicy Crawfish Pie in one of our favorite things to do with leftover crawfish tails. Tasty pie crust with an etouffee-like filling.

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Crawfish Pistolettes

Cajun cheesy crawfish stuffed pistolettes, filled with sausage and seasoning to bring it up a notch or two. One will never be enough.

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Alligator Gumbo

Delicious Cajun Alligator Gumbo with shrimp and sausage. Tasty, smoky and full of seasoning this dish is a surprising change from the usual.

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Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Recipe

This Louisiana Classic is famous for a reason. The combination of the smoked sausage and tenderness of the chicken in a tasty soup full of Cajun spices, is perfection.

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What is the Holy Trinity Cajun ratio? ›

The holy trinity is the Cajun and Louisiana Creole variant of mirepoix; traditional mirepoix is two parts onions, one part carrots, and one part celery, whereas the holy trinity is typically one or two parts onions, one part green bell pepper, and one part celery.

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What are two of the three ingredients that make up the Cajun Trinity? ›

For chefs and home cooks in Louisiana, the Holy Trinity in cooking, which consists of onions, celery and green pepper, is the foundation of many Cajun and Creole recipes.

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How to make Cajun holy trinity? ›

The Cajun holy trinity recipe calls for one part white onion, one part green bell pepper, and one part celery. Some recipes and preparations also include green onion or shallots, parsley, and garlic—which is sometimes referred to as adding “the pope.”

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Is the Cajun Trinity the same as the Creole trinity? ›

Similarly, in Creole and Cajun cuisine, the onion, celery, and green bell pepper are three parts of a single flavorful base. The Holy Trinity in cooking is also often called The Cajun Trinity or The Holy Trinity of Cajun Cooking. That said, it is often used in both Creole and Cajun dishes.

Is the Holy Trinity Catholic only? ›

All three major branches of Christianity (Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism) subscribe to the doctrine of the trinity, the idea that there's one god in three persons (the father, the son, and the holy spirit) [1]. They all, effectively, worship Jesus.

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Can you freeze Holy Trinity? ›

Using fresh ingredients is always preferred. But when you're in a pinch, using the frozen diced trinity in the freezer is a good choice. Chopping up a huge batch of onion, celery and bell pepper, then freezing it is always an option because it's so important to always have it on hand.

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What is the Holy Trinity of jambalaya? ›

At the heart of jambalaya is the “holy trinity,” the mixture of celery, bell pepper, and onion that serves as the base of a lot of New Orleans cuisine, as well as many French dishes.

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What is the Texas cooking trinity? ›

"The Cajuns have a "Holy Trinity" of cooking which consists of celery, onion, and bell peppers. Texas White Trash (which I come from a long and distinguished line of)have our own Holy Trinity of cooking consisting of potatoes, onions, and okra.

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What is the difference between Cajun and Creole? ›

As to the difference in the cuisines, Creole can be defined as “city cooking” with influences from Spain, Africa, Germany, Italy and the West Indies combined with native ingredients. Cajun cooking is more of a home cooked style that is rich with the ingredients at hand in the new world the Acadians settled into.

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What is the Trinity ratio for gumbo? ›

Using the Cajun Trinity

To make a traditional gumbo with shrimp and sausage, you'd start by prepping your trinity in a 2-1-1 ratio, meaning two parts onion to one part each celery and bell pepper.

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Which is the correct ratio for a mirepoix? ›

French mirepoix is made with celery, onions, and carrots. The traditional ratio is 1:2:1 (one part celery, two parts onions, and one part carrots). The trio serves as the foundation for many Western soups, stews, and sauces.

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What is the Louisiana Trinity sauce? ›

The Creole "holy trinity" of onions, celery, and green bell pepper lays the fragrant base of this sauce. It's rounded out with some heat (from hot sauce and cayenne) and further flavored with Worcestershire, thyme, and bay leaves. A last-minute swirl of butter gives the sauce a silky finish.

What is the combination of carrots, onions, and celery called? ›

Mirepoix is an aromatic blend of ingredients made to bring flavors to foods like stews, soups, stocks, and broth. This trinity food is made by slowly cooking carrot, onion, and celery to “sweat” out the flavor and create a delicious base for other recipes to be built upon.