Nestled in the town of port barre, louisiana at the mouth of bayou teche is a true taste of what cajun cooking is all about with delicious meats ranging from pork boudin to stuffed turduckens, were sure youll find. Im partial to best stop for all other cold or frozen foods, including their smoked boudin as the best in the corridor. We have compiled a convenient list of stops that provide boudin. Browse the lafayette boudin trail for the best boudin restaurants, tips, ingredients, and. Simply and affectionately referred to as links, boudin is a roughly halfpound, halffoot length of sausage available for purchase in most every local meat. Theres a bunch of options right off the interstate. View cracklin map in a larger map utilize the cracklin map to help you plot a course to find the best rated cracklin nearby or along your route. Enjoy a meal in our restaurant located in this neighborhood center. To say that boudin is an important part of foodie life in lake charles would be a massive understatement.
Our seasoned and stuffed pork rib chop roast is always a favorite at any cookout. Make a pit stop here for a variety of boudin and boudin balls, cracklins, smoked sausage, smoked tasso, seasoning, preserves, and other cajun provisions made. Weve found some of the best places in the state to get your boudin fix. The cracklin at porkys in alexandria is not as good as the boudin, but theyre still worth a try. Cracklins are fried pork rinds only much better than store bought. Cracklins is simply fried bacon with the pig skin attached.
The boudin and cracklins are both pretty reliable here, and if youre traveling with a lot of people, its also a good rest stop. The best stops refrigerator display cases are packed with all manner of stuffed, wrapped and seasoned porky products, including chaudin, a sort of cajun version of haggis, where a pork stomach is stuffed with. Just be prepared to stand in long lines unless you schedule your visit weekdays 810 am, also early afternoons. The famous boudin stores offer a combo of both ready to eat, fryolated goods and meat market offerings for you to prepare at home. With a friendly downhome atmosphere, ronnies is a great place for lunch or dinner with the family or friends. The boudin is thick, meaty all boston butt, no liver and cayennehued. Feel free to share your boudin recipe with us on facebook. Dons pork boudin has been voted best 5 years in a row. Boudin by location boudinlink south louisiana boudin. Fatback friday fresh louisiana style fatback cracklin sold every friday morning until sold out. Billys has the best frozen boudin balls or egg rolls packaging for cooking later. Boudin sf, 5 points huntington beach boudin bakery. Weve won 1st place in the boudin cook off in lafayette 6 years in a row. To best understand a people and place look to the foods they eat on the run, those iconic handheld meals quick, filling, portable, tasty.
That would have been awesome to get best stop style boudincracklins in the fq. The best way to find your favorite boudin is to sample it along the southwest louisiana boudin trail, along u. Next time youre on the hunt for some of these delicious cajun delicacies, go ahead and stop by one of these amazing restaurants that are serving some of the best boudin and cracklins youll. Theres seafood boudin and, on the lunch menu, a boudin burger. Find a boudin bakery near you or see all boudin bakery locations. This is the home of the boucherie a communal feast focused on pork cooked cajunstyle, cracklins deepfried pork skins and boudin sausage. Smoked boudin and sausages, pork tenderloin, wings, bacon wrapped ribeyes, meat and crawfish pies, bbq beef sandwiches, stuffed chicken, deer burrito, cracklins and more. Iverstine farms boudin in baton rouge b rated boudin. Where to find the best boudin and cracklins in louisiana. Boudin is one of louisianas most distinct cajun foods. Fried boudin balls make fabulous appetizers, and are an excellent game day. It is seasoned nicely with our own all purpose seasoning. Were featured on 2 cable shows on the cooking channel.
This regional authentic cajun food is a favorite for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, ours is homemade daily, like mom and pop made at their house. Crispy top skin, juicy fat, and tender meat is what makes it a true cracklin. Signs and banners signal passersby to stop and grab a link of hot boudin where it will be pulled from a steamer or slow cooker, weighed, wrapped in butcher paper, and usually handed. Cracklins are one of the most decadent snacks around and no matter what you call them cracklin, cracklins, crackling, or gratons they are delicious. The best stop supermarket, opening in 1986, is a small, familyowned, country store that sells an unbelievable amount of cajun food. It makes for a great snack or a finger food at parties. Enjoy delicious boudin from dons in scott the boudin capital of the world. Discover the cajun boudin trail lafayette louisiana. All the boudin of south louisiana and beyond, conveniently mapped for your sausage eating pleasure. Look for the whimsical logo of a pig, sporting a yellow neckerchief and paul prudhomme hat, taking a cleaver to a pork chop. Though most of the i10 corridor in louisiana is known for its various boudin stops, the town of scott has the greatest concentration of reputable ones and of course carries the official title of boudin capital of the world. Cracklins or gratton in cajun french, is pork belly deep fried in hog lard. Boudin is a rice, meat and seasoning mixture that is stuffed into a sausage casing. But dont leave without ordering the real gem, natchitoches meat.
This entire site is ed 2010 by robert carriker with photos by terri fensel. Bourques specialties cajun meats, boudin, and hog cracklins. Boudin tastes like a seasoned mixture of pork and rice, similar to a creamier dirty rice. Interstate 10 and visiting any mom and pop food establishments, specialty meat shops, or grocery stores that has boudin fresh or packaged. Boudin and cracklins are the peanut butter and jelly of the cajun world. Crawfish boudin is commonly served with cracklins and crackers, and hot sauce. A quick look around the place revealed an awesome looking meat locker with lots of. Maybe youre heading all the way to the coast, or just to baton rouge or new orleans. Think of boudin as the downhome cajun style of sausage. Jul 10, 2017 the boudin and cracklins are both pretty reliable here, and if youre traveling with a lot of people, its also a good rest stop. Eaters guide to cajun country meats, roadside boudin eater.
Homemade cracklin is created from pork skin that consists of skin, fat, and meat. Affiliated locations in shreveport, bossier city, sulphur, harahan and gonzales. Several good sources for boudin were mentioned outside of the austin area. Throughout the area defined as acadiana or cajun country, of which lafayette is the hub, boudin is ubiquitous. Find 17 listings related to boudin cracklins in lafayette on.
Acadianas best stop for boudin, cracklins, fried boudin balls and all things cajun. Home lunch menu products items gallery locations contact us welcome to ronnies. Jun 21, 2017 follow this louisiana boudin trail for an epic food road trip. Probably the best boudin balls i have had anywhere. Visit lake charles publishes an online and print map of the southwest louisiana boudin trail. Every butcher has their own recipe, ours is real meaty and less. Best boudin in lake charles 2019 southwest louisiana.
In lafayette and the surrounding towns and parishes of acadiana that fast food is boudin. Rendered completely then seasoned with quebedeauxs blend of cajun spices. Buy cajun boudin smoked andouille, tasso ham, pork boudin. Louisiana specialties at this familyowned grocery and restaurant, readytoeat or readytocook, and dinein meals. Just the right amount of spice that kind of bites you back a little bit. Yes boudin is definitely a cajun delicacy which brings me to the questionlake charles. Shrimp boudin is made like crawfish boudin, combining shrimp with the rice. With five locations in south louisiana to choose from, we offer delicious boudin, cracklins, boudin balls, sausage. Follow this louisiana boudin trail for an epic food road trip. In laws cajun specialties in iowa, louisiana a rated boudin. The fiery pork and rice combine to make my personal favorite in all of louisiana. Find 11 listings related to boudin and cracklin in new iberia on. No part of this site may be used without express written permission.