Whatever your connection to Mardi Gras, if you’re not in it for the food you are doing it wrong. Mardi Gras, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday, is all about indulging in rich, heavy foods. (Fat Tuesday comes right before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a fasting period for Christians.) So on Mardi Gras, we feast.
And because the home of the most famous Mardi Gras carnival celebration is New Orleans, we feast on foods that are inspired by the southern city.
No matter how near or far you are from New Orleans, you can recreate some of its best dishes from the comfort of your home. Yes, even the world-famous beignets. And we have the recipes you need to make that happen ― 18 of them, to be exact.
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1
Slow Cooker Jambalaya
Spicy Southern Kitchen
2
Puffy Pillow Beignets
Lady and pups/Food52
3
Shrimp Etouffee
Simply Recipes
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4
Chocolate Praline Cake
Spicy Southern Kitchen
5
Gumbo Dip
Annies Eats
6
Crawfish Bread
Spicy Southern Kitchen
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7
Fried Catfish Po'Boys
Girl Carnivore
8
Quick Biscuit Beignets
Spicy Southern Kitchen
9
Crawfish Fettuccine
Spicy Southern Kitchen
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10
Bourbon Pecan Pralines
Brown Eyed Baker
11
Jambalaya
Gimme Some Oven
12
Classic Bread Pudding
Simply Recipes
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13
Secret Gumbo
Half Baked Harvest
14
Shrimp Po' Boys With Avocado Mango Slaw
Half Baked Harvest
15
Banana Nut Pancakes
A Beautiful Mess
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16
Passion Fruit Hurricane
Spicy Southern Kitchen
17
King Caked Filled Two Ways
Lemon Sugar
18
Moon Pies
Brown Eyed Baker
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