New Orleans is known for its great food and great music. Food is cooked with rich ingredients like butter, cream, and plenty of duck fat. Seafood is available in a variety like oysters, shrimp, crayfish, etc. Therefore, you should have plenty of time and a good appetite to enjoy it when you are in New Orleans.
I am describing the 12 best meals I had in New Orleans.
Crispy frog legs:
Hmm… lick lick lick… The crispiest frog legs ever, about the size of a chicken thigh. Served along with spinach, red onion pickles and apple cider vinegar. Frog meat resembles something between chicken and fish.
Crab croquettes:
They are creamy and delicious fried balls, seasoned with bechamel. Served with Parmesan cream cheese whipped sauce, with chunks of blue crab meat added.
Fried Oyster Eggs Benedict:
Perfectly poached eggs on toasted English muffin, enhanced with the addition of large, fat, cornmeal fried oysters sprinkled on top.
Famous Ferdi Oyster Po’ Boy:
Made with baked ham, roast beef, rubble and gravy. It’s packed with plump, juicy, golden oysters.
Abita beer battered oyster tacos:
Featuring plump oysters, beer-battered in local Abita beer, the tacos are loaded with an Asian salad of cabbage, carrots, cucumber, and onion dressed with olive oil and rice wine vinegar, Cotija cheese, sesame guacamole, tomato sauce and ginger, and a drizzle of Sriracha-enriched aioli. Despite the fried element, the cool crunch of the cole slaw and bright flavors gave this dish a light feel.
Grilled Chicken Rillettes
It may be garnished with a mustard and shallot seed relish and a flourish of crispy chicken skin on top, but at its core, it’s simple, a great Southern comfort dish, bursting with a rich bacon broth.
Sardou Shrimp
A generous serving of spicy fried shrimp served on bottoms of sliced artichokes and creamed spinach. A blanket of hollandaise sauce completes the dish.
Banana King Cake with Salted Caramel
The majestic King Cake begins with traditional Danish pastry, which is filled with salted caramel, fresh bananas, toasted walnuts, mascarpone cheese, and caramel latte.
bacon macaroni and cheese
It’s a king cake with macaroni and cheese and crunchy bits of breadcrumbs.
Kale and fries
The vegetables are cooked in a rich duck broth, with a bit of garlic, lots of butter and a bright splash of pepper vinegar, accompanied by French fries that are perfectly crisp and creamy.
Fine Fried Catfish
The catfish is sliced extremely thin, exactly like wafer chips. There’s not a trace of extra fat to make the cornmeal-crusted fish incredibly light and crisp, so thin it rolls into golden ribbons. Served with hush puppies, French fries, and coleslaw.
Barbecue Shrimp:
The perfect dish to complete NOLA’s Cocina del Mar. Unlike other barbecue recipes, this is barbecue without barbecue, where they are actually sautéed inside their own shells in a spicy sauce full of Creole spices, garlic, lemon juice, etc. The recipe can be read in its entirety here at: http://www.mrbsbistro.com/recipes_shrimp.php
The dish is served with a piece of Crispy Soft and Airy French Bread for dipping.