Now we have very good news here. The Great American Seafood Cook Off is celebrating its 5 Years! The highlight of the celebration is that they are featuring the top 5 seafood recipes of 5 different chefs from different provinces.

What you can do here is that you can cast a vote on the recipe of your choice. How to do that? Simple, you just need to visit  www.GreatAmericanSeafoodCookOff.com and then click on the red box “Vote and Enter to Win a Trip to New Orleans: RECIPE CONTEST”. You will have chance to win a trip to New Orleans prize package, which includes Southwest Airlines round trip tickets, hotel accomodations, dining experiences and more. It’s a wonderful experience, so why not join it?

You know, I always like such experience, so of course I participated it.  I voted Louisiana Shrimp and Andouille Cassoulet, which was created by Chef Brian Landry from Louisiana. Why I like it? Well, it looks very fresh and delicious, and what’s more, it is very easy to be cook off, the recipe is like this:

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound andouille sausage, cut into ¼ inch pieces, (other smoked sausage or bacon can be substituted)
1 each sweet onion, diced
4 each celery stalks, diced
4 each garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon creole seasoning separated
1 teaspoon dry oregano
5 each whole peeled canned roma tomatoes (approx. 1 - 15 oz can)
5 each whole peeled fresh roma tomatoes
3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
4 - 15 oz cans white kidney/cannellini beans (other white beans can be substituted)
2 bottles Michelob Amber beer
4 pounds fresh Louisiana head-on shrimp,
16-20 count
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1 bunch green onions, chopped
3 cups breadcrumbs, panko if possible
1 ½ cups ground parmesan
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste

If you want to know the cook process of this great recipe, you can visit the site for detailed information.

I’d like to use domestic seafood when cooking, you know it is very fresh and it has great taste, this is why all of my families like to eat the food I cook. I will try to cook this great food this weekend, and I will invite some of my good friends to enjoy it with me. Oh, my god! I’m now mouthwatering!

Well, what are you still waiting for? It’s time for you to give your vote and win the prize, take action now!