How to Make Cocktail Sauce

How to Make Cocktail Sauce is so simple, but an essential dip for any fried or boiled seafood dish.

We use this Cocktail Sauce recipe for boiled shrimp, french fries, shrimp po-boys, fried catfish, fried crab claws, raw oysters and Snow Crab Legs.  You get the point.

This homemade Cocktail Sauce recipe is an easy alternative to buying Cocktail Sauce out of a bottle that has been sitting on store selves for months and often contain unneeded preservatives and artificial flavoring.

To make this Shrimp Cocktail Sauce recipe, you’ll need your favorite ketchup, prepared or freshly grated horseradish, and lemon or lime juice.

Cocktail Sauce Serves 2-4

Here’s the how to make Shrimp Cocktail Sauce recipe from the Cajun recipes at Cajun Cooking TV.

Easy, easy to make and quite tasty too!

How to Make Cocktail Sauce Ingredients

1/2 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons fresh prepared horseradish
Dash of lemon or lime juice

How to Make Cocktail Sauce

Mix all ingredients well and serve chilled in small dipping bowls.

If expecting a crowd, double or triple the recipe.

Prefer Tartar Sauce?

Also check out our Homemade Tartar Sauce recipe.

Beryl

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Cajun Cooking TV features Beryl Caillouet Stokes and her grand-daughter Addison cooking up some good eating Cajun recipes from their kitchen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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The Cajun Cooking TV show airs on local Baton Rouge, Louisiana channel WLFT MeTV channel 30.1 and on Cox cable channel 117 on Tuesday mornings at 10 am.

You Can Write Beryl At:
Cajun Cooking TV
7516 Bluebonnet Blvd # 179
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

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Cajun Shrimp Boil

A Cajun Shrimp Boil is a favorite easy Saturday night cook up at the Stokes’ house. Boiled Shrimp are certainly great hot, but I also like them cold the next day in a salad.

We also have a great tasting Cocktail Sauce recipe and video so you can make your own cocktail sauce.

Shrimp Boils are a great southern tradition.  In southeast like Georgia and the Carolinas, they call it a Low Country Boil.

With a gathering of family or a large group of friends, people will fire up a propane burner and a gigantic pot of seasoned water and literally throw in anything that is good to boil in water; onion, garlic, potatoes, corn on the cob, hot dogs, andouille sausage, whole artichokes, and many more that I just can’t even think of right now – oh yes and don’t forget the shrimp, crabs, and crawfish.

In our video, we have a much smaller scale for those of you that want a Cajun Shrimp Boil in your kitchen.

Serving suggestions would be to peel and eat our Cajun Boiled Shrimp and dip in our Cocktail Sauce recipe.  Oh my goodness – we like it hot too!

Recipes from the Cajun Recipes at Cajun Cooking TV are easy and simple cooking.

Prep:  45 minutes
Serves: 4 servings

Cajun Shrimp Boil Ingredients

Large 8-12 quart pot

2-3 pounds fresh shrimp
1 large sweet onion
2 full garlic pods
1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
4 oz Zatarain’s liquid Shrimp & Crab Boil
5 lemons
2 pounds baby red potatoes
1 small package of sweet corn on the cob
2-3 tablespoons salt
5 Bay leaves
and other items if desired as mentioned above

For this Cajun Shrimp Boil recipe, begin by filling the pot with water.  Leave about 4-6 inches from the top of the pot to allow for filling all the shrimp and seasonings.

Begin seasoning the water with oil, vinegar, Shrimp & Crab Boil, salt, Bay leaves, quartered sweet onion, and squeeze lemon halves.

Bring water to a rolling boil.  Allow to boil for 10 minutes.

Caution:  stay near the stove in case of boil over.  If this happens turn off the burner instantly to allow the water to go down.  Once stabilized, turn burner back on a bit lower temperature.

Now drop in the baby red potatoes.  Cook 8-10 minutes.

Then, drop in the corn on the cob. Let the water return to a boil, and cook for 5 more minutes.

Finally, place in the shrimp.

Bring the water back to a boil and then turn off the heat.

If the boiling water is too close to the top, use a ladle or a cup to dip some water out.

Shrimp are done once they turn pink and rise to the top.

Turn of the burner and let sit a couple minutes – not too long as over cooked shrimp are hard to peel.

Prepare a colander in the sink. Carefully drain the shrimp and other ingredients.

Serve the Cajun boiled shrimp immediately with corn and potatoes on a platter.

Provide a small bowl for discarding the shrimp peelings.

Have butter and salt ready for the corn and potatoes.

We also recommend our Cocktail Sauce recipe or Mike sometimes makes a spicy ketchup by mixing lemon juice and Tabasco.

Whether you’re having a crowd or just a dinner for two, Cajun Boiled Shrimp are a tasty treat, low in fat and so easy to make.  I love a one pot meal!

Leftover shrimp make for a great salad with shrimp topped with a remoulade or honey Dijon dressing.

Oh and if Boiled Shrimp is not your favorite we have other boiling recipes: Blue Crabs and Snow Crab Legs.

See you next time!

Beryl

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Cajun Cooking TV features Beryl Caillouet Stokes and her grand-daughter Addison cooking up some good eating Cajun recipes from their kitchen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Please Follow Us On Facebook for Daily Updates and New Recipes:
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The Cajun Cooking TV show airs on local Baton Rouge, Louisiana channel WLFT MeTV channel 30.1 and on Cox cable channel 117 on Tuesday mornings at 10 am.

You Can Write Beryl At:
Cajun Cooking TV
7516 Bluebonnet Blvd # 179
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

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Crock Pot Beef Stew Recipe

This Crock Pot Beef Stew Recipe is a Sunday night staple at the Stokes’ home.

We usually make our Beef Stew in a Crock Pot because it’s easy and a delicious meal all in one pot.

My older kids always called it meat, rice, and gravy.

We also have an awesome Slow Cooker Pot Roast recipe and video too, so be sure to check it out!

Crock pots are often also referred to as slow cookers.  I have two different types of crock pots.

One is a 5 quart crock pot with a ceramic insert which I consider this one more as a slow cooker because even on high heat it takes 6-8 hours to cook a meal.

The other is a 3 quart metal non-stick pot that rests on a griddle like heating element.  This Crock Pot gets pretty hot quickly resulting in more of a stove-top like stewing method.  The deep lid also allows for optimal moisture to remain in the pot and keep the meat moist as well as create a wonderful gravy.

For this Crock Pot Beef Stew recipe, I prefer to use the smaller crock pot.

Prep:  30 minutes
Serves: 6 servings

Crock Pot Beef Stew Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 – 2 pounds lean beef stew meat
1 (12-ounce) package frozen seasoning blend (onions, bell peppers, celery & parsley)
3-4 turnip roots (peeled and quartered)
4 fresh carrots (peeled and cut)
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1-2 cups water or beef stock
Tony’s Original Creole Seasoning (or salt and pepper) to taste
4 tablespoons canola oil or olive oil
All purpose flour

Crock Pot Beef Stew Recipe Cooking Directions

Begin by placing 1 cup flour in a deep bowl.

Add salt, black pepper and Cajun seasoning (like Tony’s) if desired.

Toss the beef stew meat in the flour coating on all sides.  Set aside in another bowl.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a deep skillet on medium heat (#6).

Brown the meat in batches on all sides (you should no longer see any red meat).

Place meat in the heated and oiled crock pot base.

Once all meat is browned and placed in the crock pot, toss in the Seasoning Blend or Cajun Trinity (onions, celery and bell pepper), carrots, turnips and lightly season again.

Add 1 to 1 and  1/2 cups water.

Cover and place crock pot on medium – high heat.

(Mine has numbers 1-5.  I put on 3 or 4.)

Allow to cook for 2 hours undisturbed.

Uncover and stir to make sure not sticking to the bottom.

Re-cover and allow to cook an additional 2 hours.

This Crock Pot Beef Stew recipe is very easy to make, and very hard to beat when it comes to good eatin’.

Crock Pot Beef Stew Recipe Serving Suggestions

Serving suggestions would be to top the slow cooker beef stew over a bed of rice or try our Mashed Potatoes recipe.

Beryl

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Cajun Cooking TV features Beryl Caillouet Stokes and her grand-daughter Addison cooking up some good eating Cajun recipes from their kitchen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Please Follow Us On Facebook for Daily Updates and New Recipes:
https://www.facebook.com/CajunCookingTV/

The Cajun Cooking TV show airs on local Baton Rouge, Louisiana channel WLFT MeTV channel 30.1 and on Cox cable channel 117 on Tuesday mornings at 10 am.

You Can Write Beryl At:
Cajun Cooking TV
7516 Bluebonnet Blvd # 179
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

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Cajun Cooking TV

Hello Cajun Cooking TV Fans,

We’ve heard your wonderful and kind comments regarding our Cajun Cooking TV website, How-to videos and Cajun recipes.  We cook not only Cajun recipes and Creole recipes passed down through generations of Louisiana families, but simple homemade dishes that are easy to prepare. 

Mike and I enjoy sharing our home and fun times we have on Saturday nights.  How-to cooking videos are simply made by recording what we are cooking for supper – no scripts and no rehearsal. 

Some people ask me how we got started doing these Cajun cooking videos.  Mike asked me one day what I liked to do and would be a good website.  Viola!  Cajun Cooking TV was born.  We have had an unbelievable response. 

Just last month, over 18,000 visitors viewed our Cajun Cooking TV website and nearly a million people have viewed our How-To videos.  And we appreciate you.

Helping us cook these Cajun recipes and fine Cajun food, you’ll notice three little girls in our videos.  Ashley is our god-daughter, the dancing ham. Amanda is her sister; sometimes actually referred to as “Sister”.  We have enjoyed caring for these girls most of their lives on weekends.  We call them our “weekend kids”. 

Addison is our granddaughter who we have had just about every weekend since she was born.  She is getting so big right before our eyes. 

We also have three grown daughters who sometimes show up for dinner.  Oh and we can’t forget Jose who shows up in the videos circling our feet when dancing ensues in the kitchen thanks to the Swamp Pop music on the radio.

After hearing how much our fans want more videos, we are re-launching and redesigning our website and starting a whole new series of Cajun cooking How-To videos for our down home Cajun recipes. 

Coming up is Crock Pot Beef Stew, Tailgate worthy Cajun Shrimp Boil, Boston Butt Pork Roast in the oven, various dishes we’ve had at restaurants and many more. 

Feel free to contact us and make a request.  If we’ve never made it, we will give it a try.

Again, thank you for watching our Cajun Cooking TV videos and supporting our message that cooking can be fun, a shared experience with family, and a good reason to dance in the kitchen.  Give it a try and see ya on Saturday nights! 

Joie de vie. 

Sincerely,
Mike & Beryl Stokes
Cajun Cooking TV
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

PS – Unfortunately, we’re no longer going to be able to include music on our videos, because music is now a no-no on YouTube (they are citing copyright issues). We just wanted to let you know that we are still singing and dancing while we cook up your favorite Cajun recipes!