Juneteenth Cookout Takeover Crawfish Recipes

I’m participating in the 2020 Juneteenth Cookout Takeover. This initiative was established to encourage the celebration of Juneteenth – a jubilee of freedom to commemorate the end of slavery – and to amplify the food traditions of black culinary creatives.  Juneteenth (a merge of the words/date June Nineteenth) marks the date in 1865 that the last enslaved people learned of their freedom.  And for over 150 years since, Black American families, home-cooks, chefs, and culinarians have commemorated the summer holiday with a wide range of food traditions that tell a story of the perseverance of a people.

I’ve included a full list of Juneteenth- Inspired recipes below in collaboration with the BEST Black Food Bloggers in the world! Be sure the check it out!

Let’s Talk about Crawfish Recipes

Being from Louisiana, I grew up eating many seafood dishes with crawfish leading the pack of seafood deliciousness that I like to devour. Crawfish eating in Louisiana is easily one of the most special times that people get to share with one another. It’s not just the mudbugs that lead to sweet memories. It is all the work and preparation that goes into cooking crawfish that bring people together. It’s the washing and rinsing, the soaking and boiling that requires the assistance of more than one. Eating crawfish in Louisiana is an activity that brings together people of all walks of life for one common purpose, to enjoy the company of all over a table full of crawfish.

Crawfish Recipes

Eating crawfish is more than just sucking the heads. The meat is in the tails and its like eating baby lobster. It’s delicious. One of my family’s favorite crawfish recipes is this easy Crawfish Étouffée recipe. It’s a cream based dish that delivers flavor and packs a nice punch of spice. You can serve this with rice and biscuits the side. Another dish that I make is a crawfish cream sauce. It tastes amazing when served over a fried or blackened catfish filet or can even be tossed with pasta for a quick pasta dish that is different from the norm. Below you will find the easy crawfish étouffée recipe. I just want to thank you for sharing some oof my culture with me.

Please Enjoy These Juneteenth Cookout Takeover Recipes!

A Girl Called Adri | Blackened Catfish

Beautiful Eats & Things | Spiced Grilled Peaches

Black Girls Who Brunch | Brown Butter Sweet Potato Cake

Brazilian Kitchen Abroad | Brazilian Collard Greens with Bacon

Britney Breaks Bread | Buttermilk Fried Chicken with Sour Cream and Honey Sauce

Brownbelle | Watermelon Hibiscus Whiskey Smash

Butter Be Ready | Chicken and Waffles

Chef and Steward | Watermelon and Feta Salad

Chef Curl Ardee | Honey and Butter Cornbread

Chenée Today | Lemon Icebox Pie

Christy Irene | Crawfish Etoufee

Collards Are The Old Kale | Guaymas Shrimp

Confessions of a clean foodie | Mint Peach Spritzer

Cooking to a T Jamaican | Beef Patties

Cooks with Soul | BBQ in Jar

Dash of Jazz | Golden Pineapple Pound Cake

Dish It With Tisha | Honey Jerk Shrimp

DMR Fine Foods | Blackberry Ginger Soda

Dom N’ The City | Pound Cake

Domestic Dee | Easy Berry Fruit Salad

Dude That Cookz | Cajun White Beans

Erique Berry Co | Three Green Summer Salad

Ethically Living | Vegan Jackfruit Jamaican Patties

Food Fidelity | Nigerian Beef Suya Skewers

Food Is Love Made Edible | Smothered Okra with Chicken & Sausage

FoodLoveTog | Braised Cabbage & Johnny cakes

Forks and Straws | Cassava Corn Waffles with Shrimp Creole

Geo’s Table | Curried Potato Salad

Gristle & Gossip | Sweet Potato Honey Cornbread Cake

Heal Me Delicious | Trinidadian Callaloo

Immaculate Ruému | Chin-Chin

Jamieson Diaries | Crockpot Smoked Red Beans

Kenneth Temple | Red Velvet Biscuit with BBQ Brisket

Kenya Rae | Pork free baked beans

Lenox Bakery | Sweet Potato Cheesecake

Maple Points | Peas & Rice – Guyanese Style

Marisa Moore Nutrition | Fresh Peach Iced Tea

Meiko and the Dish | Strawberry Cornbread Skillet Cobbler

Murielle Banackissa | Vegan Saka Saka (Congolese Cassava Leaf & Spinach Stew)

My Fabulous Food | Black eye peas with smoked turkey

Nik Snacks | Easy BBQ Pork Ribs

On Ty’s Plate | Watermelon Limeade

Open Invitation Entertainment | Coconut Collard Greens

Orchids + Sweet Tea | The Ultimate Vegan Mac + Cheese

Our Perfect Palette | Jollof Rice

Peaches 2 Peaches | Vanilla Cake With Caramel Poached Pears

Pink Owl Kitchen | Strawberry Buttermilk Biscuits

Razzle Dazzle Life | Southern Peach Cobbler

Rosalynn Daniels | Southern Tomato Pie

Savor and Sage | Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Savory Thoughts | Jus Citron (Haitian Lemonade)

Seasoned To Taste | Cajun Shrimp Deviled Eggs

Sense & Edibility | Blackberry Cobbler

Simply LaKita | Candied Yams

Slice & Torte | Fried Softshell Crab

Slight Kitchen Werk | Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Sweet & Sorrel | Baked Jerk Chicken

Sweet Savant | Black Eyed Peas and Sweet Potato Salad

That Green Lyfe | Vegan Red Red Stew (Spicy Ghanaian Black-Eyed Peas) and Plantain

The Dana Renee Way | Sweet Potato Cornbread

The Hangry Woman | Jamaican Jerk Wings

The Hungry Hutch | Southern-Style Sweet Tea

The Kitchenista Diaries | Grilled Lemon Pepper Wings

The Vgn Way | Juneteenth Hibiscus Strawberry Vegan Ice Cream

This Worthey Life | Strawberry Soda

This African Cooks | Ghanaian kebabs Whole30 style

Vegan With Curves | Slow Cooker Black Eyed Pea Sweet Potato Soup

Whisk it Real Gud | Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Paint your palate with flavors that bring you joy