Does it have anything to do with race? Serious answers only please.
2006-10-17 05:38:11 · 9 answers · asked by am 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
While "blackened" and cajun have the same spicy flavor the two are not the same. "blackened" food is actually a style of cooking such as roasting or baking. A "blackened" food is cooked over an extremely high heat for a very short amount of time. This high heat, as strange as this sounds, actually raises the food item off of the pan or griddle(much like a water droplet on a hot griddle). The spice rub will not burn if not excessivly used. Usually thin cuts of beef or chicken are used. Cajun/Creole cooking encompases a wide range of cooking styles, mainly from classical french cooking. The only things in common are that both styles are usually very spicy! Hope this helps!!
2006-10-17 14:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by cjps17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Cajun" comes from the word "Acadien" in french, it refers to the people that migrated to Canada, and then from there to Louisiana... The cajuns are descendants of those people... which is why many still have french last names.
Cajun cooking was originally based (evidently) on french cooking, and had to be adapted to the local produce.
(For example the cajun "praline" is made of pecans, whereas in France it uses hazelnuts)
Blackened chicken, is just the way it is cooked, it is covered with a mixture of peppers, black and white and also cayenne plus other spices such as thyme, garlic, onion powder, cumin and salt..Placed in the oven to bake, these spices will blacken on the top of the chicken...
Not all cajun dishes are "blackened", but all blackened chicken recipes are cajun! .-D
2006-10-18 04:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by abuela Nany 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think blackened chicken and stuff has a deep, spicy seasoning before it is cooked which is considered cajun also..blackened is just usually a bit over cooked..i dont think it has anything to do with race
2006-10-17 13:36:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cajun refress to a type of food blackened refres to a way of cooking cajun food come from the french style of foods when you blacken some thing its a way of cooking the outside of a pice of meat while leaveing the inside more juciy
2006-10-17 15:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
blackened is a seasoning mixture of paprika, cayenne, oregano, (sometimes thyme) and salt... you coat your fish, chicken or whatever and sear it on a grill or in a skillet and burn the spices (paprika especially burns very quickly) the idea is NOT to burn the food or even really turn the spices completely black, but definitely to put alot of heat on them and darken them quite a bit... as far as how this relates to "Cajun" blackening is a Cajun cooking method/style, usually done with fish such as catfish or snapper, and also chicken.... many steakhouses also offer "blackened" steaks.
2006-10-17 23:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it has nothing to do with race. Cajun is often confused with creole cooking.
2006-10-17 20:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by David C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its cooked with cajun seasoning, on a really high heat and turns black.
2006-10-17 13:56:55 · answer #7 · answered by stuie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a history of cajun cuisine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_cuisine
it has nothing to do with race.
2006-10-17 15:19:55 · answer #8 · answered by scrappykins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when you pan fry or grill with those seasonings it turns the food black.
2006-10-17 21:18:21 · answer #9 · answered by mstrywmn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋