• SULibraries on October 18, 2025

  641.5975 T726c 2018 (LOU)

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Isaac's pepper paste of pain

  • foodgloriousfood on June 30, 2023

    Need to make this before making the Pasta in Purgatory recipe. But Isaac suggests other uses for the remaining paste.

• Peel & eat shrimp

  • Baxter850 on November 12, 2023

    Was surprised by how good this version was. Great flavor and perfect technique.

• Boiled shrimp for two

  • Baxter850 on November 13, 2023

    Surprisingly good. Technique is perfect for making sure the shrimp peel easily.

• Cocktail sauce

  • Baxter850 on November 12, 2023

    Hard to go wrong with cocktail sauce. There are better recipes (or can just wing it).

• Dirty rice

  • audrey_qvgjbv on June 01, 2026

    I admit I put the rice in the oven instead, but the recipe is good.

• Gumbo #1: chicken and sausage gumbo

  • paul_449t9u on February 03, 2026

    I sub out the grape seed oil and usually make the roux with a duck fat if I have it. A good beer also goes a long way in adding flavor. This is one of my favorite gumbo recipes.

  • dante_2gz6vd on May 10, 2026

    My go-to gumbo recipe. I trade out the chicken thighs with leftover turkey and chicken fairly often, and it still turns out.

  • rachel_ywqstg on June 09, 2026

    Delicious and comforting! I’ve followed his videos on youtube featuring this recipe and it slaps everytime. Not sure why he writes red bell pepper in the recipe - he uses green (part of the “trinity”) in his videos. I also sub additional chicken stock when I don’t have beer on hand. In addition, I would add the chicken later in the recipe - if you add it at the beginning of the simmering process it becomes shredded (which may be his intention, but I prefer bites of meat)

• Drunken shrimp

  • GrilloGunterKitchen on October 30, 2024

    Would add a few more tomatoes, just a personal preference! They were delicious in that broth and I wanted more of them!

• Pasta in purgatory

  • foodgloriousfood on June 30, 2023

    This recipe requires another recipe, Isaacs Pickled Paste of Pain to be made first. Then you make the Purgatory Sauce adding a couple of tsp of the pepper paste. You can then use the Purgatory Sauce as a pasta sauce or to poach eggs in, or like I did as a Chili Base (1lb lean ground beef, 1c chicken stock and 2 cups sauce, simmer 45 mins) or just serve the sauce over pasta. Versatile recipe! Love the different suggestions on how to use it. I love that Isaac does this with his recipes. Here is the base recipe here are some riffs…. ok … go!