Award Winning Seafood Recipes and a Chance to WIn a Trip to New Orleans

I enjoy trying new recipes so when the Great American Seafood cook off began I was checking in to see what recipes made the top five.

While I was impressed with all the recipes my choice was different that the choice of the judges. I chose Chef Brian Landry of Louisiana. He created a Shrimp and Andouille Cassoulet - Louisiana Shrimp and Andouille sausage smothered in a white bean casserole.

I’ll be honest about why I chose the recipe – all the ingredients are highly available to me in my landlocked state and shrimp is a domestic and sustainable seafood and is affordable. And it looks really straight-forward; I can probably re-create it with very little hassle. (The recipes had to meet a few standards: First, the dishes had to contain one of two mystery ingredients, either Southwest Airline Peanuts or select brews from Michelob Brewing Co. Next, keeping it healthy and simple, the dish’s ingredients had to represent all five food groups and be a dish that even the most harried home chefs could prepare. To be honest most of the recipes have too many steps for me to consider and I’m not a “harried home chef”.)

If you’re interested in viewing the top recipes visit www.greatamericaseafoodcookoff.com and click the big red “Enter to Win” button. That will take you to a page of delicious viewing. You will see photos of the top five entries and by clicking the photos you can download the recipes.

If you wish you can choose your favorite and vote for it as the “People’s Choice”. By filling out the voting form you are entered to win a trip to New Orleans, arguably one of the best places in the US for fresh seafood.