Our Story
Kajun Kettle Foods is a food processor servicing the broad line foodservice, custom foodservice, industrial ingredient, and co-pack markets nationwide. Our production facility is located in the Greater New Orleans area.
Drawing on the rich culinary culture of New Orleans, we began building our reputation with ready-to serve fresh pastas and sauces, including our famous Crawfish Monica®, a New Orleans Jazz Fest favorite.
Through twenty five years of innovations and expansion, our savory, authentic New Orleans and Italian-style sauces, soups, entrees and side dishes have earned the trust and admiration of chefs, restaurants and foodservice operators nationwide.
Most recently, our Arom-Max™ line of delectable stock concentrates, sauces and Demi-Glace have added the classic taste of France to our offerings.
From customizing flavors for your signature dishes to producing finished, ready-to-use products, we will fulfill your R&D and production needs with your requirements in mind. Explore our site and see what we can do for you.
What's New at Kajun Kettle?DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!
Coming to a store near you! -- in the New Orleans area and the Gulf Coast. . .
Look for our whimsical labels, introducing Crawfish Monica® and two other delicious Monica Heat & Serve entrées:
Monica’s Herbed Shrimp Alfredo & Pasta and
Monica’s Sauce with Chicken, Andouille, Tasso & Pasta
All are packed in convenient dishwasher safe and microwavable bowls.
Fully cooked Rotini pasta is included in each entrée.
Each entrée serves 5 – 7 people, depending on portion size.
And, best of all – besides the great taste – it takes all of 10 minutes to heat and serve.
See heating instructions link. Heating Link
So, give us a try and enjoy eating out at your own home!
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- Posted May 28, 2009
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Crawfish Monica Makes Groceries!
The real Crawfish Monica®, made famous at the Jazz and Heritage Festival, will now be available for you to take home and serve to your family and friends all year ‘round. Kajun Kettle is celebrating their best Fest ever, 2009, by offering their most famous dish to the public 27 years after introducing it at the Fest.
“It’s a great way to celebrate this 27- year milestone – for years, we’ve had thousands of people wanting the dish the other 358 days of the year. Now you can enjoy Crawfish Monica® before, during, and after Jazz Fest! People of all ages, from all over the world, just love it!”, says Monica Davidson.
The heat‘n serve delicacy will be available in the seafood departments at all Rouse’s Supermarkets by May 29th, as well as other fine Grocers. It comes conveniently packed in a 46 oz microwavable, dishwasher-safe container; a 28 oz mixture of the fabulous Crawfish Monica® Sauce with delectable Crawfish tails, and 18 oz of fully cooked Rotini Pasta. It’s delicious and easy to prepare. You can stock it in your freezer for everyday meals. One container feeds 5 – 7 hungry people, depending on portion size.
The Crawfish Monica® sauce w/ crawfish is paired with the same fully cooked pasta that is served at the Fest. It is a high quality rotini which is heated directly in the sauce- once the sauce and pasta are hot, it is ready. You don’t need to boil water or cook it al dente or use extra pots. Best of all, it tastes great.
Kajun Kettle Foods, the manufacturing home of Crawfish Monica®, will also offer:
1) Monica’s Herbed Shrimp Alfredo with Pasta and 2) Monica’s Sauce with Chicken, Andouille & Tasso with Pasta.
“We have a large following of customers who love Shrimp and other customers who prefer the sauce with chicken, for example,” says Chef Pierre Hilzim. “We also will be introducing other retail versions of our exciting meals later this year.”
“This is the whole package: superior quality, easy to prepare, and available right in your favorite store. Go make Groceries with Monica !!”
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- Posted May 21, 2009
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! - New Orleans Style . . .
Jazz Fest 2009 (the last week in April and first week in May) is shared by locals and tourists alike who gather to celebrate New Orleans rip- roarin’ hip-shakin’ music, culture and cuisine!
Here’s a link to the Jazz Fest Vendors’ favorite dishes.
Download file Click Here for Article
For Monica Davidson (Crawfish Monica ®’s namesake) –
“This is heaven! Two weekends of re-uniting with thousands of Jazz Fest visitors who visit the Crawfish Monica® Booth every year to ‘eat on’ our signature dish. For 26 years, we’ve shared Jazz Festing, good-eating, stories with the most fun-loving people from New Orleans and the world.”
“And this year, I’ll get to tell them that we are branching out into our local retail deli markets!
Of course, locals will love that, while our out-of-town
fans can still order Crawfish Monica® off of our website.”
“At local New Orleans delis we will introduce three delectable dishes:
1) Crawfish Monica® !!!!!
2) Monica’s Sauce with Chicken, Andouille, Tasso & Pasta- spicy, rich and tasty, you’ll love this!!
3) Monica’s Herbed Shrimp Alfredo & Pasta- yummy shrimp in a creamy Alfredo sauce with a hint of basil”
“Each dish serves seven, comes in microwaveable containers &, best of all, tastes delicious. Our fans will be able to treat themselves to 'dining out' in their own homes with the Monica’s Line of Heat & Serve Cuisine.”
- Posted April 29, 2009
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