Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, homemade cajun tasso. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tasso Ham is a classic New Orleans ingredient, and Chef Tom takes us step-by-step through the preparation process. We in Louisiana love seasoned foods. I use Cajun seasoning recipe in gravy, over meats and with salads.
Homemade Cajun Tasso is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Homemade Cajun Tasso is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have homemade cajun tasso using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Homemade Cajun Tasso:
- Make ready Ingredients
- Get 2 lb thinly sliced scrap pork pieces, trimmed of excess fat
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp kosher salt
- Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- Make ready 2 tbsp paprika
- Prepare 1 tbsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 tbsp coarse ground black pepper
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp brown sugar
Add more or less cayenne pepper to suit your taste. Cajun spice originates in the South, mainly in Louisiana. Cajun people were known to use many ingredients in their cooking, such as garlic, bell peppers, onions, celery..tasso? tasso versus andouille? discussion from the Chowhound Home Cooking, Cajun food What is the thinking behind using tasso? Is it simply a matter of personal preference whether to flavor these.
Instructions to make Homemade Cajun Tasso:
- Mix the seasoning together well. Rub the seasoning into pork pieces. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Soak an hour's worth of pecan shells in water in the morning. (about 2 handfuls)
- Smoke the tasso with charcoal and pecan shells a total of about 2 hours. There is no way to check the internal temperature of the pork since it is so thin, but it will be done when the texture is close to jerky. When completely cool, portion and store the Tasso in vacuum sealed packages and freeze.
- Only apply about 1 hour of pecan shell smoke to the tasso. Let the charcoal finish cooking it.
Cajun-style tasso ham made in the USA from humanely-raised pork. Coated in zesty spices and smoked over hardwood chips, our tasso ham is cured for only a short time. Making your own Homemade Cajun Spice Mix is easier than you may think! This Homemade Cajun Spice Mix is really quite simple to make and it makes a world of difference in how your Cajun food. Cajun Catfish + Homemade Cajun Seasoning.
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