Vietnamese cajun seafood boil

Late last summer, my friends and I took a friend’s trip to North Lake Tahoe for a weekend getaway. People were assigned cooking duties for each meal and on the last night, the friends hosted…

Enjoy a seafood extravaganza at home with a Viet-Cajun Seafood Boil! A vibrant and bold combination of Cajun spices and Vietnamese cuisine. Dig into this incredibly delicious, garlicky, and spicy feast filled with lobster, shrimp, clams, corn, and potato. Spicy garlic butter completes the meal!

It’s no surprise the culinary scene in Houston is home to Viet-Cajun crawfish boils. From backyards to restaurants, here’s how to taste this fusion dish.

This recipe is inspired by the crawfish boils I grew up with in New Orleans even before the term “Viet-Cajun” was coined. Back in the 1970s, Vietnamese immigrants to the Southern states (Louisiana and Texas in particular) like my family began combining classic flavors and techniques from their homeland with Gulf Coast ingredients, although it wasn’t until decades later that Viet-Cajun came to represent this distinctive seafood-oriented cuisine. Lemongrass, ginger, fish sauce and lots of…

If you love crawfish, and you love Asian flavors, you will love this Vietnamese Cajun Crawfish Boil, complete with a buttery dipping sauce!

Chefs Sean Wen and Andrew Ho from Pinch Boil House in San Antonio showcase their Southeast Asian version of the Cajun classic.

Houston's spicy refugee-born specialty is finally getting national attention.

Did you know that outside of California, Texas has the largest population of Vietnamese living in the US? Houston was where Viet-Cajun cuisine originated, but my first time having it was actually during college in Los Angeles. This dish obviously has Southern roots, but there’s nothing more American

A recipe for Vietnamese cajun shrimp boil that combines Vietnamese ingredients with cajun spices. This is the perfect recipe for a big group of people.

This recipe attempts to recreate the Cajun crawfish recipe served at Vietnamese restaurants in Little Saigon like The Boiling Crab, Claws, or The Crawfish House. It's what's known as Asian fusion, and the recipes are kept top secret. Buy 1-2 pounds of crawfish per person.