Mardi Gras 🎭 Fat Tuesday👑 Recipes

Mardi Gras 🎭 Fat Tuesday

Recipes
You Need To Indulge In This Year

By Alison Spiegel

Fat Tuesday is upon us again, and no matter your affiliation, it's a great time to indulge in the fattiest fried foods you can get your hands on.

Depending on where you're from, the fried foods traditionally eaten on Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, range from the sweet -- like doughnuts and King Cake -- to the savory -- like fried Po'Boys. In the UK, Fat Tuesday is Pancake Day, and in Poland, it's Paczki Day -- which refers to the jelly-filled doughnuts they eat. Of course for Americans, Mardi Gras is basically synonymous with New Orleans, which is home to some of the best fried foods in the country.

We take fried food very seriously, and whatever you eat the rest of the year, you should take it seriously too on Fat Tuesday. You're supposed to indulge, so why not really go for it? We've rounded up some of the fattiest Fat Tuesday recipes to help get you started.

Let the good times roll

with these 17 fatty recipes!

1 Puffy Pillow Beignets

Get the Puffy Pillow Beignets from Lady and pups via Food52

2 Fried Catfish Po' Boys With Spicy Remoulade Sauce

Get the Fried Catfish Po' Boys with Spicy Remoulade Sauce recipe from Girl Carnivore

3 Pork Boudin Balls

Get the Pork Boudin Balls recipe from inpatskitchen via Food52

4 Blue Cheese Lobster Beignets

Get the Blue Cheese Lobster Beignets recipe from Half Baked Harvest

5  King Caked Filled Two Ways

Get the King Cake Filled Two Ways recipe from Lemon Sugar

6 Easy Baked Creole Muffuletta Sandwich

Get the Easy Baked Creole Muffuletta Sandwich recipe from Creole Contessa

7   Biscuit Beignets With Praline Sauce

Get the Biscuit Beignets with Praline Sauce recipe from Kevin & Amanda

8  Bourbon Bread Pudding

  

Get the Bourbon Bread Pudding recipe from Brown Eyed Baker

9  Jalapeno Hush Puppies

Get the Jalapeno Hush Puppies recipe by A Spicy Perspective

10 Fried Shrimp Po' Boy With Jalapeno Lime Ailoi

Get the Fried Shrimp Po' Boy with Jalapeno Lime Ailoi recipe from Kitchen Belleicious

11 Mardi Gras Push Pops

 

Get the Mardi Gras Push Pops recipe by Pint Sized Baker

12 Paczki (Polish Doughnuts)

Get the Paczki (Polish Doughnuts) from Brown Eyed Baker

13  Fried Oyster Po' Boy

Get the Fried Oyster Po' Boy recipe from From Away

14  Moon Pies

Get the Moon Pies recipe by Brown Eyed Baker

15 Mac And Cheese Fried Zuchinni

Get the Mac And Cheese Fried Zucchini recipe from Half Baked Harvest

16  Banana Nut Pancakes

Get the Banana Nut Pancakes recipe by A Beautiful Mess

17  Beignets Tiramisu With chocolate Ganache

Get the Beignets Tiramisu with chocolate Ganache recipe from Half Baked Harvest