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Cooking with Chef Hardette Harris

October 8, 2020

 

Us Up North

Chef Hardette Harris

In 2015, Chef Hardette Harris was proud to announce her history making creation of North Louisiana’s official meal. Chef Harris worked with State Rep. Gene Reynolds to develop the State of Louisiana’s first official meal (one of only two official state meals in the United States) bringing recognition to the culinary uniqueness of North Louisiana. On April 29, 2015 House Concurrent Resolution No. 88 – was read on the House floor by title and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays. On May 4, 2015 it was enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. Chef Harris hopes to jump start an eternal love affair between North Louisiana dishes and the rest of the world.

Chef Harris is originally from Minden, Louisiana and was recently named by Louisiana Life Magazine as a “2017 Louisianian of the Year”, one of Country Roads Magazine’s 2017 Best Small Town Chefs and Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourism Bureau’s “Attraction of the Year” for 2018 and also received their 2019 Convention and Tourism Sales Department Award. She also has a recurring column called “Up North” in the beautiful Louisiana Kitchen & Culture magazine and is a recipe contributor to LOLA Magazine.

She can also be seen in the PBS Digital Series, Nourish, “The Great Cornbread Debate”.

In late August 2019 she opened the “Us Up North” Kitchen in Shreveport, Louisiana where she serves dishes that celebrate the uniqueness of northern Louisiana cuisine. Find out more at usupnorth.com

Menu
Hot Water Cornbread
Collard Greens

Hot Water Cornbread
2 cups yellow or white cornmeal
Salt and pepper
Boiling hot water
Mixing bowl
Rubber spatula
Tongs
Vegetable oil
Frying pan

Collard Greens
2 large pots 6-8 quart
4 bunches of greens
2 cups of smoked meats
choice of smoked turkey, sausage, neckbones, ham hocks or mixture of all
1 onion
fresh garlic (minced jar kind is okay)
onion powder
garlic powder
All purpose seasoning
Salt and pepper

Supplies
Chef's Knife
Cutting Board