Your Oyster Recipe of the Day: Oysters Bienville.
First created at Antoine’s restaurant, then reproduced and made famous at Arnaud’s, Oysters Bienville is a classic New Orleans dish. Over the years, several variations have evolved, but the fundamental Bienville is baked (or sometimes grilled) with a sauce that includes shrimp.
The Bienville name was given in honor of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, second colonial governor of Louisiana and founder of the settlement called “La Nouvelle Orleans” (1718).
This version from Danno at Nola Cuisine includes chopped shrimp and is closest to the first I ever tried.
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